Advanced US History Part B Unit 8 Test Review

Which was a fundamental element of supply-side economics?

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  economic deregulation

  
  

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  corporate tax hikes

  
  

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  marginal tax hikes

  
  

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  strengthen economic regulations

  
  

What were Gorbechev’s economic reform efforts called?

• perestroika

• glasnost

• laissez-faire

• supply-side economics

Who led the Solidarity movement in Poland?

• Lech Walesa

• Czeslaw Milosz

• Konstantin Chernenko

• Leonid Brezhnev

Which group of anti-Soviets did the U.S. support in Afghanistan?

• Mujahadeen

• el-Sadat supporters

• Grenadian freedom fighters

• Khomeini backers

Which of these was NOT one of the 4 eras of immigration to the US?

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  era of the 1930s

  
  

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  colonial era

  
  

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  mid-19th century

  
  

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  period after 1965

  
  

What happened to Japanese-Americans living in the American West during World War II?

• internment

• deportation

• legalization

• redress

Which of these was NOT at one time a legal bar to immigrants to the US?

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  no Irish allowed

  
  

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  no Chinese allowed

  
  

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  no anarchists allowed

  
  

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  no diseased persons allowed

  
  

Which of these was NOT a nativist group?

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  Order of the White Rose

  
  

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  American Party

  
  

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  Know-Nothing Party

  
  

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  Ku Klux Klan

  
  

How did the first President Bush handle US-China foreign policy following the Tiananmen Square incident in Beijing?

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  Bush sent negotiators to China to maintain communication and a relationship with China while publicly imposing sanctions.

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  Bush took a hard stance against China's human rights violations and instituted the New World Order doctrine.

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  Bush tried to play down the incident with Congress and the public in order to maintain an alliance with China on foreign trade and investment.

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  Bush, in order to maintain an alliance with the fragile Russian nation, used the waning Soviet government as a buffer to avoid censuring China.

What was a criticism made of George H.W. Bush's New World Order?

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  It was vague and its parameters were hard to define.

  
  

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  It imposed too many restrictions on subjugated nations.

  
  

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  It involved a heavy level of funding for military efforts.

  
  

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  It established the rule of law but did not incorporate humanitarianism.