The 1980s

Ronald Reagan was the governor of...

• California

• Florida

• Indiana

• Arizona

Reagon won with just over 50% of the vote but a landslide _________________.

• electorally

• majority vote

• individual votes

To combat ________ , Reagan wanted to lower taxes.

• inflation

• deflation

• stagflation

To offset budget deficits Reagan drastically cut ____________.

• student loan programs

• unemployment

• school lunch programs

• all the above

After unemployment peaked at 10% in 1982, unemployment sank to _____ by 1988.

• 4%

• 5.3%

• 6%

• 6.5%

Ronald Reagan was shot by an attempted assassin.

• True

• False

Reagan ordered the air traffic controllers on strike to return to work. When they refused he fired them. How many workers did he fire?

• 10,500

• 11,359

• 11,500

• 11,750

Who was the first woman to be on the Supreme Court?

• Kamala Harris

• Oprah Winfrey

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Nancy Pelosi

What epidemic arose during Reagans first year in office?

• AIDS

• Small Pox

• Spanish Flu

• Typhoid

First Lady Nancy Reagan made the "just say no" campaign her priority.

• True

• False