U.S. History STAAR Exit Ticket 24: Conservatism

What are the key parts of Supply Side Economics (Reaganomics)?

• Domestic spending and deregulation

• Domestic spending and tax cuts

• Military spending and increased regulation

• Tax cuts and deregulation

What event is this magazine cover referencing?

• Iran-Contra Affair

• War on Terror

• Iranian Hostage Crisis

• Persian Gulf War

Why did the US and the United Nations fight the Persian Gulf War?

• Free Iraq from a dictator

• Get revenge for the 9/11 attacks

• Liberate Kuwait from Saddam Hussein

• Secure oil supplies in Egypt

The text above reflects President Reagan’s foreign policy

• Of isolationism

• That aimed to protect a “nation at risk”

• Of détente

• Known as Peace Through Strength

What religious group formed to promote family values and support conservative politicians?

• Social Gospel

• Great Society

• Moral Majority

• New Right

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

• Iran, Nicaragua, United States

• Nicaragua, United States, Iran

• United States, Iran, Nicaragua

Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:

• Reaganomics

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Containment

• Fiscal Responsibility