What two video games become popular in the 1980s?

What musician organized Farm Aid to help American farmers in the 1980s?

Who replaces Mikhail Gorbachev as the leader of Russia in 1991?

What event helps revive support for conservative ideas in the 1980s?

Who did Ronald Reagan defeat in the 1984 election (former Vice President under Jimmy Carter)?

Which of the following was NOT part of Ronald Reagan's deregulation?

How much did the budget deficit increase during the 1980s?

Who did Ronald Reagan nominate as the first female Supreme Court justice member?

What is the name (based off a popular movie) of the Strategic Defense Initiative that was to intercept incoming missiles form the Soviet Union?

What two musicians had their careers boosted by MTV in the 1980s?

When is the first GPS satellite launched?

What organization lobbied for the elderly to protect Social Security and Medicare?

Who does George H.W. Bush defeat in the 1988 election?

What song produced in 1984 to promote Live Aid across 100 countries raised million to feed people in Africa?

Who will become the first Baby Boomer President at the age of 46?

Distrust the power of the government and wish to limit it?

Oppose high taxes and government programs that redistribute wealth.

Felt a society with ethnic and cultural diversity tend to be more creative and energetic.

Believed the federal government should help disadvantage Americans through social programs by putting more of society's tax burden on wealthier people.

Means a "restructuring" of the economy in the Soviet Union to allow some private enterprise and profit making.

The laying off of workers to make companies more efficient.

The name given to Reagan's economic policy (Reaganomics) of cutting taxes to provide extra money to expand businesses and create new jobs.

The name of the new money makers that were young, ambitious, and hardworking (young urban professionals.)

The selling of large quantities of products at very low prices, trying to sell goods fast to turn over their entire inventory in a short period of time.

George H.W. Bush's name given for the pursuit of a freer world that was promoting peace after the fall of the Soviet Union.

The Northeastern portion of the US that was once home to a thriving manufacturing base that shut down in the 1980s.

The use of media to raise money to support politicians who agree to a conservative religious view.

The first woman to run as Vice President in a Presidential election on a major political party ticket.

Admitted to covering their actions in the Iran-Contra Scandal.

The most successful discount retailer of the 1980s?

The founder of CNN that would broadcast via satellite to cable companies across the nation?

The dictator in Panama who aided drug traffickers while harassing American military personnel that were defending the canal?

The politician that implemented many of the Heritage Foundation's ideas on how to change laws. He was also known for limiting government by stating "government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

What person campaigned in the 1988 election by stating "Read my lips, no new taxes?"

Believe that most social problems result from issues of morality and character.

Felt the government regulations make the economy less efficient and that free enterprise is the best economic system.

People were drawn to conservative ideas in the 1980s because they feared American society lost touch with its traditional values.

What social program was NOT one Reagan proposed making cuts in?

What did Ronald Reagan call the Soviet Union?

Who did the Sandinista's get support from in Nicaragua to overthrow their government (pro-US gov't)?

What Soviet leader did Reagan (and later Bush) work with to reduce military weapons and eventually called upon him to tear down the Berlin Wall?

What country did the US illegally sell weapons to in exchange for profits to be sent to the contras fighting the Sandinista in Nicaragua?

The group of people that benefited the most from the strong economy of the 1980s was the lower income citizens.

How many national TV stations existed in the 1970s?

What new type of music originates in NY City's South Bronx in the 1980s?

What is the first video arcade in 1972 that later spurred the video gaming industry?

What court case ruling stated that schools had the right to search without a warrant if it had probable cause?

Drug use in the 1980s spread from the rural countryside to the urban centers (cities).

What device in the 1980s made music portable?

Video game technology grew out of military computers.

What court case ruled that people could record TV shows and movies for home use?

What court case in 1995 permitted random drug test of students?

What is the Soviet/Russian word for "openness" which allowed more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union?

What year do scientists identify a disease name acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?

When do the German guards open the gates at the Berlin Wall?

What is the operation name given to the coalition forces that forced Iraq out of Kuwait?

Where in China did students and workers hold pro-democracy demonstrations for freedom of speech?

What year is Mikhail Gorbachev removed by a coup that officially ends the Soviet Union?

Two reasons (issues) that cost George H.W. Bush the election in 1992 is that we lost Desert Storm and the Soviet Union had taken over all of China which threaten the US economy.

How much did the deregulation of the Savings and Loan banks cost the United States?

Which of the following was NOT a change Bill Clinton was calling for when running for the presidency?

Who was the independent candidate in the 1992 election that called for an end to deficit spending while many believe his run for the presidency cost George H.W. Bush the election?

When the government didn't have money for several of its programs it simply borrowed it.

The end of the Cold War caused a slowing in the economy as the US cut back on military spending while soldiers and those working in the defense industry lost their jobs.

How much of the popular vote did Bill Clinton win in the 1992 election?

Group that favors government intervention in the economy but doesn't support government regulating social behavior.

Which of the following was NOT an issue that caused people in the 1980s to become more conservative (type of Supreme Court rulings)?

What year did the Sunbelt's population surpass that of the Northeast (gave conservative regions more electoral votes in Congress)?

From 1967 to 1986, how of the nation's economy was controlled by the top 5% of wealthy Americans?

When and into what country did Saddam Hussein send in the Iraqi army to control the oil?

How did U.S. national security policy change at the end of the Cold War?

Throughout its history, the US has had to confront serious challenges.

Identify which of the challenges is NOT faced by the US since the September 11, 2001 attacks?

Which event directly contributed to the end of the Cold War?

Select the two ways the US responded to the communist governments collapsing across Eastern Europe.

How did the US respond to the events of September 11,2001?

Developments in international affairs in the late 1980s had enormous consequences for the US. Identify two developments that relate to this time period.

The USA PATRIOT Act was passed in response to which event?