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Quiz 16-2 Resurgence of Conservatism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What political ideology believes the government should play a more active role in government helping disadvantaged people through social programs?

a)

libertarianism

b)

liberalism

c)

communism

d)

conservatism

2.

What political ideology believes the government’s power should be restricted and limited maintaining traditional ideas and institutions?

a)

libertarianism

b)

liberalism

c)

communism

d)

conservatism

3.

What defense system did President Reagan propose that would use lasers to shoot down enemy missiles?

a)

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

b)

Defense Readiness Condition (DEFCON)

c)

North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

d)

Iron Dome (ID)

4.

President Reagan's close relationship to what Soviet leader would mark growing cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union and would be a major step in ending the Cold War?

a)

Nikita Khrushchev

b)

Leonid Brezhnev

c)

Mikhail Gorbachev

d)

Vladimir Putin

5.

What event happened with the space program in January of 1986?

a)

1st manned mission to the moon accomplished

b)

1st successful space walk

c)

1st explosion of a space shuttle during take off

d)

1st man-made space craft to leave our solar system

6.

With which nations did the United States secretly and illegally trade weapons with despite having an embargo against that nation?

a)

Cuba

b)

Iran

c)

Iraq

d)

Soviet Union

7.

What conspiracy during the Reagan administration provided funding for anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua by secretly selling missiles to an embargoed nation and diverting that money back to the rebels?

a)

Watergate

b)

Whitewater

c)

Iran-Contra

d)

Tiananmen

8.

What did critics call Regan’s economic policy of cutting taxes for the wealthy believing they will invest their extra money benefiting the average American?

a)

demand-side economics

b)

right-wing wages

c)

American socialism

d)

trickle-down economics

9.

Which of the following are part of the the conservative agenda?

shrink gov’t, reduce spending, promote traditional family values, lower

taxes, promote business, strengthen nat’l defense

a)

promote traditional family values

b)

promote business and economic well-being

c)

regulations & social programs to help disadvantaged people

d)

reduce government spending

10.

Who became the first female appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

a)

Sandra Day O-Connor

b)

Geraldine Ferraro

c)

Betty Friedan

d)

Madaline Albright