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Worksheets1980s quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 18mins
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
What company did Bill Gates start?
Apple
Microsoft
Samsung
LG
Which of the following was a significant social issue faced during the 1980s (The Reagan Era)?
Alien landings in Roswell
Crack cocaine
Homosexual Marriage
Crystal Meth
Ronald Reagan along with his wife, declared war on what?
Terror
Poverty
Drugs
AIDS
What disease saw its first cases during Reagan's presidency?
AIDS
Hepatitis
Cancer
Herpes
Which group represented a resurgence of Conservatism?
National Organization of Women
Green Party
Hippies
National Rifle Association
This was the group that were young office workers who lived in cities that were college educated and had expensive test.
Greaser
Beatnik
Hippie
Yuppie
What did the meltdown at Chernobyl release into the air?
Radioactive dust
Bees!
The Hounds
The Kracken
How were the people of Pripyat affected by the meltdown?
They weren't
They were poisoned by radioactive fallout
They gained supwerpowers
They were all quietly eliminated by the Soviet government
This was a conservative movement that promoted family values, lower taxes & deregulation of business.
The New Left
The New Right
The Counter Culture
The Grand Old Party
What drug will become an epidemic during Reagan's administration?
heroin
cocaine
meth
crack
This deadly disease was first reported in the 1980s, but was ignored by Reagan's administration because of who it affected.
Heroin addiction
Crack addiction
AIDS
None of these
What is the central belief in "trickle-down" economics?
You have to support the poor in society with welfare programs
By helping the rich economically through lower taxes, the poor will also benefit
Higher taxes will improve the lives of everyone
Helping the rich doesn't help the poor, but that doesn't matter anyway
Which of the following is a positive impact of the War on Drugs?
Drug use has decreased a lot
Fewer people are going to prison
There are better relationships between the police and poor communities
There has been increased education about the harmful effects of drugs
Select all of the negative impacts of the War on Drugs
Increased incarceration (prison) rates
Destruction of many poor communities and of families in those communities
Increased violence as the risk of dealing drugs increases
Negative relationships between the police and poor (often minority) communities
Inequality in drug enforcement between different communities, usually along socioeconomic and racial lines
Which of the following is NOT true about HIV/AIDS?
It is now more likely that you can live to old age with HIV because of medical research
HIV always results in AIDS
If you contract HIV, you will need to take lifelong antiviral treatments, but you won't necessarily die
HIV is transmitted through the exchange of bodily fluids, especially blood
Jaws, Star Wars, Superman, and Alien are examples of...
VHS movies
Blockbusters
Betamax movies
Merchandise
Blockbusters don't cost much money to make, but they bring in a lot of money.
True
False
Directors like John Hughes started exploring what popular concept of the 1980s with films like The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off?
adult responsibilities
youthful freedom and exploration
reality and politics
happy families
