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1980s

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He took a strong stand against communism and increased our military weapons.

a)

Richard Nixon

b)

Ronald Reagan

c)

Barack Obama

d)

George W. Bush

e)

Bill Clinton

2.

Reaganomics includes which of the following

a)

less taxation on the wealthy

b)

less government spending

c)

less business regulations

d)

larger military

3.
Selling weapons to Iran to free hostages and using the money to fund war in Central America
a)
Iran-Contra Affair
b)
Watergate Affair
c)
Reagonomics
d)
Camp David Accords
4.

What did Reagan do to taxes?

a)

Increased Taxes

b)

Lowered taxes

c)

Left taxes the same

d)

Only increased taxes on the rich

5.

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:

a)

Reaganomics

b)

Strategic Defense Initiative

c)

Containment

d)

Fiscal Responsibility

6.

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

a)

Liberal

b)

Conservative

c)

Progressive

d)

Socialist

7.

Which political leader introduced programs that moved the USSR away from totalitarianism, and increased economic freedom and political rights?

a)

Mikhail Gorbechev

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Boris Yeltsin

d)

Vladimir Putin

8.

How did the Space Race and arms race contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union?

a)

Both were expensive programs that put a strain on the country's economy.

b)

There were not enough military bases to support the programs.

c)

The US used espionage to steal the technology from both programs.

d)

The USSR did not have the resources to develop the technology needed for the programs.

9.

Who proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative?

a)

Ronald Reagan

b)

George Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Vladimir Putin

10.

After which event were East and West Germany reunited?

a)

the collapse of the Berlin Wall

b)

the formation of the CIS

c)

the Berlin Airlift

d)

the creation of the EU

11.

Who was the last leader of the USSR?

a)

Boris Yeltsin

b)

Mikhail Gorbachev

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Vladimir Putin

12.

Soviet policy of openness

a)

Glanost

b)

Glassnost

c)

Glasnost

13.

Restructuring of Soviet Economy

a)

Perestroika

b)

Iron Curtain

c)

Glasnost

14.

Rebel forces in Nicaragua supported by Ronald Reagan's administration to overthrow the Sandinista Gov.

a)

Contras

b)

Anti-Sandista

c)

Desert Strom League

d)

Missile Crisis Oversion

15.

What was the nickname given to Reagan's Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI), which proposed nuclear defence from space?

a)

Space Force

b)

Star Wars

c)

Star Trek

d)

Ender's Game

16.

This was a conservative movement that promoted traditional family and "moral" values, lower taxes & deregulation of business.

a)

The New Left

b)

The New Right

c)

The Counter Culture

d)

The Grand Old Party