What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?

Ronald Reagan convinced many Americans that he would...

Supply-side economics rest on the theory that if taxes are reduced,

President George H.W. Bush came to the White House with...

How do some scholars believe Ronald Reagan helped bring an end to the Cold War?

Which event symbolized the end of communism in Europe?

Why did Saddam Hussein's troops invade Kuwait?

During his election campaign in 1988 George H.W. Bush promised not to...

In 1989, thousands of students gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing...

Approval ratings for President George H.W. Bush skyrocketed in 1991...

In the Iran-Contra Affair the Reagan administration..

The Bush administration cracked down on drug trafficking from...

Mikhail Gorbachev pursued glasnost and perestroika reforms for the Soviet Union on part because...

The START treaty aimed to...

President Reagan sought world peace through...

Who were the rebels backed by the U.S. to overthrow the communist regime in Nicaragua?

Who was the dictator of Panama that was indicted in the U.S. for drug trafficking and accused of suppressing democracy?

Which of the following beliefs would a Conservative NOT support?

Which of the following beliefs would a Liberal NOT support?

A young college-educated adult that was employed in a well-paying profession and lived/worked in a large city.

Nominated by President Reagan in 1981 to the Supreme Court to become the first female justice in U.S. history.

1980s policy created in the Soviet Union that called for a "new openness" by providing freedom of speech and press.

Soviet program that loosened government control of business by letting them decide which products to make and how much to charge.

Chronic immune system disease that attacks the body’s T-cells that first appeared in the U.S. in 1981.

A certificate of government funding for students at schools chosen by themselves or their parents.

National Security Council member that admitted to the diversion of missing funds to the Contras in Nicaragua.

Form of protest in which stockholders intentionally sell their assets from a corporation to enact social change.

A system of legislation that upheld segregation against non-white citizens of South Africa for nearly fifty years.

A federal order mandating that states operate and pay for a program created at the national level.

Amount of money a federal government has borrowed to cover the outstanding balance of expenses incurred over time.

Occurs when government expenses exceed revenue and can indicate the financial health of a country.

Government program that aimed to stop illegal drug use by increasing prison sentences for dealers and users.

Nickname given to a conservative movement of the 1970s and 1980s to speak out against Democrats.

Armed campaign waged by a 35-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1991.

Event that appealed to voters that conservatism could revert the social and economic changes of the last generation.

What were the benefits of the U.S. actions in Panama in 1989?

Why was there little opposition to the Republican Party in the 1984 and 1988 presidential elections?

Believed the government should regulate the economy to protect people from the power of corporations and the wealthy elite.

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?

What device in the 1980s made music portable?

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.

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

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?

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.

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