Questions for Chapters 28-32

1. Which statement best describes the agenda of fiscal conservatives in the 1980s?

They sought to reduce federal spending.

They sought to fund social service programs.

*They sought to lower tax rates for all Americans.

2. What means was used to generate revenue under the system known as "Reaganomics"?

raising taxes for the wealthiest Americans

cutting Social Security benefits for senior citizens

*reducing funding for programs assisting the poor

3. President Ronald Reagan’s economic plan included which of the following?

raising taxes for the wealthiest Americans

cutting Social Security benefits for senior citizens

*reducing funding for programs assisting the poor

5. How did Ronald Reagan respond to the air traffic controllers’ strike in 1981?

*by firing the striking workers

by granting them their demands

by making an agreement with their union

6. How did Ronald Reagan respond to the threat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua in the early 1980s?

*by using U.S. intelligence to train the Sandinistas’ enemies

by sending U.S. troops and staging a massive invasion of the country

by hiring spies within the Sandinistas’ ranks to destroy them from within

7. The Iran-Contra affair involved which of the following?

a pact between Iran and Nicaragua

*the secret sale of U.S. weapons to Iran

U.S. support for both Contras and their rivals

8. What is an example of a group and moral issue that had bipartisan support?

*The Parents Music Resource Center's efforts to label explicit music

The Moral Majority's efforts against abortion and homosexuality

The STOP movement's efforts against the Equal Rights Amendment

9. The early connection between AIDS and the gay community had which effect?

*All of these answers

The federal government initially ignored the disease.

Heterosexuals largely assumed they were not at risk.

The gay community organized its own response.

10. What did most politicians blame for the relatively high rate of violent crime in the early 1980s?

*crack cocaine

demographics

terrorists

11. Within a few months after the Cold War ended, the United States military attacked forces of the following countries EXCEPT:

*Grenada

Panama

Iraq

12. Which issue gained public attention in the aftermath of the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court?

*Sexual harassment of women in the workplace

Affirmative action in college admissions

The rights of disabled Americans to serve in the military

13. Which of the following is an example of President Clinton's "New Democrat" policies?

*support for the North American Free Trade Agreement

higher taxes on the wealthy in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit

14. On what charges against President Clinton did the House of Representatives send articles of impeachment to the Senate?

*perjury and obstruction of justice

adultery and sexual harassment

corruption and embezzlement

15. Who got the most votes in the 2000 presidential election?

*George W. Bush got the most electoral votes and Al Gore got the most popular votes

George W. Bush got the most popular votes and Al Gore got the most electoral votes

George W. Bush got the most popular votes and there was a tie in the electoral votes