Ch 31

Front 1

To many voters in 1980, Ronald Reagan, in contrast to Jimmy Carter, seemed:

Back 1

upbeat

Front 2

In late 1989, all the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled bloodlessly EXCEPT that of:

Back 2

Romania

Front 3

In late 1987, the United States and the Soviets signed a treaty to eliminate:

Back 3

intermediate-range nuclear missiles

Front 4

Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:

Back 4

Southern Baptists

Front 5

Carter’s management of the economy resulted in:

Back 5

unacceptably high rates of inflation

Front 6

The marine lieutenant colonel at the center of the Iran-Contra affair, Oliver North, was using profits from the sale of arms to Iran to:

Back 6

finance the Nicaraguan Contras

Front 7

The Panamanian government of Manuel Noriega was at odds with the Bush administration because of its:

Back 7

involvement in the drug trade

Front 8

Democratic candidate Walter Mondale most seriously damaged his presidential prospects when he

Back 8

promised to raise taxes

Front 9

During the Reagan administration, El Salvador fell to Communists.

Back 9

False

Front 10

The Iran-Contra affair involved the illegal sales of arms to the Contra rebels in Iran.

Back 10

False

Front 11

One major factor working in Reagan’s favor in his 1984 reelection bid was:

Back 11

a robustly growing economy

Front 12

The Grenada invasion resulted in:

Back 12

an easy American victory

Front 13

The crucial development in the Soviet Union in August 1991 was:

Back 13

a failed Communist coup

Front 14

In Germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Back 14

FALSE

Front 15

Ronald Reagan viewed the Soviet Union as:

Back 15

an evil empire

Front 16

When AIDS emerged in the 1980s, many in the Reagan administration viewed it largely as a “gay” disease.

Back 16

TRUE

Front 17

The Gulf War was triggered by Saddam Hussein’s invasion of:

Back 17

Kuwait

Front 18

Many of those who contracted AIDS in the early and mid-1980s:

Back 18

soon died

Front 19

The 1991 Persian Gulf War was provoked by Iraq’s invasion of Saudi Arabia.

Back 19

FALSE

Front 20

By the fall of 1991, the most popular Soviet politician was:

Back 20

Boris Yeltsin

Front 21

Revelations of the Iran-Contra affair indicated that Reagan had violated his pledge to never:

Back 21

negotiate with terrorists

Front 22

The leader of the Moral Majority was:

Back 22

Jerry Falwell

Front 23

Eduard Shevardnadze was Gorbachev’s:

Back 23

foreign minister

Front 24

One of President Bush’s major domestic successes was:

Back 24

reducing taxes (I think)

Front 25

The religious Right was a Protestant-dominated movement in which Catholics were not allowed to participate.

Back 25

FALSE

Front 26

Most likely to support the Moral Majority would be:

Back 26

Southern Baptists

Front 27

The marine lieutenant colonel at the center of the Iran-Contra affair, Oliver North, was using profits from the sale of arms to Iran to:

Back 27

finance the Nicaraguan Contras

Front 28

By 2000, the AIDS epidemic had disappeared.False

Back 28

False

Front 29

By the end of his presidency, Reagan had:

Back 29

restored American confidence

Front 30

As he campaigned for president in 1980, Reagan promised to restore prosperity by:

Back 30

cutting taxes

Front 31

Opposing Iraq in the Gulf War was:

Back 31

a coalition of over thirty nations

Front 32

a coalition of over thirty nations

Back 32

an evil empire

Front 33

Which of the following dramatically decreased in the 1980s?

Back 33

Which of the following dramatically decreased in the 1980s?

Front 34

In Germany, a bloody revolution brought the destruction of the Berlin Wall.

Back 34

False

Front 35

Reagan’s experience as an actor:

Back 35

was invaluable in a television age

Front 36

Carter’s management of the economy resulted in:

Back 36

Carter’s management of the economy resulted in:

Front 37

During the 1980s, unions:

Back 37

suffered steady declines in membership

Front 38

In late 1987, the United States and the Soviets signed a treaty to eliminate:

Back 38

intermediate-range nuclear missiles

Front 39

A huge demographic factor behind Reagan’s electoral success was:

Back 39

population growth in the South and the West

Front 40

Eduard Shevardnadze was Gorbachev’s:

Back 40

foreign minister

Front 41

In late 1989, all the Communist regimes of Eastern Europe toppled bloodlessly EXCEPT that of:

Back 41

Romania

Front 42

The Panamanian government of Manuel Noriega was at odds with the Bush administration because of its:

Back 42

involvement in the drug trade

Front 43

The leader of the Moral Majority was:

Back 43

The leader of the Moral Majority was:

Front 44

The reform-minded Soviet premier who emerged in the mid-1980s was:

Back 44

Mikhail Gorbachev

Front 45

The Grenada invasion resulted in:

Back 45

an easy American victory

Front 46

an easy American victory

Back 46

portraying the Democrat, Dukakis, as a liberal

Front 47

When AIDS emerged in the 1980s, many in the Reagan administration viewed it largely as a “gay” disease.

Back 47

TRUE

Front 48

President Bush ordered the invasion of Grenada, a small Pacific island, after its unstable government threatened to nationalize American-owned businesses located there.

Back 48

FALSE

Front 49

By the time of his nomination for the presidency in 1988, George H. W. Bush had served as all of the following EXCEPT:

Back 49

secretary of the Treasury

Front 50

In Central America, the Reagan administration was seriously concerned that Communist-backed revolutionaries might take over in:

Back 50

El Salvador