Chapter 28 Self-Quiz 1

. The economic growth of the decade of the 1980s was characterized by

corporate takeovers and mergers.

aggressive investment bankers.

cutthroat entrepreneurs who made enormous profits.

All of the above.

. Evangelical Christianity in the 1980s and 1990s was overwhelmingly concentrated in the American

Northeast.

West.

Middle West.

South.

. All of the following refer to the election of 1980 except:

The Republican nominee won a huge electoral vote majority but a bare majority of popular votes.

The Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives for the first time since the first election of Dwight David Eisenhower.

The Democratic incumbent was hurt by the state of the nation's economy and recurring problems abroad.

A third candidate is believed to have siphoned off support that would have otherwise gone to the Democratic nominee.

. Ronald Reagan brought to the presidency

great communication skills.

a passion for detail.

a subtle intellect.

a combative style.

. All of the following were policies of the Reagan administration except

protections of social welfare programs.

deregulation.

lifting some environmental restrictions on business.

weakening organized labor.

. President Reagan supported all of the following weapons systems except the

neutron bomb.

B-2 "stealth" bomber.

Sergeant York tank.

MX "Peacekeeper" nuclear missile with multiple warheads.

. In his first term, President Reagan antagonized Soviet leaders by all of the following means except

supporting Afghan rebels who were resisting Soviet troops within their borders.

proposing the Strategic Defense Initiative.

refusing to allow the Soviets to deploy intermediate-range missiles in Western Europe.

calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire" and insisting that communist ideology was doomed to "the ash heap of history."

. The Reagan Doctrine was applied on the Caribbean island of Grenada for all of the following reasons except

to protect about 1,000 Americans, mostly medical students, from a new Marxist regime.

for fear that Cubans and Soviets were supplying the island with arms and ammunition.

as an antidote to the lingering Vietnam Syndrome.

to undermine the sovereignty of another state to secure an easy military victory.

. The Reagan administration was challenged by terrorists in all of the following situations except

Palestinians murdering an American passenger on a cruise ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

the truck bombing of American Marines based in Beirut.

an attack on American soldiers in a West German bar.

the Iranian attack on the American missile cruiser Vincennes.

. In the 1980s Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was most likely to be contracted by

homosexual men engaging in unsafe sexual practices.

heterosexual couples.

intravenous drug users who shared needles.

persons receiving blood transfusions.

. The conservative agenda crashed head-on into which legacy of the 1960s.

The fundamental liberalism of the America electorate

The legacy of the Vietnam War

Continuing crushing poverty among minorities and immigrants

Demands for equal rights and opportunities

. President Reagan's agenda met setbacks toward the end of his second term in all of the following situations except

the extension of the Superfund program to remove hazardous waste.

the congressional override of Reagan's veto of a bill requiring large companies to give workers 60 days' notice of plant closings and layoffs.

the congressional override of Reagan's veto of a bill renewing the Water Quality Control Act.

Reagan's reluctant signing of an international agreement placing limits on certain air quality emissions.

. In the Iran-Contra affair, President Reagan's aides

testified that President Reagan was solely to blame.

claimed the president was innocent of any unconstitutional actions.

funneled proceeds from illegal arms sales funds to Nicaraguan rebels.

All of the above.

. President Reagan's greatest achievement in his last year in office is considered to have been

a reduction in the number of homeless persons in large cities.

the reduction of the national budget deficit in 1988.

a permanent easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union through the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

a new trade pact with Japan that allowed American exporters complete access to Japanese markets.

. In the 1984 Presidential Election

Ronald Reagan narrowly defeated Walter Mondale.

Mondale won the popular vote but lost the electoral college.

Reagan won a landslide victory.

Reagan easily won the election, and the Republican party remained in control of the Senate and House of Representatives.

. The Reagan Doctrine supported despotic regimes as long as they were pro-American.

TRUE

FALSE

. Sandra Day O'Connor, a conservative judge, became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court.

TRUE

FALSE

. Though the majority of the poor in the United States are whites, the "feminization" of poverty has hit African Americans particularly hard.

TRUE

FALSE

. Two events in the fall of 1986 were connected: the United States traded arms to Iran, and the Sandinistas shot down a transport plane attempting to supply the Contras.

TRUE

FALSE

. President Reagan's popularity at the end of his second term proved that Americans had a real affection for him.

TRUE

FALSE

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