Question 1

In 1986,the Reagan administration suffered a serious political scandal after the White House admitted it had

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A)   both illegally funneled money from arms sales and secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua.
B)   secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua.
C)   illegally funneled money from arms sales.
D)   secretly sold weapons to the revolutionary government of Iran.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

In 1988,Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signaled his desire to change past policies by

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A)   ordering a military coup against communist hard-liners within his government.
B)   giving the republics within the Soviet Union their independence.
C)   agreeing to a significant nuclear arms reduction treaty.
D)   renouncing his own communism.
E)   releasing political prisoner Nelson Mandela after 27 years.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

What were the assets and liabilities faced by Gerald Ford's presidency?

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Question 4

In the late 1980s,challenges to communist rule were LEAST successful in

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A)   Poland.
B)   Romania.
C)   Czechoslovakia.
D)   Hungary.
E)   China.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

Supporters of the 1978 Proposition 13 in California successfully

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A)   separated the issue of taxes from the issue of what the taxes supported.
B)   mobilized thousands of voters against funding for parochial schools.
C)   focused white male voter resentment on affirmative action.
D)   played on the personal security fears of voters.
E)   played on the racial fears of voters.F) C) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

During President Ronald Reagan's first term,the course of the American economy

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A)   went through a severe recession that gave way to a strong recovery.
B)   experienced explosive economic growth from the start.
C)   experienced a mild recession that turned into a slow and steady recovery.
D)   remained mired in "stagflation."
E)   moved from being relatively strong into a long, mild recession.F) D) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 7

The most serious domestic problem facing the Bush administration was

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A)   the recession of 1990-1992.
B)   both Bush's opposition to current abortion and affirmative action laws, and the president's inability to work with the Democratic Congress.
C)   Bush's opposition to current abortion and affirmative action laws.
D)   the president's inability to work with the Democratic Congress.
E)   Bush's broken pledge not to raise taxes.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

Some Americans consider Ronald Reagan to be one of the nation's "great" presidents.Do you agree or disagree? Explain.

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Question 9

How did President Carter and President Reagan differ in their handling of foreign policy?

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President Carter and President Reagan di...

Question 10

The country President Ronald Reagan described as an "evil empire" in the early 1980s was

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A)   Iraq.
B)   North Korea.
C)   Iran.
D)   the Soviet Union.
E)   China.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 11

Make a case for the positive changes in the American political process that resulted from the Watergate scandal.

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The Watergate scandal, which occurred in...

Question 12

In 1976,Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   both his personal honesty and his religious piety.
C)   his religious piety.
D)   his lack of experience in federal government.
E)   his personal honesty.F) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

In his foreign policy,President Ronald Reagan

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A)   All these answers are correct.
B)   both denounced the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT II)  as unfavorable to the United States, and honored its provisions.
C)   accused the Soviet Union of sponsoring world terrorism.
D)   denounced the Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT II)  as unfavorable to the United States.
E)   honored the provisions of SALT II.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 14

The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of

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A)   glasnost and perestroika.
B)   glasnost.
C)   perestroika and apartheid.
D)   perestroika.
E)   apartheid.F) A) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 15

In the 1980 presidential election,Ronald Reagan

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A)   captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
B)   None of these answers is correct.
C)   both won slightly more than half of the popular vote, and captured an overwhelming majority of electoral votes.
D)   won slightly more than half of the popular vote.
E)   won primarily as a result of third-party candidate John Anderson.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

In 1979,President Jimmy Carter

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A)   fired all members of his cabinet and gave a national address in which he criticized the spirit of the nation.
B)   went to Camp David for a month in the midst of an OPEC oil crisis.
C)   gave a national address in which he criticized the spirit of the nation.
D)   All these answers are correct.
E)   fired all members of his cabinet.F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 17

In the 1980 presidential campaign,

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A)   Ronald Reagan asserted that the power of the federal government needed to be increased.
B)   Jimmy Carter promised to make substantial tax cuts.
C)   the Iranian hostages were released on the day of the last debate.
D)   an independent candidate determined the outcome of the election.
E)   Jimmy Carter had to hold off a strong challenge to his re-nomination.F) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 18

During the Ford administration,

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A)   government spending increased and taxes decreased.
B)   the cost of oil rose dramatically.
C)   the United States became the world's largest oil producer.
D)   the national inflation rate declined after the end of the 1973 oil embargo.
E)   the dependence of the United States on foreign oil lessened.F) A) and C)
G) D) and E)

Question 19

The Reagan administration accumulated more debt in eight years than the American government had accumulated in its entire history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the 1980s,record national budget deficits resulted from

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A)   increased military spending.
B)   All these answers are correct.
C)   increased health care costs.
D)   large tax cuts.
E)   increased entitlement spending on programs such as Social Security.F) A) and E)
G) B) and E)

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