Deck 15: Conservatism Revived, 1980-1992

Question 1

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Webster v Reproductive Health Services

Answer 1

Answer not provided

Question 2

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
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James Watt

Answer 2

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Question 3

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
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the neoconservatives

Answer 3

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Question 4

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the Moral Majority

Question 5

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organized labor in the 1980s

Question 6

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Ronald Reagan

Question 7

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Bowers v Hardwick

Question 8

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the new conservative coalition of 1980

Question 9

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Reagan's policies toward social welfare programs

Question 10

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the 1980 presidential election

Question 11

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Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, and Sandra Day O'Connor

Question 12

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supply-side economics

Question 13

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the New Right

Question 14

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the 1981 air traffic controllers strike

Question 15

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the recession of the early 1980s

Question 16

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Reagan tax cuts

Question 17

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Reagan's policies toward regulatory agencies

Question 18

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
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Luisa Orellana

Question 19

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Reaganomics

Question 20

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the "Sanctuary movement"

Question 21

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the Reagan Doctrine

Question 22

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the Lebanese crisis of 1982-1983

Question 23

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Grenada and El Salvador

Question 24

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the apartheid system in South Africa

Question 25

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the growing danger of terrorism

Question 26

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the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

Question 27

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perestroika and glasnost

Question 28

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hostile takeovers and corporate downsizing

Question 29

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the contra war in Nicaragua

Question 30

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Reagan defense buildup

Question 31

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
deregulation

Question 32

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the policy of constructive engagement and the passage of divestment laws

Question 33

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the intifada of 1987

Question 34

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the junk bond industry

Question 35

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Mikhail S Gorbachev

Question 36

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the 1984 presidential election

Question 37

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
insider trading scandals of the late 1980s

Question 38

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Iran-contra scandal

Question 39

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Reykjavik summit

Question 40

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the 1987 INF treaty

Question 41

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
poverty in the 1980s

Question 42

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the "new immigrants" of the 1970s and 1980s

Question 43

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
anti-immigrant sentiment of the 1980s

Question 44

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
George Herbert Walker Bush

Question 45

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F W DeKlerk and Nelson Mandela

Question 46

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homelessness in the 1980s

Question 47

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
growth of the Latino population in the 1970s and 1980s

Question 48

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Clean Air Act

Question 49

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the disintegration of the Soviet Union

Question 50

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
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the religious right

Question 51

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People for the American Way

Question 52

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the 1988 presidential election

Question 53

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the Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 54

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the "crack" epidemic

Question 55

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the Tiananmen Square massacre

Question 56

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Clarence Thomas

Question 57

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the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe

Question 58

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the AIDS epidemic

Question 59

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Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the Immigration Reform and Control (Simpson-Rodino) Act

Question 60

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the culture wars

Question 61

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Saddam Hussein

Question 62

In his 1984 reelection campaign, President Reagan

A) capitalized on his administration's accomplishments in the area of arms control
B) used the optimistic slogan "It's morning again in America"
C) pledged that he would not dismantle the New Deal
D) attempted to disassociate himself from the Moral Majority

Question 63

This person was the first woman associate justice of the Supreme Court

A) Anita Bryant
B) Geraldine Ferraro
C) Sandra Day O'Connor
D) Phyllis Schlafly

Question 64

Among President Reagan's accomplishments was

A) the restoration of a mood of confidence and optimism in an America shaken by the social and economic crises of the 1970s
B) an enormous reduction in the budget deficit
C) improved relations with most of Latin America
D) passage of major environmental-protection legislation

Question 65

Which of the following was one of the items on Reagan's agenda at the beginning of his first term?

A) The prevention of wasteful defense expenditures
B) The reduction of East-West conflicts through negotiations
C) An increase in welfare subsidies to the working poor
D) The weakening of federal environmental, health, and safety regulations

Question 66

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the recession of 1991

Question 67

Which of the following was a consequence of the Federal Reserve Board's 1981 decision to tighten the money supply?

A) The inflation rate increased
B) Interest rates began a slow but steady decline
C) Economic activity declined and the unemployment rate increased
D) Federal budget deficits were brought under control

Question 68

As a believer in supply-side economics, Reagan called for

A) expansion of federally-guaranteed home mortgage programs
B) extension of federal grants to state and local governments to stimulate spending
C) lower income-tax rates for individuals and corporations
D) increases in direct federal assistance to the poor and unemployed

Question 69

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
President Bush's "new world order"

Question 70

The ruling by the Supreme Court in Bowers v Hardwick is evidence of which of the following?

A) Despite the conservative mood of the nation, the Supreme Court remained a bastion of liberalism
B) The Court had no sympathy with the concept of affirmative action
C) The Court had taken a decisive turn in the direction of federal power over the concept of states' rights
D) President Reagan's appointments to the Supreme Court made that body more conservative

Question 71

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
the 1989 US invasion of Panama

Question 72

As president, Ronald Reagan pleased the New Right by

A) imposing sanctions against South Africa
B) supporting legislation to end television advertising by tobacco companies
C) supporting environmental-protection legislation designed to promote conservation and preservation of the nation's natural resources
D) supporting prayer in public schools

Question 73

During President Reagan's first term, the nation's environmental movement was reenergized because of which of the following?

A) The accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant
B) The views and actions of Reagan's Secretary of the Interior, James Watt
C) President Reagan's veto of the Clean Air Act
D) Crop failures in the Midwest obviously caused by the greenhouse effect

Question 74

When the 11,300 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization went on strike in 1981, President Reagan

A) refused to intervene
B) ordered the Federal Aviation Administration to cut air traffic controllers' working hours to reduce their stress and improve air safety
C) fired the strikers and barred them from ever being rehired as federal air traffic controllers
D) ordered the National Labor Relations Board to mediate the strike

Question 75

According to advocates of supply-side economics, an increase in savings and investments by the upper classes and corporations would lead to which of the following?

A) An economic recession resulting from the withdrawal of money from circulation
B) The revival of heavy industry in the United States
C) A proliferation of small businesses that would increase competition within the economic system
D) Renewed prosperity as profits from the top trickled down to the middle and lower classes

Question 76

Which of the following was a reason for the decline in inflation during the first years of Reagan's presidency?

A) A decline in the value of the dollar on foreign exchange markets
B) The Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates on bank loans to an unprecedented level
C) The end of federal health and safety regulations on businesses
D) A substantial decline in the balance-of-trade deficit

Question 77

As governor of California, Ronald Reagan

A) dismantled the state's welfare system
B) signed one of the nation's most liberal abortion laws
C) proposed the legalization of marijuana
D) instituted a statewide healthcare program

Question 78

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
Explain the historical significance of each item Establish the historical context in which the item exists Establish the item as the result of or as the cause of other factors existing in the society under study Answer this question: What were the political, social, economic, and/or cultural consequences of this item?
Security Council resolutions 687 and 688

Question 79

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Identify each item Give an explanation or description of the item Answer the questions who, what, where, and when
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Operation Desert Storm

Question 80

As a result of President Reagan's economic policies,

A) the poverty rate declined
B) US corporations suffered under the burden of higher tax rates
C) the United States became the world's largest debtor nation
D) the national debt declined