Deck 30: A Conservative Revival and the End of the Cold War, 1980-2000

Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. George H. W. Bush

Answer 1

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Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Persian Gulf War

Answer 2

Answer not provided.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Conservative resurgence

Answer 3

Answer not provided.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Internet

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Ronald Reagan

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jimmy Carter

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Democratic Leadership Council

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jerry Falwell and the Moral Majority

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. George W. Bush

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William F. Buckley, Phyllis Schlafly

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Hillary Rodham Clinton

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. AIDS

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Albert (Al) Gore Jr.

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Affirmative action

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Iran-contra scandal

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Pro-life

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Equal Rights Amendment

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Reaganomics

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

Question 21

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Air Traffic Controllers Strike

Question 22

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Libya, Muammar el-Qaddafi

Question 23

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Jesse Jackson

Question 24

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Israel, PLO, Lebanon

Question 25

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Contras

Question 26

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sandinistas

Question 27

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Watts Riots

Question 28

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Exxon Valdez

Question 29

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Berlin Wall

Question 30

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Intifada

Question 31

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Reagan Democrats

Question 32

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Anita Bryant, Pat Robertson, Christian Broadcasting Network

Question 33

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. The Culture Wars

Question 34

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. New World Order

Question 35

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars")

Question 36

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Sandra Day O'Connor

Question 37

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Evil empire"

Question 38

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 1988 presidential election

Question 39

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Pan Am Flight 103, Lockerbie, Scotland

Question 40

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Globalization

Question 41

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Pat Robertson, Christian Coalition

Question 42

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Saddam Hussein

Question 43

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 44

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Oslo Accords

Question 45

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 46

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 1990 recession

Question 47

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Tiananmen Square

Question 48

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Oklahoma City bombing

Question 49

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Economic Boom of the 1990s

Question 50

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Newt Gingrich, Contract with America

Question 51

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Dayton Accords

Question 52

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Question 53

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Welfare Reform Act of 1996

Question 54

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. "Don't ask, don't tell" Policy

Question 55

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Clean Air Act of 1990

Question 56

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Question 57

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Madeleine Albright

Question 58

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 1992 presidential election

Question 59

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. David Souter, Clarence Thomas

Question 60

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Savings-and-loan industry and bailout

Question 61

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Somalia

Question 62

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Kenneth Starr, Clinton Impeachment

Question 63

Monica Lewinsky

A) Claimed that Paula Jones had an affair with the president.
B) Had an affair with President Clinton that led to his impeachment.
C) Was the first woman astronaut.
D) Was a blind Miss America winner who led a campaign for the better treatment of the handicapped
E) Authored the Harry Potter series, one of the highest grossing book series in history.

Question 64

To what was Ronald Reagan referring when he spoke of the "evil empire"?

A) The Soviet Union
B) The growing federal bureaucracy
C) The New Deal electoral coalition
D) The People's Republic of China
E) The alliance between Iraq, North Korea, and Libya

Question 65

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. 2000 Election

Question 66

Which of the following statements about Ronald Reagan is not true?

A) He had been a paid spokesman for a major American corporation.
B) He had been a sports announcer in Des Moines.
C) He had been an enthusiastic conservative Republican since the 1930s.
D) As governor of California, he popularized conservative ideas.
E) He gained political experience as president of the Screen Writers' Guild.

Question 67

In the "Iran-contra" scandal,

A) Contrary to Congressional restrictions, the White House secretly continued to funnel money to the forces fighting the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
B) The CIA had secretly funded the government of Ayatollah Khomeini for five years.
C) The CIA had been providing money and arms to the Sandinistas.
D) Iran was shipping missiles to Nicaragua to support the Contras.
E) None of these choices.

Question 68

Which of the following statements about the Strategic Defense Initiative is true?

A) It was proposed by the growing peace and antinuclear movement as an alternative to tactical nuclear weapons.
B) It seemed to be the best solution to the nuclear-arms race, because of its modest cost and technological simplicity.
C) It was the first program eliminated in the great wave of Reagan defense cuts.
D) It substituted cheap chemical and biological weapons for expensive nuclear devices.
E) It proposed a system of space-based lasers and other high-tech defenses against nuclear missiles.

Question 69

Who were the "contras"?

A) They were a group formed by members of the Palestine Liberation Organization to overthrow the Israeli government.
B) They were a group financed by the CIA to undermine the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
C) According to President Reagan, they were all American hostages around the world.
D) They were bands of evangelical Christians who traveled the country inveighing against sexual permissiveness and secular humanism.
E) They were the members of the underground movement in the Soviet Union that was working to bring democracy, capitalism, and Christianity to that communist land.

Question 70

Which of the following was not an accomplishment of President Reagan's first term?

A) Reducing the federal deficit
B) Reducing inflation
C) Revitalizing the American free-enterprise system
D) Rebuilding the military
E) Maintaining personal popularity

Question 71

Which statement concerning the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 is true?

A) It was passed by a Republican-controlled Congress over President Clinton's veto.
B) It generally followed principles favored by liberals since the days of the New Deal.
C) It ended all welfare payments to adults within one year after its passage.
D) It limited welfare payments for most recipients to two years.
E) It provided the largest increase in welfare benefits since the New Deal.

Question 72

Where did the United States send a humanitarian force from 1992 to 1994?

A) Darfur
B) Ethiopia
C) Kosovo
D) Somalia
E) Rwanda

Question 73

Which of the following economic developments occurred during Ronald Reagan's first term?

A) A budget surplus
B) A drop in the balance of trade deficit
C) The lowering of tax receipts
D) increased consumer spending and a surging stock market
E) All of these choices

Question 74

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Lewinsky Scandal

Question 75

What happened in the 1980 presidential election?

A) Reagan won by a razor-thin margin, but the Republicans lost seats in both the House and the Senate.
B) Carter lost, but he held such traditional New Deal Democratic voters as blue-collar workers and white southerners.
C) Reagan won in a landslide by capturing all western and northeastern states, although the solid South remained firmly Democratic.
D) Reagan won about 51 percent of the popular vote, and Republicans gained control of the Senate for the first time since 1955.
E) Carter won by a slim margin over Gerald Ford, but the Democrats regained control of the Senate and House of Representatives.

Question 76

What agreement attempted to bring peace to Bosnia?

A) Camp David Accords
B) Dayton Accords
C) Oslo Accords
D) Geneva Accords
E) Frankfurt Accords

Question 77

Instructions: Identify the following. Be as specific as possible, and include names, dates, and relevant facts as appropriate. Be sure to explain the significance of the person or term. Osama bin Laden

Question 78

What happened to the Equal Rights Amendment?

A) It became the 27^th Amendment to the Constitution.
B) It was proposed in Congress, but never gained enough support to be presented to the states for ratification.
C) It was passed by Congress but died three states short of ratification.
D) It remains before the states to ratify.
E) It was approved by 2/3 of the states but not by 3/4 of the Congress.

Question 79

According to the theories of "Reaganomics,"

A) by increasing revenue from taxes, the country could spend more for defense programs.
B) by cutting taxes, the country's economy would expand and produce more revenue for the federal government.
C) by reducing defense programs, the country could spend more money on domestic programs.
D) by eliminating the income tax and adopted a national sale's tax, the country could afford to spend more money on both domestic and defense programs.
E) by raising the income tax and increased corporate taxes, the country could expand its domestic and defense programs.

Question 80

What do David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas, and Stephen Breyer have in common?

A) They all joined the Supreme Court during the 1990s.
B) They all dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for president in 1992, clearing the way for Bill Clinton to run.
C) They all were members of George Bush's cabinet from 1989 to 1992.
D) They all testified that Bill Clinton had sexually harassed his secretary when he was governor of Arkansas.
E) They were all prominent Americans who acknowledged during the 1990s that they had AIDS.