Deck 16: 1985-1992: The End of the Cold War ERA

Question 1

Reagan's economic policies coincided with an economic boom in the mid-1980s.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Reagan's economic policies coincided with increased poverty levels in the mid-1980s.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Government spending decreased under Reagan.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Reagan oversaw a rightward-turn in the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Question 5

Reagan succeeded in quashing environmentalism in the 1980s.

Question 6

Women achieved pay equity in the 1980s.

Question 7

Government expenditures for the War on Drugs remained steady throughout the 1980s.

Question 8

Substantive issues dominated the 1988 presidential campaign.

Question 9

George Bush easily won the 1988 presidential election.

Question 10

Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court nomination was hotly contested.

Question 11

What is "perestroika" and "glasnost"? How are they related, and what necessitated them?

Question 12

What was the rationale behind the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

Question 13

What did Francis Fukuyama mean by "the end of history"?

Question 14

Who coined the phrase "voodoo economics" to describe Reagan's economic policies?

A) George Bush
B) Jimmy Carter
C) Walter Mondale
D) Thomas "Tip" O'Neill

Question 15

There were how many billionaires in the United States in 1982?

A) 3
B) 13
C) 23
D) 33

Question 16

There were how many billionaires in the United States in 1988?

A) 21
B) 31
C) 41
D) 51

Question 17

In the 1980s, the federal deficit reached what figure?

A) $1 trillion
B) $2 trillion
C) $3 trillion
D) $4 trillion

Question 18

The Dow-Jones industrial average dropped by how many points on October 19, 1987?

A) 213
B) 334
C) 492
D) 508

Question 19

The U.S. followed the policy of "constructive engagement" in what nation?

A) Russia
B) China
C) Afghanistan
D) South Africa

Question 20

Who did Reagan use to arrange the exchange with Iran of arms for hostages?

A) Oliver North
B) Caspar Weinberger
C) William Casey
D) George Schultz

Question 21

A massive environmental disaster occurred in what U.S. town in the late 1970s?

A) Akron, Ohio
B) Oak Creek, Wisconsin
C) Love Canal, New York
D) Orangeburg, South Carolina

Question 22

Between 1970 and the mid-1980s, the rate of divorce and separation in the United States increased by what percent?

A) 20
B) 60
C) 80
D) 100

Question 23

How many cases of AIDS had been diagnosed in the United States by 1996?

A) 1,000
B) 9,000
C) 150,000
D) 515,000

Question 24

How many Americans had died of AIDS by 1996?

A) 320,000
B) 380,000
C) 420,000
D) 480,000

Question 25

Michael Dukakis held what position prior to running for the presidency in 1988?

A) Senator
B) Representative in the U.S. House of Representatives
C) Governor
D) All of the above

Question 26

What U.S. politician promised "no new taxes"?

A) Ronald Reagan
B) George Bush
C) Michael Dukakis
D) All of the above

Question 27

Which of the following Supreme Court Justices were appointed under George Bush?

A) Clarence Thomas
B) Anthony Kennedy
C) Thurgood Marshall
D) All of the above

Question 28

Who was the leader of the U.S.S.R. during the 1980s?

A) Gorbachev
B) Khrushchev
C) Malenkov
D) Brezhnev

Question 29

George Bush sent troops into what Latin American nation in 1989?

A) Nicaragua
B) Panama
C) Bolivia
D) Colombia

Question 30

Iraq invaded Kuwait in what year?

A) 1980
B) 1983
C) 1988
D) 1990

Question 31

In 1991, the United States was spending roughly how much per day on the Persian Gulf War?

A) $500 million
B) $1 billion
C) $1.5 billion
D) $2 billion

Question 32

During the Persian Gulf War, George Bush's approval ratings soared to what percent?

A) 80
B) 85
C) 90
D) 95

Question 33

Talk About:
-AIDS (aquired immune deficiency syndrome)

Question 34

Talk About:
-Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 35

Talk About:
-apartheid

Question 36

Talk About:
-Clarence Thomas

Question 37

Talk About:
-crack

Question 38

Talk About:
-culture wars

Question 39

Talk About:
-DNA

Question 40

Talk About:
-glasnost

Question 41

Talk About:
-Iran-Contra Affair

Question 42

Talk About:
-Love Canal

Question 43

Talk About:
-Manuel Antonio Noriega

Question 44

Talk About:
-Michael Dukakis

Question 45

Talk About:
-National Environmental Policy Act

Question 46

Talk About:
-Oliver North

Question 47

Talk About:
-perestroika

Question 48

Talk About:
-Persian Gulf War

Question 49

Talk About:
-Reagan Doctrine

Question 50

Talk About:
-Saddam Hussein

Question 51

Talk About:
-savings-and-loan (S&L)

Question 52

Talk About:
-Texas v. Johnson

Question 53

Talk About:
-Three Mile Island

Question 54

Talk About:
-war on drugs

Question 55

In the 1988 presidential election, the Republicans swept the South, which had once been a Democratic stronghold. Looking back as far as the 1950s, what precipitated this shift from blue state to red state in the South?

Question 56

Do you think that the United States in general, and its presidents in particular, deserve credit for the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and the end of the Cold War? Why or why not?