Question 1

Besides Operation Desert Storm, what major foreign policy issues did President George H. W. Bush face? How successful was he in dealing with them?

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Question 2

Explore the 1980 presidential election. Who were the major candidates? What were the major issues during the campaign? Why did Ronald Reagan ultimately win?

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Question 3

What were Ronald Reagan's economic goals and how did he use Reaganomics to achieve them? What were the major components of "Reaganomics"? Did Reaganomics work?

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Question 4

Discuss Ronald Reagan's strategy for waging the Cold War. What were his goals? What means did he use to pursue them? How successful was he in achieving his goals?

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Question 5

Discuss four social, economic, or cultural trends of the 1990s that began to change the United States during that decade and seemed likely to shape the course of American history in the twenty-first century.

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Question 6

What were the reasons for the Clinton-Gore ticket's electoral success in 1992? Did President Clinton deliver successfully on his pledge to create an activist administration? Why or why not?

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Question 7

Evaluate President Clinton's foreign policies. What were his major foreign policies, and why did he develop them? How effective was he in implementing them, and how successful were they in achieving his goals?

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Question 8

What economic trends, technological innovations, and cultural trends shaped American life in the 1990s?

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Question 9

What economic problems confronted the United States in the 1980s and 1990s? How did presidents Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Clinton, deal with those problems, and with what success?

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Question 10

What were the major domestic accomplishments failures of the Reagan years? Compare, especially, Reagan's first and second terms. Overall, do you agree with your text's assessment that Reagan's record was "at best mixed"? Why or why not?

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Question 11

Instructions: Choose the letter on the accompanying map of the Middle East and North Africa that correctly identifies each of the following:  Libya

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Question 12

What economic problems did the United States face under President George H. W. Bush during the years 1989-1992? What were the causes of those problems? How did he attempt to deal with them?

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Question 13

What were the key technological developments of the 1980s and 1990s? What were the most important cultural and social effects of those new technologies?

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Question 14

Explain the elements of the "Reagan Revolution's" social, ideological, and political foundations; Reagan's managerial style; and the sources of his personal popularity.

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What technological developments made the personal computer possible? What were the most important cultural and social effects of personal computers and the new communications technologies they spawned?

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Question 16

Explore the 2000 election. What were the strengths and weaknesses of each candidate? What issues were most important? Why were the results so controversial? Explain.

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Question 17

Discuss President Clinton's successes and failures in the areas of economic expansion, job creation, and health care.

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Question 18

Analyze how the American political landscape changed in the 1990s. How did Republicans gain the initiative? How did Bill Clinton respond? Which one was more successful? Why?

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Question 19

Explore the economic boom of the 1990s. Why did the boom occur? Who did it benefit? Who did it not help? Who should get credit for it? Why?

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Question 20

What were the main features of President George H. W. Bush's domestic program? How successful was he in achieving his domestic agenda? Explain.

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