Question 1

The explosive Senate hearings that nearly prevented Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas from being confirmed involved charges that Thomas was guilty of

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The explosive Senate hearings were centered around charges made by Anita Hill that Thomas was guilty of sexual harassment.

Question 2

Why did both the United States and Britain see such strong conservative leaders in the 1980s? Could Reagan have achieved his goals without such support from America's closest ally?

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Question 3

How did the New Right of the 1980s differ from the Old Right of the 1930s and earlier? Where were they similar? What were the most important things that New Right conservatives wanted to conserve?

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Question 4

What were the successes and failures of Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics (Reaganomics)?

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Question 5

What were Ronald Reagan's goals as he entered the presidency in 1981? How successful was he in implementing them? In what ways did he fail to achieve his goals? Why?

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Question 6

The Americans With Disabilities Act

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The Americans With Disabilities Act prohibited discrimination against 43 million citizens facing mental or physical challenges. The other options listed are not accurate descriptions of the ADA.

Question 7

Was the Persian Gulf War a complete American triumph or only a qualified success? What were its long-term consequences?

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Question 8

Describe President Reagan's approach to foreign affairs.Was it effective? Why or why not?

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Question 9

To what extent did the United States and the administrations of Reagan and Bush contribute to the collapse of the Soviet Union? To what extent was it product of internal changes in the Soviet Union itself,especially those sponsored by Mikhail Gorbachev?

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Question 10

Argue for and against: Ronald Reagan's ability to negotiate successful arms agreements with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev could not have happened if he had not been so aggressively anti-Soviet in his first term.

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Question 11

Why,after the crushing defeat of its candidate in 1964,was the conservative right in America able to achieve a landslide victory for Ronald Reagan in 1980? Was this victory the result of a difference between Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan or of changes that had occurred in America and the world in the intervening sixteen years? Explain.

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Question 12

Agree or disagree with the following statement: George H.W.Bush's administration was essentially the Reagan administration's third term in its policies and goals.Why or why not?

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Question 13

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? "The greatest success of the conservative movement came in reversing the previously liberal direction of the Supreme Court." Explain your answer.

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Question 14

What do you think have been the three most important international developments during Ronald Reagan's two terms of office?

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Question 15

How did the rise of social conservatism affect issues like affirmative action and women's rights?

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Question 16

Why was the United States more successful in dealing with the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe than with China? Why did President George H.W.Bush refuse to punish China after it brutally crushed the prodemocracy movement?

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Question 17

Why did conservatism gain such strength in the 1980s and 1990s? Where did modern American conservatism come from?

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Question 18

Which of these liberal policies provided the most political ammunition for movement conservatives in the 1980s: abortion,affirmative action,or social welfare programs?

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Question 19

Were Ronald Reagan's massive deficits a deliberate strategy to bring an end to the expansion of the liberal welfare state or simply the necessary consequences of Reagan's massive tax cuts that he had to accept?

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Question 20

All of the following represent the furor over Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court except

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The option that does not represent the furor over Thomas's confirmation to the Supreme Court is D, as it describes the growing public appeal of social issues that helped elect Republicans, which is not related to the controversy surrounding Thomas's confirmation. The other options (A, B, C, and E) are all accurate representations of the furor over Thomas's confirmation, including the anger of women, the gender gap between political parties, the distancing of pro-choice women from the Republican party, and the criticism of the president's stand on abortion.

Quiz 40: The Resurgence of Conservatism,1980-1992