Deck 30: Uncertain Times, 1974-1992

Question 1

The independent, self-financed candidate in the 1992 presidential election was billionaire

A)Donald Trump.
B)Ross Perot.
C)John Rockefeller.
D)Allan Frost.
E)Al Franken

Answer 1

Ross Perot.

Question 2

The popular image of Gerald Ford was that he was

A)elitist and arrogant.
B)a strong and powerful leader.
C)consumed with gaining political power.
D)genial and unpretentious 
E)paranoid and suspicious.

Answer 2

genial and unpretentious 

Question 3

The Democratic opponent to George Bush in the 1988 presidential election was

A)Jesse Jackson.
B)Michael Dukakis.
C)Edward Kennedy.
D)Walter Mondale.
E)Ted Kennedy.

Answer 3

Michael Dukakis.

Question 4

Throughout the 1980s, the Reagan administration attempted to overthrow the leadership of what Latin American nation?

A)Guatemala
B)El Salvador
C)Nicaragua
D)Honduras
E)Panama

Question 5

The winner of the 1976 presidential election was

A)Gerald Ford.
B)Jimmy Carter.
C)Walter Mondale.
D)Robert Dole.
E)Richard Nixon.

Question 6

In 1983, after a truck bomb killed 241 U.S. soldiers in Lebanon, President Reagan

A)ordered air strikes against suspected terrorist targets.
B)attempted to destabilize the government of Syria.
C)withdrew the remaining American troops from Lebanon.
D)increased arms sales to Israel.
E)threatened to invade Iran.

Question 7

The 1992 Democratic nominee for the presidency was

A)Bill Clinton.
B)Michael Dukakis.
C)Al Gore.
D)Edward Kennedy.
E)Joe Lieberman

Question 8

Ronald Reagan held all of the following positions in 1980 except

A)reducing defense spending.
B)supporting large tax cuts.
C)opposing abortion.
D)advocating prayer in school.
E)advocating conservative family values.

Question 9

The Soviet Union invaded which one of the following countries in 1979?

A)Turkey
B)Armenia
C)Kazakhstan
D)Afghanistan
E)South Korea

Question 10

In Reagan's efforts to cut welfare spending, he​

A)sought to eliminate the "social safety net."​
B)greatly reduced Aid to Families with Dependent Children.​
C)made cuts to Social Security.​
D)All of these choices.​
E)None of these choices.​

Question 11

In 1984, Ronald Reagan defeated ____, a Minnesota Democrat, for the presidency.

A)Gary Hart
B)Robert Dole
C)Michael Dukakis
D)Walter Mondale
E)Ted Kennedy

Question 12

The first person to become both president and vice president, without having been elected to either position, was

A)Jimmy Carter.
B)Nelson Rockefeller.
C)Richard Nixon.
D)Gerald Ford.
E)Ronald Reagan.

Question 13

All of the following came together to form the New Right except

A)​readers of William Buckley's National Review.
B)​economist Milton Friedman.
C)​former supporters of Barry Goldwater.
D)​conservative business leaders.
E)​followers of Ross Perot.

Question 14

In 1980, with slightly more than 50 percent of the popular vote, ____ was elected to the presidency.

A)George Bush
B)Ronald Reagan
C)Jimmy Carter
D)Gerald Ford
E)Richard Nixon

Question 15

In 1983, the United States overthrew the government of what small Caribbean nation?

A)Cuba
B)Jamaica
C)Bermuda
D)St. Croix
E)Grenada

Question 16

During the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill testified against Thomas, accusing him of

A)racial discrimination.
B)anti-Semitism.
C)income tax evasion.
D)sexual harassment.
E)spousal abuse.

Question 17

In 1978, Jimmy Carter brokered a historic peace accord between

A)Iran and Iraq.
B)Lebanon and Syria.
C)Great Britain and Argentina.
D)North Korea and South Korea.
E)Israel and Egypt.

Question 18

All the following statements regarding the New Right are true except its

A)interests are almost entirely centered around social and cultural issues.
B)origins can be traced back several decades before Ronald Reagan became president.
C)supporters were outraged over Roe v. Wade court case.
D)supporters include Protestant fundamentalists.
E)a diverse coalition of conservatives.

Question 19

One of the most damaging problems of the Carter administration was its failure to win the release of U.S. hostages from

A)Iraq.
B)Iran.
C)Kuwait.
D)Lebanon.
E)Jordan.

Question 20

In December 1989, U.S. forces entered what Latin American nation in order to arrest its president?

A)Honduras
B)Panama
C)Nicaragua
D)Guatemala
E)Mexico

Question 21

The phrase "supply-side economics" refers to

A)Franklin Roosevelt's economic policy of supplying war materials to the allies in World War II.
B)Jimmy Carter's reduction of capital gains taxes.
C)congressional efforts to control the federal budget.
D)a theory embraced by Ronald Reagan that tax reductions would stimulate the economy.
E)the U.S. policy of supplying aid to third world countries that supported the U.S.

Question 22

All of the following occurred during the Reagan administration except the

A)increase in the rate of poverty.
B)reduction in federal spending for social welfare programs.
C)soaring of the federal deficit.
D)appointment of many Catholic social conservatives to courts.
E)reduction in environmental protections.

Question 23

Ronald Reagan's second major goal was aimed at which segment of society?

A)women
B)unions
C)upper class elites
D)Asian Americans
E)African Americans

Question 24

During the 1980s, conservative Reaganites redefined the word "liberalism" to mean

A)wasteful social programs that robbed working Americans and rewarded lazy undeserving people.
B)limited government spending that controlled inflation.
C)moderate support for traditional family and social values.
D)government programs that helped average families purchase homes and consumer goods.
E)sexual promiscuity.

Question 25

Which of the following is not an example of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy?

A)establishment of formal diplomatic relations with Communist China
B)negotiations that improved relations between Israel and Egypt
C)expansion of American control in the Panama Canal Zone
D)development of a human-rights policy to determine which countries received U.S. foreign aid
E)failure to deal effectively with the hostage crisis

Question 26

George Bush's campaign faltered during the election of 1992 because

A)Bush did not have a clear, consistent vision of foreign and domestic policy.
B)the Democrats attacked him as an enemy of "family values."
C)his appearance on MTV shocked conservative voters.
D)white southern Protestants overwhelmingly supported the Democratic ticket.
E)the Democratically controlled Congress took credit for the economic prosperity.

Question 27

President Jimmy Carter supported all of the following domestic policies except

A)government funding for public-works jobs.
B)expansion of domestic energy production.
C)deregulation of some industries.
D)tax cuts.
E)dramatic cuts in welfare spending

Question 28

In response to the Khmer Rouge seizure of the U.S. ship Mayaguez, Gerald Ford

A)appealed to the United Nations for help in freeing the ship and crew.
B)apologized for the ship's accidental intrusion into Cambodian waters.
C)refused to negotiate with the Cambodians.
D)took no direct action and let events play themselves out.
E)ordered a rescue mission and a bombing attack.

Question 29

When Bill Clinton ran for president in 1992 he

A)emphasized his roots in the 1960s.
B)cast himself as a traditional Democrat.
C)was hurt that neither he nor his running mate had any military service.
D)made the preservation of the welfare system a top priority.
E)admitted to having extramarital affairs.

Question 30

James Schlesinger served as Jimmy Carter's head of the Department of

A)the interior.
B)state.
C)agriculture.
D)energy.
E)treasury.

Question 31

The 1984 Democratic vice presidential nominee was

A)Walter Mondale.
B)Geraldine Ferraro.
C)Lloyd Bentsen.
D)Edward Kennedy.
E)Shirley Chisholm.

Question 32

The domestic policies of the Carter administration

A)greatly increased aid to low-income families.
B)lowered the gas tax to increase the competitiveness of U.S. oil companies.
C)increased price inflation and stifled economic growth.
D)eliminated "stagflation" and expanded the economy.
E)ensured his reelection.

Question 33

Which of the following is not a true statement about Gerald Ford?

A)He was a republican.
B)He was elected president. 
C)He angered people when he pardoned Richard Nixon. 
D)He chose Nelson Rockefeller as his vice president.​
E)He had been a football star in college. 

Question 34

During George Bush's presidency,

A)the federal deficit continued to increase.
B)the Soviet Union was abolished.
C)the United States invaded Panama.
D)the Persian Gulf War was fought.
E)all of these choices

Question 35

In the aftermath of Vietnam and Watergate, the mood of the public was

A)optimistic.
B)disillusioned.
C)militant.
D)disinterested.
E)fearful.

Question 36

​Carter's approach to the economic downturn was to

A)​cut taxes.
B)​increase spending on public works.
C)​support Federal Reserve Board policies.
D)​None of these choices.
E)​All of these choices.

Question 37

Jimmy Carter appealed to voters because he was a

A)"born-again" Christian.
B)Washington outsider who was untainted by the political corruption of the Nixon era.
C)former governor with a southern small-town agricultural background.
D)retired naval officer
E)all of these choices

Question 38

The end of the Cold War and the fall of Eastern European communism occurred during the presidency of

A)Jimmy Carter.
B)Ronald Reagan.
C)George Bush.
D)Bill Clinton.
E)Gerald Ford

Question 39

The Berlin Wall came down in which year?

A)1978
B)1980
C)1984
D)1989
E)1992

Question 40

Ronald Reagan's impact on the federal judicial system can best be described as

A)minimal.
B)significant.
C)supportive of liberals.
D)balanced.
E)uninterested.

Question 41

In 1980, Jimmy Carter's major Democratic opponent to his renomination was

A)Ronald Reagan.
B)George McGovern.
C)John Anderson.
D)Walter Mondale.
E)Edward Kennedy.

Question 42

The first woman ever to run for president or vice president on a major party ticket was Sandra Day O'Connor.

Question 43

The advocacy group ACT UP is most associated with

A)gays.
B)women.
C)Blacks.
D)Hispanics.
E)Asians.

Question 44

Supply-side economics​

A)​was Jimmy Carter's program for reversing the economic downturn.​
B)​stressed the role of government spending in stimulating the economy.​
C)​emphasized tax cuts for businesses and investors would lead to job creation and economic improvement.​
D)​denounced the "trickle-down" theory of economics.​
E)ultimately helped all Americans.

Question 45

Cesar Chavez was a key leader in the agricultural Mexican American movement.

Question 46

During the Carter administration, treaties were signed that would return the Panama Canal to Panama.

Question 47

Many of those initially diagnosed with AIDS were gay men.

Question 48

Leaders of the religious right believed that​

A)​Rush Limbaugh spoke the truth about the changes needed.
B)​the Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade was right.
C)​Christian values should shape policy-making in government.
D)​the government should not use tax dollars to aid social programming of any kind.
E)​foreign policy should minimize the use of military power.

Question 49

The Iranian hostage crisis was one of the most embarrassing foreign policy failures of the Carter administration.

Question 50

Ronald Reagan was the first movie star to be president.

Question 51

Which of the following was an issue among the Asian American community?

A)government funding for projects for their communities
B)veteran benefits for members of their community
C)wages for new arrivals
D)educational programs in college
E)all of these choices

Question 52

In the Iran-Contra Affair

A)Ronald Reagan claimed ignorance.
B)Oliver North prosecuted the case.
C)most Americans viewed this as worse than Watergate.
D)it was clear that the plan was clear and successful, although illegal.
E)Ronald Reagan refused to comment or make any statement.

Question 53

George Bush failed to keep one of his most important 1988 campaign pledges⎯the pledge of "no new taxes."

Question 54

When he ran for president in 1976, Jimmy Carter asked voters, "Are you better off now than you were four years ago?"

Question 55

President George H. W. Bush's popularity rose as a result of

A)his change of heart in raising taxes.
B)the Persian Gulf War.
C)his actions in the former Yugoslavia.
D)the state of the economy in 1992.
E)his role on the Iran-Contra affair.

Question 56

​Which group was most greatly affected by Ronald Reagan's efforts to curtail welfare programs?​

A)​female-headed households.​
B)​male-headed households.​
C)​rural households.​
D)​suburban households.​
E)​all of these choices.​

Question 57

The U.S. operation to remove Iraq from Kuwait was known as "Operation Just Cause."

Question 58

George Bush's vice president was Dan Quayle.

Question 59

The price for a barrel of oil quadrupled between 1971 and 1980.

Question 60

"Operation Just Cause" was aimed against

A)Nicaragua.
B)Iraq
C)Cuba.
D)El Salvador.
E)Panama.

Question 61

President George H. Bush opposed the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Question 62

A concern for human rights lay at the center of Jimmy Carter's foreign policy.

Question 63

Jimmy Carter won a decisive victory in the election of 1976.

Question 64

The Tailhook scandal focused on navy attempts to cover up sexual harassment of women at a 1991 convention.

Question 65

Leaders of the Religious Right strongly supported the separation of church and state doctrine of the constitution.

Question 66

The minimum wage when measured in constant dollars rose throughout Ronald Reagan's presidency.

Question 67

The American Indian Movement was an activist organization for multiple Native American tribes.

Question 68

Deregulation during the Reagan administration kept the savings and loan industry from financial collapse.

Question 69

None of the major participants in the Iran-Contra affair were punished for their crimes.

Question 70

Formal diplomatic ties between the United States and China were made during the Carter administration.

Question 71

Jessie Jackson emerged as a key African American leader.

Question 72

The Reagan administration believed that democratic forces included almost any movement, no matter how autocratic, that was noncommunist.

Question 73

"Hispanic" is a term that simply means Mexican American.

Question 74

The Reagan administration supported "freedom fighters" in Ethiopia, Angola, Nicaragua, and elsewhere because these revolutionaries were dedicated to democracy and human rights.

Question 75

Ronald Reagan sought to limit some federal spending on social welfare.

Question 76

Ronald Reagan's pro-labor policies helped increase union membership in the 1980s.

Question 77

The Religious Right criticized Ronald Reagan when Robert Bork failed to win confirmation to a seat on the Supreme Court.

Question 78

Bill Clinton won election in 1992 with well under half of the popular vote.

Question 79

In 1992, Bill Clinton's main criticism of George H. W. Bush was that he had left Saddam Hussein in power after the Persian Gulf War.

Question 80

Michael Dukakis focused his presidential campaign in 1988 on honesty in the White House.