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Nation of Nations: A Concise Narrative of the American Republic, 3/e

James West Davidson, Historian
William E. Gienapp, Harvard University
Christine Leigh Heyrman, University of Delaware
Mark H. Lytle, Bard College
Michael B. Stoff, University of Texas, Austin

The Conservative Challenge (1980-1992)

Multiple Choice


1	San Diego's Horton Mall symbolized:
		A)	cost overruns on government projects.
		B)	the importance of shopping malls as centers of personal fulfillment through consumption.
		C)	how lingering racial tensions cannot be avoided.
		D)	the revived appreciation for more traditional family values in the 1980s.


2	To fundamentalist Christians, "secular humanism" stands for:
		A)	the rationale behind their opposition to legalized abortion.
		B)	the relativistic materialism of modern society, which they rejected.
		C)	behaving honorably in an imperfect world.
		D)	their political crusade to renew the spiritual void in American society.


3	People for the American Way was formed:
		A)	by Catholics who supported the Protestant Moral Majority.
		B)	as the political wing of the Moral Majority.
		C)	as a lobbying group to counteract conservative pressure groups like the Moral Majority.
		D)	to reduce the amount of explicit sex and profanity from television programming.


4	Which of the following is NOT true about Ronald Reagan?
		A)	Reagan had been a New Deal Democrat in his younger years, but became a conservative Republican over time.
		B)	As president, he focused his early efforts at bringing down the unemployment rate.
		C)	He served two terms as governor of California.
		D)	He campaigned to reduce the size of government and the federal deficit, but the government and the deficit both grew during his presidency.


5	All of the following occurred during President Ronald Reagan's first term EXCEPT:
		A)	the gap between rich and poor in America grew wider.
		B)	there was a general increase in high-wage blue-collar jobs that helped Reagan win over union voters.
		C)	government spending on such middle-class entitlements as Medicare and social security was not cut.
		D)	inflation was brought under control.


6	Two hundred thirty-nine U.S. Marines were killed in 1983 when their barracks were attacked by terrorists in:
		A)	Lebanon.
		B)	Grenada.
		C)	Nicaragua.
		D)	South Korea.


7	Iran-Contra:
		A)	nearly cost Ronald Reagan his re-election in 1984.
		B)	was far more embarrassing to Congress than it was to President Reagan.
		C)	suggested President Reagan lacked adequate control over officials in his own administration.
		D)	was an elaborate Reagan Administration plan to overthrow Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran using Nicaraguan Contras.


8	Saddam Hussein's decision to send Iraqi forces to invade Kuwait:
		A)	was an attempt to punish Kuwaitis for assisting Iran in the Iran-Iraq War.
		B)	proved that the U.S. had been right to back Iran in the Iran-Iraq War.
		C)	was not taken seriously by any countries except the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel.
		D)	centered on Hussein's desire to gain control of Kuwait's rich oil fields.


9	Senate opposition to Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court nomination centered on all of the following EXCEPT:
		A)	his race.
		B)	allegations of sexual harassment.
		C)	his outspoken conservative views and his years in the Reagan administration.


10	Regents of California v. Bakke threatened to end which government policy?
		A)	Medicaid
		B)	Affirmative action
		C)	Energy conservation
		D)	The Clean Air Act


11	The end of the Cold War was best symbolized by:
		A)	the fall of the Berlin Wall
		B)	Gorbachev's visit to Washington
		C)	Star Wars
		D)	the end of the Iranian hostage crisis

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