Reagan and the 1980s

Question 1

Reagan based his reelection campaign in 1984 on

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a booming economy.

Question 2

When Jimmy Carter was president in the late 1970s,

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the country experienced high inflation.

Question 3

When the AIDS crisis emerged in the early 1980s,

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the Reagan administration was slow to respond.

Question 4

President Reagan’s involvement in the strike by federal air traffic controllers in 1981

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prompted the firing of controllers who refused to return to work.

Question 5

Which best describes Reagan’s beliefs about economic growth?

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He believed that making government smaller would lead to growth.

Question 6

Ronald Reagan’s first priority following his election in 1980 was

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fixing the economy.

Question 7

Which statement best summarizes how President Reagan’s economic policies affected the US economy?

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There was a significant rise in prosperity, but federal spending and the national debt increased.

Question 8

Reagan’s landslide victory in the presidential election of 1980 proved that

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Americans were ready for a change in leadership.

Question 9

How did the strong economy that emerged during the Reagan years affect social change in the 1980s?

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New technology created a demand for new products.

Question 10

The conservative movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s called for

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lowering taxes.

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