Reagan and the Evil Empire

Question 1

Reagan based his reelection campaign in 1984 on

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a booming economy.

Question 2

Ronald Reagan’s conservative message

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made him popular with many Americans.

Question 3

Which best describes Reagan’s beliefs about economic growth?

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He believed that making government smaller would lead to growth.

Question 4

A criticism of President Reagan’s economic policies during the 1980s was that his policies

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helped only the wealthy.

Question 5

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

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lowering taxes.

Question 6

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 7

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 8

How did Americans’ perceptions of the candidates affect the presidential election of 1980?

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Many Americans viewed President Carter as negative and defeated.

Question 9

When the AIDS crisis emerged in the early 1980s,

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the Reagan administration was slow to respond.

Question 10

A change brought about by the economic growth of the 1980s was

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the development of large discount retail chains with many stores.

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