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Why did President Reagan order the CIA to recruit the Contras?

A
He wanted to use the Contras to help free US hostages being held by terrorists.
B
He thought they could help the United States sell arms to countries fighting Communism.
C
He thought they were necessary to oust a Communist-leaning government in Nicaragua.
D
He felt that it would prompt Congress to change its stand on US involvement in Latin America.
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What was Ronald Reagan’s basic belief about economic growth?

A
He thought greater government involvement in business would fix the nation’s economic problems.
B
He felt that more regulations would help to create more jobs.
C
He believed that decreasing government spending would eventually lead to economic growth.
D
He thought that higher taxes would provide incentives for growth.
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What did President Reagan’s new approach to the Cold War reveal about his foreign-policy strategy?

A
He thought that aggressive military action would lead to peace.
B
He favored peace talks, trade agreements, and negotiation.
C
He wanted to work for peace from a position of military strength.
D
He believed that cutting defense spending would improve US foreign relations.
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What was the link between the political situations in Iran and Nicaragua during the mid-1980s?

U
US hostages taken by Nicaragua were set free after Iran funded their release.
T
The US government sent money to both countries to support radical regimes.
P
Profits from the arms sold to Iran were used to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.
B
Both countries fought the USSR with weapons supplied by the United States.
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Primarily as a result of the United States’ support of Israel, attacks on American targets, such as the Marine barracks in Lebanon, increased in the 1980s. Who was responsible for these attacks?

A
Islamic fundamentalists
B
the Soviet Union
C
Nicaragua’s Sandinistas
D
the Contras
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According to Reagan’s model for supply-side economics, how would average Americans be affected?

T
Tax increases for business owners would reduce the income of the wealthy, so the average person would have more.
T
Tax cuts would mean that businesses would become more efficient and workers would lose their jobs.
T
Tax increases would mean that businesses would have less wealth and would produce less for consumers.
T
Tax cuts would stimulate business growth, which would grow the economy and benefit everyone.
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In 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. What did the INF Treaty do?

A
improved US-Soviet relations through reduction of arms
B
increased Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
C
ended the Cold War and made the United States the world’s only superpower
D
angered many Americans, who did not favor compromise
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Critics called President Reagan’s economic plan “trickle-down economics.” The term described his plan to cut taxes, allowing money to trickle down from

c
consumers to investors.
t
the wealthy to the poor.
b
businesses to consumers.
t
the wealthy to the government.
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Reagan’s plans for the Strategic Defense Initiative

A
pressured the Soviets to build similar technologies.
B
involved decreasing stocks of US nuclear weapons.
C
resulted in a decisive end to the Cold War.
D
provided opportunity for peace talks to begin.
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At the time of his election, Ronald Reagan felt that the problems the United States was experiencing

A
could be virtually eliminated by raising taxes.
B
were the result of excessive government spending.
C
had been caused by too little government intervention.
D
had developed because there were too few social services.

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