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Ronald Reagn was

 

a. the first Republican president since Watergate.

b. a strong supporter of lower taxes.

c. opposed to state's rights.

d. opposed to massive defense spending.

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b.
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Ronald Reagan supported

 

a. the Equal Rights amendment.

b. abortion on demand.

c. more taxes for welfare.

d. revenue sharing.

 

Definition
d.
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ronald Reagan's economic policies wwere closest to theose pf president

 

a. Coolidge.

b. Truman.

c. carter.

d. Franklin Roosevelt.

 

Definition
a.
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Under that Reagan adminstration, inflation

 

a. doubled.

b. rose only slightly.

c. remained the same.

d. dropped.

Definition
d.
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Reaganomics refers to

 

a. massive government direction over the economy.

b. development of welfare programs.

c. a basically lasissez-faire economic approach.

d. the end of New federalism.

Definition

c.

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Before becoming president, ronald reagan was

 

a. the governor of New York.

b. a senator from California.

c. the mayor of Los Angeles.

d. an actor

Definition
d.
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to stimulate the economy, Reagan

 

a initated massive tax reductions.

b. cut defense spending.

c. called for no tariffs.

d. increased socail welfare spending.

Definition
a.
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the first woman named to the U. S. Supreme Court was

 

a. Betty Friedman.

b. Rose Bird.

c. Sandra Day O' connor.

d. Carroll O' Connor,

Definition
c.
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The first president to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court was

 

a. Richard Nixon

b.Lyndon Johnson.

c. John Kennedy.

d. ronald Reagan.

Definition
d.
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President Reagan poposed stimulating the economy by

 

a. cutting taxes

b. cutting defense spending.

c. creating more welfare and job training programs.

d. eliminating all welfare.

Definition
a.
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The first woman nominated for vice-president by a major polictical party was

 

a. Sandra Day O' Connor.

b. Geraldine Ferraro

c. Cloria Steinem.

d. Betty Friedan.

 

Definition

b.

 

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The biggest scandal to hit the Reagan administration was

 

a Teapot Dome.

b. Whitewater

c. Iran-Contral

d.Watergate.

Definition
c.
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The Caribbean conuty that President Reagan invaded in 1983 was

 

a. Panama

b. Cuba

c. Argentina.

d. Grenada

Definition
d.
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Reagan's S.D.I. was

 

a. a new jet bomber.

b. a defense shield.

a political scandal.

d. his peace plan for the Middel East.

Definition
b.
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Oliver North

 

a. started the Watergate scandal.

b. headed U.S. forces in Vietnam.

c. helped illegally direct Iranian Noney to the Contras in the 1980s.

Definition
c.
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The Falkland Islands War

 

a. helped improve the U.S. image in Latin America

b. led to the defeat of U.S. forces in argentina.

c. resulted in the U.S. keeping the Falkland Islands.

d. hurt the U.S. image in latin America.

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d.
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President Reagan's policy toward South africa is best characterized as

 

a. strongly sympathetic to the government there.

 

b.cautious.

 

c. supportive of apartheid.

 

d. supportive of sanctions

Definition
b.
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