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This activity contains 12 questions.

Those American who benefited most from the initiatives of the Reagan administration were

the poor and minorities.middle class.single-parent households.urban ethnicsthe most affluent.

The individual more responsible than any other Republican politician for the success of the conservative cause in the 1970s and 1980s was

Jerry Falwell.George Bush.Pat Buchanan.Richard Vigueire.Ronald Reagan.

The Reagan and Bush administrations' policies resulted in all the following EXCEPT

a concentration of capital in fewer hands.increasing defense spending.a widening gap between the rich and the poor.increased economic stability.a larger national debt.

As they rose to power in the 1970s and 1980s, conservatives intended to do all the following EXCEPT

rebuild the military.reduce taxes.deregulate business.limit the size of government.initiate a new set of social values.

Which of the following sequences best describes the fortunes of the national economy between 1980 and 1992?

boom, recession, boomboom, recession, boom, recessionrecession, boomrecession, boom, recessionboom, recession

President Reagan's economic program resulted in all the following EXCEPT

a smaller national debt.tax reductions.large defense expenditures.huge deficits.reduced spending on entitlement programs.

The decline of industrial production in the United States in the 1970s and 1980s resulted from all the following EXCEPT

rising oil prices.underinvestment in research and development.corporate mergers.competition from abroad.overinvestment in new plants and equipment.

The 1990 census revealed that all the following were true of the 1980s EXCEPT

the minority birth rate was higher than the birth rate for whites.the U.S. population increased.the percent of nonwhites in the population increased.the rate of population growth increased.the percentage of new immigrant groups as a part of the population increased.

Which one of the following was NOT an effort to limit nuclear arms?

SALT ISALT IISTARTIntermediate-Range Nuclear Force TreatyStrategic Defense Initiative

In 1991, the president of Russia, emerged as the dominant leader among the republics of the former Soviet Union.

Saddam HusseinBoris YeltsinVaclav HavelVladimir PutinMikhail Gorbachev

The most extreme case of resurgent ethnic and religious hostility to emerge from the collapse of Communist authority in Europe was in

The Baltic states.Hungary.Czechoslovakia.Yugoslavia.Poland.

President Reagan's foreign policy in Latin America resulted in interventions in all the following nations EXCEPT

GrenadaNicaraguaGuatemalaPanamaEl Salvador

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