1980's

Question 1

Reagan ran on what

Answer 1

less govt interference

Question 2

when did welfare overtake army in spending

Answer 2

1973

Question 3

Main goal for Reagan

Answer 3

lower tax bracket

Question 4

Assassination attempt

Answer 4

march 1981; not found guilty

Question 5

Reagans best quality to pass things

Answer 5

great with congress

Question 6

Who assisted Reagan in congress

Answer 6

Boll weevels

Question 7

Reagan economics

Answer 7

Trickle down

Question 8

Why did Reagan increase defense spending

Answer 8

because he knows soviets cannot do the same

Question 9

Reagan nickname for soviets

Answer 9

empire of evil

Question 10

What as Reagans ideals for negotiating with Soviets

Answer 10

only from position of power

Question 11

Caspar Weinberger

Answer 11

planned to spend the SR into the economic ruin

Question 12

first step to defeat the SR

Answer 12

build a 600 ship navy

Question 13

SDI

Answer 13

• strategic defense initiative
• shoot down incoming nuclear missiles
  Completely broke ABM
  accelerated end of SR by 5 years

Question 14

Poland solidarity movement

Answer 14

struck down unions

Question 15

What made soviets look bad in 1983

Answer 15

Relations worsened when Soviets shot down a S Korean 747 passenger plane that inadvertent flew into soviet

Question 16

Truck that predicted 911

Answer 16

truck bomber in Lebanon killed 200 marines

Question 17

why did Reagan sent advisors to help El Salvador government

Answer 17

fight against Sandinista in Nicaragua

Question 18

Island of Granada

Answer 18

medical school at the island with americans but also to show that communism will not stand with reagan as president

Question 19

democrat 1984

Answer 19

Walter Mondale

Question 20

weird things about the democrat 1984

Answer 20

first women vice president Geraldine Ferraro

Question 21

Mondale Ferraro campaign name

Answer 21

America needs new leadership

Question 22

Election Map 1984

Answer 22

worst beatdown

Question 23

Glastnost

Answer 23

openness; criticizing the politicals

Question 24

Perestroika

Answer 24

restructuring the economy; into some capitalism

Question 25

Negotiations

Answer 25

banned all nuclear missiles from Europe

Question 26

the contra

Answer 26

Reagan vowed to help contra rebels who were fighting the Sandinista in Nicaragua

Question 27

iran army

Answer 27

all United states supplies

Question 28

Why do we supply Iran with spare parts

Answer 28

Pays in cash for weapons and sent to contras

Question 29

Reagan lasting legacy sup court

Answer 29

appointed the first women to supreme court

Question 30

first women sup court

Answer 30

Sandra Day O'Connor

Question 31

affirmative action

Answer 31

end skewing for race

Question 32

Midterms of 1986

Answer 32

democrats Took back control of senate

Question 33

Black Monday

Answer 33

largest one day point drop

Question 34

1988 dems person

Answer 34

chose Gov of Massachusetts Micheal Dukakis as nominee

Question 35

Bush 41 vp

Answer 35

Qualyle as VP because he is photogenic

Question 36

result of pro democracy in east/ china

Answer 36

Chinese students in Tienanmen Square

Question 37

1988 election map

Answer 37

dems got west coast not cali

Question 38

When did Berlin wall fall

Answer 38

Berlin wall fell in December 1989

Question 39

When did Soviet union fall

Answer 39

1991

Question 40

soviet collapse

Answer 40

split into 15 separate republics with Russia

Question 41

first president of russia

Answer 41

Boris Yeltsin

Question 42

Use of Monroe doctrine in 90s

Answer 42

Sent US military to invade panama

Question 43

why did he Send US military to invade panama

Answer 43

- capture Manuel Noriega - president and drug lord

Question 44

Why did the US care about Kuwait

Answer 44

Oil supply held by terrorist and getting into UAE

Question 45

Who invaded Kuwait

Answer 45

Sadam hussein

Question 46

Operation Desert Storm

Answer 46

resolution demanding that they leave Kuwait by jan 15 1991

Question 47

powers behing operation desert storm and who led them

Answer 47

- coalition of 800,000 troops from 29 countries - USSR did not veto - led by Norman Schwarzkopf

Question 48

Who won operation desert storm

Answer 48

US destroyed them

Question 49

why did the US not destroy Saddam huessein

Answer 49

Korean war remaindered them

Question 50

Highway of death

Answer 50

killed 30,000 people on this highway

Question 51

bush domestic policy

Answer 51

proggressive moderate

Question 52

largest domestic policy act

Answer 52

Americans with disability act

Question 53

What did ADA do

Answer 53

every single building open to the public had to be handicap accessible

Question 54

Who did Bush appoint

Answer 54

nominated Clarence Thomas

Question 55

who is Clarence Thomas

Answer 55

- conservative black judge - Dem did not want him because hes conservative

Question 56

what happened to clarence thomas

Answer 56

- Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment - Thomas said “a high tech lynching for uppity blacks”

Question 57

1992 election

Answer 57

Clinton vs Bush

Question 58

Bush campaign promise

Answer 58

no new taxes but he does not do that

Question 59

Bill clinton ran in 92 with who

Answer 59

Gore

Question 60

Why did Bush not win

Answer 60

Billionare Ross Perot ran as independent

Question 61

Election map of 1992

Answer 61

line from NK to Texas and MN to Louisiana