Quiz 16-2 Resurgence of Conservatism

What political ideology believes the government should play a more active role in government helping disadvantaged people through social programs?

• libertarianism

• liberalism

• communism

• conservatism

What political ideology believes the government’s power should be restricted and limited maintaining traditional ideas and institutions?

• libertarianism

• liberalism

• communism

• conservatism

What defense system did President Reagan propose that would use lasers to shoot down enemy missiles?

• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

• Defense Readiness Condition (DEFCON)

• North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)

• Iron Dome (ID)

President Reagan's close relationship to what Soviet leader would mark growing cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union and would be a major step in ending the Cold War?

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Vladimir Putin

What event happened with the space program in January of 1986?

• 1^st manned mission to the moon accomplished

• 1^st successful space walk

• 1^st explosion of a space shuttle during take off

• 1^st man-made space craft to leave our solar system

With which nations did the United States secretly and illegally trade weapons with despite having an embargo against that nation?

• Cuba

• Iran

• Iraq

• Soviet Union

What conspiracy during the Reagan administration provided funding for anti-Communist rebels in Nicaragua by secretly selling missiles to an embargoed nation and diverting that money back to the rebels?

• Watergate

• Whitewater

• Iran-Contra

• Tiananmen

What did critics call Regan’s economic policy of cutting taxes for the wealthy believing they will invest their extra money benefiting the average American?

• demand-side economics

• right-wing wages

• American socialism

• trickle-down economics

Which of the following are part of the the conservative agenda?

shrink gov’t, reduce spending, promote traditional family values, lower

taxes, promote business, strengthen nat’l defense

• promote traditional family values

• promote business and economic well-being

• regulations & social programs to help disadvantaged people

• reduce government spending

Who became the first female appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court

• Sandra Day O-Connor

• Geraldine Ferraro

• Betty Friedan

• Madaline Albright