USHC Unit 8 Section 1 - Wilson HS

What is the name of the political movement of the late 20th century that emerged out of the reinvigorated conservative ideology?

• New Right

• New Left

• Tea Party

• Counterculture

Which group in the United States in the late 20th century wanted to restore what they considered to be Christian values back into American society?

• New Thought

• American Rosicrucianism

• Moral Majority

• Scientology

Which president was elected through the efforts of the New Right in the 1980 election?

• Jimmy Carter

• Nelson Rockefeller

• Ronald Reagan

• George H. W. Gush

Which of the following was NOT a goal of the Reagan Revolution of the 1980s?

• Tax cuts

• Deregulation

• Greater support and funding of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• Reducing the size of the government and cutting spending

What is the economic goal of Reaganomics, also known as supply-side economics?

• Reduce taxation to stimulate economic growth

• Increase tariffs to limit imports in order to develop American manufacturing

• Increase taxes to provide greater assistance programs to the people to contribute to economic success

• Eliminate all trade barriers to stimulate overseas American trande

What is the concept used to describe the decentralization of power from the federal government to state and local governments, which was heavily embraced by President Ronald Reagan?

• New Nationalism

• New Federalism

• Social Darwinism

• Globalization

Which country did President Ronald Reagan refer to as the "Evil Empire" during his presidency?

• China

• North Korea

• Cuba

• Soviet Union

Even though he had promised to reduce government spending, why did the national debt increase dramatically during the presidency of Ronald Reagan?

• Increased spending on social welfare programs

• Continued stagflation from the 1970s

• Numerous labor strikes that occurred during the 1980s

• Increased spending military spending

What is the name of the proposed, and extremely expensive, satellite shield in space to intercept Soviet missiles?

• Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

• Death Star

• Skynet

• Skyborg

During the Reagan presidency, the Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union decreased, entering into the period known as detente.

• True

• False