STAAR Reagan Era

What Party Was Ronald Reagan?

• Republcan
• Republican
• Democratic
• Whig

What event signaled an end to the Cold War?

• Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Iran Contra Affair

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Election of Jimmy Carter

What convinced the Soviet leaders that they couldn't compete with the US?

• USA enormous spending on the Military

• Supply-side Economics

• Misery Index

• Detente

Which groups saw a resurgence under President Reagan?

• conservative

• the religious right

• the new left

• socialist activism

Economic policies of Ronald Reagan, consisted of budget cuts, tax cuts, and

• Increased spending on social programs

• Increased spending on the environmental programs

• Increased defense spending

• Decreased defense spending

The text above reflects President Reagan’s foreign policy

• Of isolationism

• That aimed to protect a “nation at risk”

• Of détente

• Known as Peace Through Strength

What religious group formed to promote family values and support conservative politicians?

• Social Gospel

• Great Society

• Moral Majority

• New Right

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

• Iran, Nicaragua, United States

• Nicaragua, United States, Iran

• United States, Iran, Nicaragua

Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:

• Reaganomics

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Containment

• Fiscal Responsibility

What word best describes Ronald Reagan?

• Liberal

• Conservative

• Progressive

• Socialist