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Jeopardy. End of Cold War. Reagan Domestic. Foreign Misc. 80s/George H.W. Bush. Rise of Conservatism. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $100. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $200. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $300. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400. Q $400.
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$100 Question Conservatives want government to take a _______________ role in people’s lives.
$100 Answer Smaller
$200 Question What groups of people would support a conservative domestic agenda?
$200 Answer *Wealthy/business owners *Banks *Big Business/corporations *Religious groups/Moral Majority *Elderly (possibly)
$300 Question The political organization formed by Evangelical Christian leaders was?
$300 Answer Moral Majority
$400 Question What were at least two goals of the Conservative Movement?
$400 Answer *Shrink the size of the Government *Reduce government regulations *Lower Taxes *Promote family values *Strengthen National Defense
$500 Question Name as many effects of the Conservative Movement of the 1980s as you can.
$500 Answer *Republican control of the presidency and then the Congress *Cuts in taxes and government spending *Dramatic increase in national debt *More conservative Supreme Court *Increased defense spending *Deregulation
$100 Question Reagan’s economic program, nicknamed “Reaganomics” was based on ___-side economics?
$100 Answer Supply-Side
$200 Question Why was Reagan unable to achieve Balanced budgets during his presidency
$200 Answer He increased defense spending while at the same time cut taxes.
$300 Question What program, important to older Americans, did Reagan not make cuts in?
$300 Answer Social Security/Medicare
$400 Question Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice appointed by Ronald Reagan?
$400 Answer Sandra Day O’Connor
$500 Question Reagan showed his lack of support for _______________ when he fired all of the people in THIS(__________) industry who went on strike.
$500 Answer Unions; Air Traffic Controllers
$100 Question This allowed open criticism of the USSR and Freedom of the Press
$100 Answer Glasnost
$200 Question Gorby’s Economic Reforms that allowed for some free enterprise in the USSR
$200 Answer Peristroika
$300 Question Which satellite country was the first to gain its independence from the USSR?
$300 Answer Poland
$400 Question How did Communist hardliners feel about Gorby’s reforms?
$400 Answer They wanted to overthrow Gorbachev for his liberal policies, but were unable to.
$500 Question When did the Cold War officially end?
$500 Answer The USSR was declared officially dissolved on December 25, 1991
$100 Question Non-Communist government of Nicaragua, supported by Reagan’s administration BONUS: What was the name of the Communist government they were trying to overthrow?
$100 Answer Contras Bonus: Sandinistas
$200 Question Congress put this in place to stop U.S. from aiding the Contras for a two-year period.
$200 Answer Boland Amendment
$300 Question Islamic group (considered terrorist group by U.S.) based in Lebanon, responsible for taking American hostages in 1980s
$300 Answer Hezbollah
$400 Question Panamanian leader that U.S. forces (under Bush) captured and convicted of drug trafficking charges
$400 Answer Manuel Noriega
$500 Question A student-led, non-violent protest for Democracy was crushed by the military in this place
$500 Answer Tiananmen Square
$100 Question Code name for the coalition-led attack on Iraqi forces to get them out of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.
$100 Answer Operation Desert Storm
$200 Question Why were people so upset with George H.W. Bush?
$200 Answer He lied about NOT imposing new taxes during his campaign and then DID when he became president. BONUS: If you know his (in)famous quote: “Read my lips, no new taxes!”
$300 Question What were some of the problems in America in the 1980s?
$300 Answer • Illegal drug us • AIDS crisis
$400 Question What did Iraqi forces do as revenge for being kicked out of Kuwait?
$400 Answer • Set oil wells on fire • Dumped Oil into the Persian Gulf
$500 Question What were some of the controversies over the Persian Gulf War?
