The Ford Presidency
Required Reading
The Reagan Presidency
80s Culture
Potpourri
100
The first man to become President of the US without ever being elected either President or Vice-President
Who is Gerald Ford?
100
This is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 'Great Movie Cowboy'
Who is Ronald Reagan?
100
Ronald Reagan belonged to this political party
What is the Republican Party?
100
Marty McFly travels to 1955 from 1985 in this iconic 80s movie
What is Back to the Future?
100
Name a famous 1980s era televangelis
Who are Pat Robertson Jerry Falwell Jim Bakker
200
This man defeated President Ford in the Presidential Election of 1976
Who is Jimmy Carter?
200
David Brooks separates the US into two parts which are symbolized by these two colors
What are red and blue?
200
This man was Reagan's VP and eventual successor
Who is George H. W. Bush
200
Name three famous films from the 1980s
What are E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back Batman Raiders of the Lost Ark Ghostbusters Beverly Hills Cop Back to the Future Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
200
President Reagan mentions curtailing the right to this medical practice in the text
What is abortion?
300
President Ford drew the ire of the voters by pardoning this former President
Who is Richard Nixon?
300
The speech by Ronald Reagan coined this famous term for the Soviet Union
What is 'the evil empire'?
300
President Reagan and Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev were instrumental in ending this 40-year conflict
What is the Cold War?
300
Name three TV shows that either started or became famous in the 1980s
What are Dallas Magnum Dynasty The A-Team The Cosby Show Family Ties Cheers The Golden Girls Who's the Boss Roseanne Alf
300
This was President Reagan's previous occupation before becoming a politician
What is acting?
400
This problem was the scourge of multiple presidents and in part caused by the spike of oil prices in the 1970s.
What is Inflation?
400
David Brooks claims that this is the most popular sport of 'Red America'
What is NASCAR?
400
Reagan mentions a constitutional amendment restoring the right to this in public schools
What is praying?
400
This multi-colored mechanical puzzle has become synonymous with 80s culture
What is the Rubik's Cube?
400
This amendment to the Bill of Rights explicitly makes it apply to states as well (as mentioned by Robertson)
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
500
This man was President Ford's own Vice-President
Who is Nelson Rockefeller?
500
Pat Robertson disputes that a right to this can be derived from the Constitution
What is privacy?
500
The title of this popular 1977 movie was also used derisively as the name of President Reagan's planned system of securing the US from nuclear attacks
What is Star Wars?
500
This famous 1980s filmmaker directed The Breakfast Cub, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Who is John Hughes?
500
This 1980s film starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen has been described as an accurate depiction of 1980s type capitalism
What is 'Wall Street'?
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