Reagan
Before 1960, Reagan considered himself a member of this political party.
What is Democratic?
Walter Mondale
Who did Ronald Reagan defeat for President in 1984?
Roe vs. Wade.
What is the Supreme Court's decision that legalized abortion?
The centerpiece of Reagan's economic policies was the cutting of these.
What are taxes?
Many of Reagan's foreign policy goals during his first term in office centered on "containing" the influence of this foreign power.
What is the Soviet Union?
The two oldest Presidents to be elected and the only 2 Presidents to be divorced? (same 2 men)
Who are Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump?
John Hinkley, Jr.
Who shot President Reagan on March 30, 1981 in an assassination attempt?
Phrase used by Jimmy Carter and other politicians to testify to their salvation experience.
Who is "born again"?
Two key economic indicators that Reagan tackled as President.
What were inflation and unemployment?
The Soviet election of this moderate leader in 1985 led to a thawing in Soviet-American relations.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
In 1966 Reagan ran for this public office of California.
What is governor?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first woman, nominated by Reagan, to join the US Supreme Court?
Three key moral issues of the Religious Right.
What are abortion, drugs, and homosexuality?
Term for Reagan' prescription for curing inflation--it seeks to lower inflated prices by enhancing productivity and increasing the supply of goods.
What is supply-side economics?
The START and INF treaties led to the decrease in what weapon produced by the Soviets and America.
What is nuclear-armed missiles?
Nancy Davis.
Who did Reagan marry in 1952?
President Reagan "busted" this union when 13,000 of its affiliates went on strike in August of 1981.
What is PATCO (Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization)?
Baptist pastor Jerry Falwell's political action group.
What was the Moral Majority?
Reagan said, "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose your job. And a recovery is..."
What is when "Jimmy Carter loses his job"?
Reagan authorized a bombing raid on this country after discovering that it funded anti-American terrorist movements.
What is Libya?
Lifeguard, radio announcer, and actor.
What were three jobs Reagan held before entering politics?
Reagan's choice for vice-president in the 1980 election.
Who was George Bush, Sr.?
He was the most influential of the Charismatic television evangelists with his Christian Broadcasting Network and talk show, the 700 Club.
Who was Pat Robertson?
Tax cuts, defense spending increases, and the unwillingness of Congress to make serious budget cuts added up to a huge amount of this type of spending. (it's what killed the French government under Louis XVI before the French Revolution)
What is "deficit spending"?
The official name for Reagan's $1 trillion "Star Wars" program?
What is SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative)?