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During his election campaign in 1988 he promised not to raise taxes
Who is George H. W. Bush
100
Supply-side economics is sometimes called
What is "Reaganonimics"
100
The theory that people will work more to make and spend more money if their taxes are lower
What is supply-side economics
100
This group supported laws protecting the rights of minorities and women
Who are Liberals
100
Leader of Panama seized by US for drug trafficking
Who is Manuel Noriega
200
Programs required but not paid for by the government
What are Unfunded Mandates
200
He was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and guided American victories in Panama and the Persian Gulf War
Who was Colin Powell
200
President Reagan's program that would have put weapons in space
What is SDI or "Star Wars"
200
What group tends to prefer helping the needy through charity provided by organizations and individuals
Who are Conservatives
200
Leader of the Soviet Union who brought about many reforms
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
300
President Reagan influenced the judicial branch by adding new conservative justices like the first female
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
300
The Persian Gulf War in 1991 started when Iraq invaded
What is Kuwait
300
Reduction or removal of government controls over an industry
What is deregulation
300
A disease of the immune system that first appeared in 1981
What is AIDS
300
Leader of Iraq who invaded Kuwait in 1990
Who is Saddam Hussein
400
A conservative movement that grew rapidly during the 1960s and 1970s
What is the New Right
400
Anticommunist counterrevolutionaries who opposed the Sandinista government in Nicragua in the 1980's
Who are the Contras
400
Political scandal under President Reagan involving money from arms sales to Iran to illegally support the Contras in Nicaragua
What is the Iran-Contra Affair
400
An event in which many banks failed
What is the Savings and Loan Crisis
400
The first leader of South Africa elected in free elections
Who is Nelson Mandela
500
The richest Americans received the largest tax cuts resulted from this Act in 1981
What is Economic Recovery Act of 1981
500
What two reforms did Gorbachev pursue when the Soviet economy could not keep up with the US in the arms race
What are glasnost and perestroika
500
When federal budget deficits skyrocketed during Reagan's administration Congress passed this Act in 1985
What is Gramm-Rudman Hollings
500
They wanted to use federal lands for ecomomic advantage
Who are the "sagebrush rebels"
500
He rallied millions of Russians to support Gorbachev's reforms
Who is Boris Yeltsin