A person who generally supports government intervention to help the needy and protect the rights of women and minorities.
What is a Liberal
100
The amount of money the federal government owes to owners of government bonds
What is National Debt
100
President Reagan’s plan to develop innovative defenses to guard the U.S. against nuclear missile attacks
What is Strategic Defense Initiative
100
1991 American-led attack on Iraqi forces to expel them from Kuwait
What is Operation Desert Storm
100
Imprisoned since 1962 for leading the antiapartheid movement, was released from prison in 1990
Who is Nelson Mandela
200
A person who generally supports limited government involvement in the economy and community help for the needy, and upholds traditional values
What is a Conservative
200
An economic theory which holds that the government should increase the supply of labor and goods, rather than government spending, to achieve economic goals
What is Supply-Side Economics
200
Russian term meaning “a new openness”; a policy in the Soviet Union in the 1980s calling for open discussion of national problems
What is glasnost
200
A political system of strict racial segregation in South Africa
What is Apartheid
200
The dictator of Iraq, who invaded Kuwait in 1990 in an effort to gain control of 20 percent of the world’s oil production
Who is Saddam Hussein
300
This resurgent conservative movement emerged as a result in weakening of public faith in the federal government.
What is New Right
300
The reduction or removal of government control over industry
What is Deregulation
300
A policy in the Soviet Union in the 1980s calling for restructuring of the stagnant Soviet economy
What is Perestroika
300
The site in Beijing where, in 1989, Chinese students staged pro-democracy protests that were put down by the Chinese government
What is Tienanmen Square
300
The President of the Soviet Union beginning in 1985 who ushered in a new era of social and economic reforms
What is Mikhail Gorbachev
400
A political organization formed by Rev. Jerry Falwell, worked to fulfill religious goals.
What is Moral Majority
400
This economic problem grew from $79 billion in 1981 to $221 billion in 1986.
What is federal budget deficit
400
A political scandal under President Reagan involving the use of money from secret arms sales to Iran to illegally support the Contras in Nicaragua
What is Iran-Contra Affair
400
Private firms in the U.S. began to do this with their South African investments to protest its policies.
What is Divest
400
Panama’s dictator who was arrested by American troops in 1989 and convicted of drug trafficking
Who is Manuel Noriega
500
The Democratic Party unraveled and Public faith in the federal government was weakened by these factors.
* Name two factors for points
What is
- the Vietnam War
- urban riots
- the Iran hostage crisis
- the oil crisis of the 1970s
500
Name two of the three challenging issues from the 1980s would continue to confront Bush.
What is
the rising costs of Social Security
the budget deficit
the failure of public education
500
This is the number of years the Cold War lasted
What is 45
500
Reagan dramatically increased spending on what because he did not think that the Soviet Union could afford to spend as much.
What is Defense
500
Reagan tipped the balance in his favor during the one and only televised debate against Democratic incumbent