New Conservatism
WHAT IS THE LIBERAL BELIEF ABOUT HOW TAX BURDENS SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED?
THEY BELIEVE THAT THE WEALTHY SHOULD PAY HIGHER TAXES THAN THE POOR.
IDEA THAT HIGH TAXES WEAKEN THE ECONOMY BY TAKING MONEY AWAY FROM INVESTORS
SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS
WHAT NEW MEDICAL CRISIS WAS DISCOVERED IN AMERICA IN 1981?
AIDS
IN JANUARY 1991, THE UNITED NATIONS WENT TO WAR IN THE PERSIAN GULF FOR WHAT REASON?
IRAQ HAD INVADED KUWAIT.
FIRST WOMAN ON THE SUPREME COURT, APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT REAGAN
SANDRA DAY O’CONNOR
HOW DO LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES DIFFER IN THEIR VIEW OF THE CAUSES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS?
LIBERALS BELIEVE SOCIAL ILLS ARE CAUSED BY POVERTY; CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE THEY ARE CAUSED BY CHARACTER AND MORALITY.
REAGAN'S STANCE TOWARDS RELATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION WAS REFERRED TO AS
"PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH."
AS CABLE TELEVISION SPREAD ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN THE LATE 1970S AND 1980S, MANY OF THE NEW NETWORKS THAT APPEARED SPECIALIZED IN ONE TYPE OF BROADCASTING OR FOCUSED ON WHAT?
SPECIFIC AUDIENCES
LOCATION OF PRO-DEMOCRACY DEMONSTRATIONS VIOLENTLY CRUSHED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN 1989
TIANANMEN SQUARE
WHILE LIBERALS GENERALLY BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD HELP DISADVANTAGED AMERICANS THROUGH SOCIAL PROGRAMS, MANY CONSERVATIVES BELIEVE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED THROUGH
RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRIVATE EFFORTS.
HOW DO CONSERVATIVES IN GENERAL VIEW THE POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT?
THEY DISTRUST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND CALL FOR LESS GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN BUSINESS.
REAGAN ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT CUTTING TAXES AND EXPANDING THE MILITARY WOULD RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN
THE BUDGET DEFICIT.
WHAT CHANGE IN THE WAY CONSUMER GOODS WERE SOLD LED TO A REVOLUTION IN RETAIL SALES?
THE SPREAD OF DISCOUNT RETAILING AND SUPERSTORES
RESTRUCTURING PLAN INSTITUTED BY MIKHAIL GORBACHEV IN THE LATE 1980S TO SAVE THE SOVIET ECONOMY
PERESTROIKA
A PLAN, NICKNAMED “STAR WARS,” TO DEVELOP WEAPONS THAT COULD DESTROY INCOMING MISSILES
STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT FOUNDED BY EVANGELICAL MINISTER JERRY FALWELL
MORAL MAJORITY
ISLAND NATION INVADED BY THE UNITED STATES IN 1983
GRENADA
WHAT SOCIAL PROBLEM BEGAN TO INVADE SCHOOLS IN THE 1980S, RESULTING IN SEVERAL SUPREME COURT RULINGS ON STUDENT PRIVACY RIGHTS?
DRUG USE
FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN TO MAKE A SERIOUS RUN FOR A PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
JESSE JACKSON
CHIEF FIGURE IN THE IRAN-CONTRA SCANDAL WHO ADMITTED TO COVERING UP ILLEGAL ACTIONS
OLIVER NORTH
WHAT NEW POLITICAL TREND IN THE 1960S AND 1970S BEGAN TO GIVE CONSERVATIVES MORE POWER IN THE COUNTRY?
SOUTHERN CONSERVATIVES BEGAN TO VOTE REPUBLICAN ALONG WITH WESTERN CONSERVATIVES.
POLICY OF SUPPORTING GUERRILLA GROUPS FIGHTING COMMUNIST OR PRO-SOVIET GOVERNMENTS
REAGAN DOCTRINE
WHAT NEW FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT FIRST BECAME COMMONPLACE IN AMERICAN HOMES IN THE 1980S?
HOME VIDEO GAMES
WHAT DECISION CAUSED MANY VOTERS TO TURN AGAINST PRESIDENT BUSH BEFORE THE 1992 ELECTION?
HE BROKE HIS PROMISE AND RAISED TAXES.
WHAT EVENT OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 9, 1989, ENDING A POWERFUL SYMBOL OF SOVIET REPRESSION?
THE OPENING OF THE BERLIN WALL