APUSH Period 9 Test

All of the following contribute to the growing lack of trust in the government in the 70's except ?

Republican efforts to shrink big government

In the 1980s Christians were able to increase political participation and leverage in part by ?

Cultivating a large TV audience with charismatic leaders

Phyllis Schlafly one of the most successful conservation activists helped successfully defeat ?

The equals rights management

despite Ronald Reagan's stated opposition to large government which area did he choose not to cut ?

Medicare

What did President Reagan's declare as the most important budget priority in his first term ?

Military spending

Which of the following showed the limits of Reagan's success by the end of his second term ?

The growing national debt

Which 1988 campaign promise did President George H. W. Bush reverse in 1992 ?

No new income taxes

Begging in the 1980s conservatives supported deregulation of business to ?

Promote economic growth

In 1994 congressional conservatives launched what new agenda to try and take back govt control ?

The Contract with America

Which of the following events led to the other three ?

The 9/11 attacks

Early on Reagan first attempted to redefine American foreign policy by utilising ?

Employing military action and bellicose thetoric

Which presidential admin. led a coalition to liberate Kuwait from an Iraq invasion ?

George H. W. Bush

After the cold war ended in the 1990s Bill Clinton's administration enjoyed ?

A peace divided and new diplomatic opportunities

During his second term Ronald Reagan's relationship with Mikhail Gorbachev resulted ?

Better relations allowing the USSR to begin internal reform

Which post-cold war-era foreign policy development proved to be most difficult forte U.S ?

Radicla Islamist movement

After the 2001 attacks on the WTC and the Pent. the US launched a war under the Bush Doctrine ?

Iraq

In general which group of American citizens has been most critical of the 2001 USA PATRIOT Act ?

Civil libertarians

During the War of Terrorist which US action led to accusations of human rights violations ?

The treatment of prisoners and suspected enemy combats

Between 2001 and 2012 the Warof Terro. resulted in all of the following except ?

A clear and permanent of terrorists targeting America

All of the following led to the growing economic inequality between 1980 and 2000 except ?

Increase worker productivity

Which of the following was not an economic challenge that sparked policy bedates form from 90'-13' ?

Federal preserve action to rein in high inflation

As a result of the 21st-century concern about fossil fuel use the USA has ?

Substantially increase oil drilling and renewable energy use

Which industry or service has been most disrupted by the riseofthe internet and global comm. ?

Newspapers

After 1980 new immigrants form which region increased population in the south and West ?

Asia

Which presidential candidate effectively used multimedia when campaigning for office ?

Barack Obama

Since 1980 new American immigrants contributions to the laboratory force have ?

Made important contributions in many sectors of the economy

The debates inthe US regarding demographic have been least concentrated on which area ?

Media coverage

American economic productivity has continued to increased while workers wages ?

Stay mostly flat or unchanged

From 1980 to 2013 the rise in family median income was mostly due to ?

The increase in two income families