chapter 26 test

Who won a landslide election in 1991 after the allied victory in the Gulf War?

Bill Clinton

Both presidents ____________ and______________ abandoned their anti polices

George H. W Bush, Bill Clinton

Name the first female justice of the Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Conner

Who initiated the Strategic defensive initiative

Ronald Reagan

Most intensive American military effort since WWII

The Gulf War

What was the purpose of Operation Desert Shield

Iraq not to invade Kuwait

Name the first acting vice president to be elected president in more than 150 years

George H.W Bush

Who authorized President Bush to go to war against Iraq

Congress

Name the president who revived patriotism

Ronald Reagan

Name the liberal Democrat who lost in 1984 presidential election

Walter Mondale

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced a policy called g______

glasnost

Name the former Democratic governor of Massachusetts who lost in the 1988 presidential election

Michael Dukakis

Who was the allied commander of the Gulf War

General H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Dictator of Iraq who ordered the attack on Kuwait

Saddam Hussein

Name the man who succeeded President Reagan as president

George H. W Bush

Name the Republican vice presidential candidate in the election of 1988

Dan Quayle

The ACT was first opposed by Bush but eventually he changed his mind and signed it

ADA

The 27th amendment was originally drafted by

James Madison

A clandestine (secret) deal that traded guns for hostages

Iran-Contra Affair

Glasnost means ______

Openness

Reagon’s centerpiece for his economic policy was the ________ ______[ _____

Economy Recovery Tax

The ______ - _________ ________ Act was aimed at balancing the budget

Gramm Rudman Hollings

The ________ Doctrine provided support for anti-communist insurgents (rebels)

Reagan

What was the purpose of establishing the INF Treaty

Reduce tension in the Cold War

START reduced the size of _______ ________

Nuclear arms

_____________ _____________ _____________ Was a spaced- based defensive shield

Strategic Defense Initiative

Duarte was the leader of this country that received supplies from the United States. Name the Country

El Salvador

Name the country that was defeated in a ground war that only lasted 100 hours

Iraq

Name the Caribbean nation that was liberated from a communist government by U.S

Kuwait

Name the country that was bombed by the U.S in response to terrorist attacks

Libya

Name the nation where U.S marine barracks were attacked b terrorist

Lebanon

Name the nation where the Soviets fought the mujahideen

Afghanistan

Savimbi led anti-communist forces and received supplies from the United States. Name the Country

Angola

Bill Clinton called himself a New “_______”

Democrat

Proper name for the defensive project called “Star Wars”

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

What does ‘perestroika’ mean

Restructuring

Name Walter Mondale’s running mate

Geraldine Ferraro

The anti-Sandinista guerrillas in Nicaragua were called ______

Contras

Reagan’s economic philosophy was called _____________

Reaganomics

Reagan asked for continuous increases in ___________ spending

Defense

Reagan was not successful in balancing the _________

Budget

List two events that occurred in 1986 that limited Reagan’s effectiveness in the last two years

A. Iran-Contra Scandal

B. 1986 Midterm Election

Name the Reagan policy that experienced a radical shift during his second term?

Foreign polices

In what way did Reagan to the Communist burials in El Salvador

Supplied arms to El Salvador

Why did the United States supply arms to Iran?

Release of hostages

Clinton focused on one particular issue when attacking Bush in the 1992 “it’s the ________ stupid”

Economy

What campaign promise did George H.W Bush break during his presidency

“Read my lips no new _____ (taxes)

What is the 27th amendment

Pay raises don’t happen until after election

Who ran against George Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 1988

Michael Dukakis