The Reagan Revolution

Which of the following are reasons that Carter was so unpopular as he approached his re-election in 1980?

Energy Crisis

Iran Hostage crisis

High Inflation

Before running for president, Reagan was a

governor

This quote is from Reagan's announcement that he'd be running for president. It shows that Reagan believed

leaders such as President Carter were wrong about the nation's future.

According to Reagan, what is the step that sets this process in motion?

Taxes are cut

What happens in box 2?

Businesses prosper.

The name for the theory illustrated in this diagram is

supply-side economics.

Critics referred to this model as

"trickle-down economics."

A primary contributor to government spending under President Reagan was

high defense spending.

What do the graphs show?

Federal spending and the federal debt increased in the 1980s.

Who is Reagan referring to when he says those who "live in . . . totalitarian darkness"?

people who do not enjoy the freedom of a democratic society

Why does Reagan call the Soviet Union "the focus of evil in the modern world"?

The Soviet Union has a totalitarian government.

What did Reagan think would help the United States gain the advantage in the Cold War?

increasing defense spending

One of Reagan's more complex defense plans, the Strategic Defense Initiative, was nicknamed

Star Wars

What impact did the Strategic Defense Initiative, or "Star Wars," have on the Cold War?

pressured the Soviets to invest in similar technology

Why did Reagan argue that the United States should invade Grenada in 1983?

to stop the spread of communism

The CIA recruited guerrilla fighters called Contras to help overthrow the government of

Nicaragua

Some US officials had been secretly selling weapons to ____ in order to help support the Contras in Nicaragua.

Iran

In which of the following terrorist attacks were the bombers linked to the government of Libya?

the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, which exploded over Scotland on its way from London to the United States in 1988

the bombing of a Berlin nightclub in 1986.