AMSCO Period 9 APUSH Questions

Reducing taxes for businesses and upper income individuals

Which of the following was an accomplishment by Reagan that fulfilled the pledges made in this excerpt?

Calvin Coolidge

Which of the following individuals held political views that most loosely resembled those expressed in this excerpt?

Cutting restrictions on financial institutions

Which of the following would best support President Reagan's views on "removing roadblocks that have slowed our economy?"

Force the Iraqi military forces out of Kuwait

Which of the following best explains the purpose of this speech?

Collective security

In this speech, Bush is most clearly expressing the concept in foreign policy called

President Bush's approval rating increased to 90 percent

Which of the following best explains the result of the foreign policy effort described in this excerpt?

Welfare and budget reform

Passage of which of the following is an example of Clinton's success in "compromising and negotiation, retreating so as to advance?"

Clinton presided over eight years of prosperity and improved middle class incomes

Which of the following best explains the general popularity of the Clinton presidency?

The challenge to control the violence in Iraq

Which of the following best explains the context for this speech by President Bush?

Neither valued freedom of the individual

Which of the following best supports President Bush's comparison of Islamic radicalism to communism?

The tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 under George W Bush

Which of the following would best support the text "A surplus became an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy ?

Health insurance reform and expansion of the Americans insured

Among the issues identified in the speech identified in speech, which of the following became the signature accomplishment of the Obama administration in the first term?

Dodd-Frank Reform Act

Which of the following was passed to stop banks and lenders from taking advantage of borrowers?

President Bush's decision to go to war in Iraq

Which of the following best explain the context for "Obama came to office believing that the U.S. had overextended itself militarily?

The Civil War in Syria

The restraint shown by President Obama in foreign affairs was most evident in his policies regarding

Relying on relatively small secret operations to carry out policies

President Obama best resembled President Eisenhower in his preference for

The new public defense of the traditional family as an ideal

Which of the following historical developments could best be used as evidence to support McGirr's argument in the excerpt?

Great Society programs

The groups described in the excerpt most likely opposed

The election of Ronald Reagan as president in 1980

Which of the following historical developments most directly resulted from the trend described in the excerpt?

Prominence of evangelical Christian organizations in politics

By the 1980's and 1990's, the strength of the movement described in thee excerpt was best illustrated by the