End of Cold War Quiz

Question 1

What happened at the end of the Persian Gulf War?

Accepted Answer

Kuwait was liberated

Question 2

What was Reaganomics?

Accepted Answer

broad tax cuts and financial deregulation

Question 3

What is Ronnie Reagan most famous for?

Accepted Answer

ending the Cold War

Question 4

What effect did Reganomics have on the nations debt?

Accepted Answer

greatly increased it

Question 5

Reagan sent our Marines to Lebanon during their civil war. What happened?

Accepted Answer

a suicide bomber killed 100's of them

Question 6

Why was the moral majority created?

Accepted Answer

geting more conservative Americans to vote

Question 7

Reagans Strategic Defence Initiative - what was it?

Accepted Answer

weapons that could destroy incoming missiles

Question 8

What happened when Carter let the Shah of Iran into the United States?

Accepted Answer

The Iran Hostage Crisis

Question 9

How did the Iran Hostage Crisis get resolved?

Accepted Answer

Once this guy becamse prez then Iran released the hostages

Question 10

Heritage Foundation, Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association had what in common?

Accepted Answer

They represented the resurgance of conservatism in America

Question 11

How did President Carter help end hostilies between Israeli and Arab Forces?

Accepted Answer

Camp David Accords

Question 12

Why were the Camp David Accords such a big deal?

Accepted Answer

first peace agreenment between Israel and an Arab Nation (Egypt)

Question 13

How did our treaty with the leader of the Soviet Union end the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

reduced tensions over nuclear war

Question 14

Why did Bush send troops to the Persian Gulf?

Accepted Answer

to keep Middle Eatern Oil flowing to us and our allies

Question 15

what group might someone who did NOT want equal rights for women belong to?

Accepted Answer

a conservative interest group

Question 16

What was the intended purpose of the Reagans strategic defense initiative?

Accepted Answer

for us to be able to destroy incoming missiles

Question 17

What was the Purpose of the Community Reinvestment Act?

Accepted Answer

help low income areas obtain loans and credit

Question 18

What was Reagans national security plan?

Accepted Answer

more defensive strength will discourage aggression

Question 19

What was it called when Reagan traded arms for hostages?

Accepted Answer

Iran-Contra Affair

Question 20

What was Nancy Reagan creating awareness about?

Accepted Answer

Drug and alcohol abuse

Question 21

Is the Iran Hostage Crisis and Iran Contra Affair the same thing?

Accepted Answer

NO

Question 22

What was "Peace through Strength"?

Accepted Answer

increase our military to keep peace world wide

Question 23

Who was Sandra Day O'Connor?

Accepted Answer

First woman named to the U.S. Supreme Court

Question 24

During the Conservative Revolution, what happend to funding for social programs?

Accepted Answer

it was cut

Question 25

Why were gas lines so long back in these days?

Accepted Answer

because OPEC put an embargo(ban) on oil to the US

Question 26

What is symbolic of the end of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Question 27

Why was the year "1991" a turning point in US History?

Accepted Answer

End of the Cold war. Soviet Union broke apart.

Question 28

How did Reagan's admin support the Contra rebels in Nicaragua?

Accepted Answer

by secreatly selling weapons to Iran to raise money to send to the Contras

End of Cold War Quiz

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