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Cards in this set: Term Ronald Reagn was   a. the first Republican president since Watergate. b. a strong supporter of lower taxes. c. opposed to state's rights. d. opposed to massive defense spending. Definition b. Term Ronald Reagan supported   a. the Equal Rights amendment. b. abortion on demand. c. more taxes for welfare. d. revenue sharing.   Definition d. Term ronald Reagan's economic policies wwere closest to theose pf president   a. Coolidge. b. Truman. c. carter. d. Franklin Roosevelt.   Definition a. Term Under that Reagan adminstration, inflation   a. doubled. b. rose only slightly. c. remained the same. d. dropped. Definition d. Term Reaganomics refers to   a. massive government direction over the economy. b. development of welfare programs. c. a basically lasissez-faire economic approach. d. the end of New federalism. Definition c. Term Before becoming president, ronald reagan was   a. the governor of New York. b. a senator from California. c. the mayor of Los Angeles. d. an actor Definition d. Term to stimulate the economy, Reagan   a initated massive tax reductions. b. cut defense spending. c. called for no tariffs. d. increased socail welfare spending. Definition a. Term the first woman named to the U. S. Supreme Court was   a. Betty Friedman. b. Rose Bird. c. Sandra Day O' connor. d. Carroll O' Connor, Definition c. Term The first president to appoint a woman to the Supreme Court was   a. Richard Nixon b.Lyndon Johnson. c. John Kennedy. d. ronald Reagan. Definition d. Term President Reagan poposed stimulating the economy by   a. cutting taxes b. cutting defense spending. c. creating more welfare and job training programs. d. eliminating all welfare. Definition a. Term The first woman nominated for vice-president by a major polictical party was   a. Sandra Day O' Connor. b. Geraldine Ferraro c. Cloria Steinem. d. Betty Friedan.   Definition b.   Term The biggest scandal to hit the Reagan administration was   a Teapot Dome. b. Whitewater c. Iran-Contral d.Watergate. Definition c. Term The Caribbean conuty that President Reagan invaded in 1983 was   a. Panama b. Cuba c. Argentina. d. Grenada Definition d. Term Reagan's S.D.I. was   a. a new jet bomber. b. a defense shield. a political scandal. d. his peace plan for the Middel East. Definition b. Term Oliver North   a. started the Watergate scandal. b. headed U.S. forces in Vietnam. c. helped illegally direct Iranian Noney to the Contras in the 1980s. Definition c. Term The Falkland Islands War   a. helped improve the U.S. image in Latin America b. led to the defeat of U.S. forces in argentina. c. resulted in the U.S. keeping the Falkland Islands. d. hurt the U.S. image in latin America. Definition d. Term President Reagan's policy toward South africa is best characterized as   a. strongly sympathetic to the government there.   b.cautious.   c. supportive of apartheid.   d. supportive of sanctions Definition b.