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#44 Why did Reagan's supply-side economics not lower the deficit?

Congress refused to cut spending in certain areas and still spent more than it got in.

#68 What act was the first time that welfare had been "rolled back" since FDR's New Deal?

Welfare Reform Act

#69 What was Reagan's response to terrorists in Libya led by al Qaddafi?

surprise bombing raid on Libya

#39 What does NAFTA stand for?

North America Free Trade Agreement

#40 What does WTO stand for?

World Trade Organization

#18 What did Reagan do to institute his supply-side economics?

Cut taxes, especially income tax and cut regulations on businesses

#34 What countries are in NAFTA?

United States, Canada, Mexico

#55 What situation was a blot on Reagan's popularity at the end of his presidency?

the Iran-Contra Affair

#35 What do educational vouchers do?

They reroute educational tax money to the school of the parent's choice.

#29 What is GATT?

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

#41 In what country did the U.S. Army Ranger suffer an embarrassing defeat during Clinton's presidency?

Somalia

#70 What was the problem with North Korea during Clinton's presidency and was the result?

NK became Communist threat. US helped NK build nuclear power plant, but NK broke promise to not make more nuclear weapons.

#7 Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait, starting the Persian Gulf War

Saddam Hussein

#51 What did the INF do?

It got rid of the nuclear missiles in Europe (most of them).

#64 What not only happened for the first time during Clinton's presidency but happened twice because of disagreement within Congress about budget?

The government shut down.

#66 Who investigated the Whitewater scandal?

Kenneth Starr

#30 Why was the line-item veto declared unconstitutional?

According to the Constitution, every bill (proposed law) about budget/finances/money has to go through the House of Representatives.

#48 Who signed the INF?

Reagan and Gorbachev (US and USSR)

#22 What were 2 key issues that the Religious Right fought against?

defend marriage, ban abortion, educational choices

#36 What did the Dayton Accords decide?

that the warring factions in Bosnia would have different armies and governments

#9 international bureaucracy that regulates trade

World Trade Organization (WTO)

#6 governments requirements that the government does not pay for various businesses and organizations

unfunded federal mandates

#54 What 3 congressional scandals happened during George H.W. Bush's administration?

Members of Congress had House Bank overdrafts, abused their post office privileges, and tried to raise their own salaries

#13 "scholarships" that give parents more choice in education

educational vouchers

#24 What was the problem some conservatives had with unfunded federal mandates?

It gave the government more power in businesses and private life. It put an unnecessary financial burden on small businesses.

#5 fought against Communists in Nicaragua

Contras

#23 What was the Iran-Contra affair?

Money made from selling weapons to Iran was given to the Contras after Congress had banned giving help to the Contras

#11 policy that allows many nations to have a say in America's decisions

multilateralism

#20 Communists in Nicaragua

Sandinistas

#33 Which president was known for the Watergate scandal?

Nixon

#10 would give the president power to cut individual items off the budget without approval from Congress

line-item veto

#62 What was the Contract with America?

that if Republicans were voted in, they would introduce 10 popular bills in the first 100 days Congress was in session

#46 What was the name people gave to Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative? (SDI)

Star Wars program

#42 Which 3 presidents have been impeached?

Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Donald Trump

#2 Soviet leader during Reagan's presidency

Mikhail Gorbachev

#71 Name 3 foreign affairs situations that Clinton had to deal with.

North Korea's nuclear weapons, Somalian warlord, failed to help Haiti, Dayton Accords for the warring nations on the Balkan Peninsula, NAFTA and GATTT

#30 Why was the line-item veto declared unconstitutional?

According to the Constitution, every bill (proposed law) about budget/finances/money has to go through the House of Representatives.

#61 What was the promise of Republicans that if they were elected, they would introduce 10 popular bills in the first 100 days of the next session of Congress?

Contract with America

#45 What is a deficit?

when you spend more money than what you have

#31 What might be considered problematic about multilateralism?

By the time a decision is made, it is too late for action. Not everyone is going to agree.

#58 What policy did Clinton come up with to lift the ban on homosexuals in the military?

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

#17 another name for supply-side economics

Reaganomics, trickle-down economics, voodoo economics

#25 What was the cause of the Persian Gulf War?

Saddam Hussein, leader of Iraq, invaded the little oil-rich country of Kuwait.

#4 name for religious political conservatives

Religious Right

#56 Because of the congressional scandals during George H.W. Bush's presidency, what became a popular idea and gained much support?

the idea of term limits

#14 reasons Clinton was impeached

perjury and obstruction of justice

#59 Who was the first female attorney general?

Janet Reno

#57 Which president was elected without having a majority (51% or higher) of the popular vote?

Bill Clinton

#28 What was the WTO made to regulate?

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)

#26 Who received the most votes of any independent candidate?

Ross Perot

#60 Which president proposed a record-breaking $496 billion increase in taxes?

Clinton

#63 Name two ideas that were included in the Contract with America.

balanced budget amendment, line-item veto

#12 investigation of Clinton's investments

Whitewater scandal

#47 What was one of the things that held Gorbachev and the Soviet Union back from creating more nuclear weapons and being more of a threat?

Reagan's SDI, his refusal to back down

#19 What was Reagan's response to foreign threats?

"peace through strength"

#67 Who headed up health-care reform during Bill Clinton's president?

Hillary Clinton

#27 What is a bureacracy?

"rule by those who sit at desks"; decisions made by appointed officials that were not elected

#65 What was the first country to ever be attacked by NATO?

Yugoslavia

#38 What could be considered one problem with GATT and the WTO?

It changed free trade into "managed free trade" under a bunch of international bureacrats.

#53 What promise did George H.W. Bush break?

"No new taxes."

#3 Libyan terrorist leader in 1980

Muammar al-Qaddafi

#52 What was the SDI supposed to do?

It was technology that was supposed to shoot down missiles from the Soviet Union before they reached America.

#16 decision that warring factions in Bosnia could have different armies and governments

Dayton Accords

#43 Who was the 1st female Supreme Court Justice?

Sandra Day O'Connor

#1 Reagan's plan to fight inflation

supply-side economics

#37 Under which president were NAFTA and GATT made?

Clinton

#21 What was 1 problem of the Religious Right?

faith in politics instead of God; confuses Republican ideas with Christian ideas; tried to the right thing in the wrong way, harsh way, hurt Christian witness

#49 What did SDI stand for?

Strategic Defense Intiative

#15 trade agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico

North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

#8 independent presidential candidate that got 19% of the votes in 1992

Ross Perot

#50 What does INF stand for?

Intermediate Nuclear Forces (Treaty)

#32 Which president was known for the Whitewater scandal?

Clinton