Jeopardy Reagan Domestic Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 End of Cold War Foreign Misc Rise of Conservatism 80s/George H.W. Bush Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $100 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $200 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $300 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $400 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

$100 Question Conservatives want government to take a _______________ role in people’s lives.

$100 Answer Smaller

$200 Question What groups of people would support a conservative domestic agenda?

$200 Answer *Wealthy/business owners *Banks *Big Business/corporations *Religious groups/Moral Majority *Elderly (possibly)

$300 Question The political organization formed by Evangelical Christian leaders was?

$300 Answer Moral Majority

$400 Question What were at least two goals of the Conservative Movement?

$400 Answer *Shrink the size of the Government *Reduce government regulations *Lower Taxes *Promote family values *Strengthen National Defense

$500 Question Name as many effects of the Conservative Movement of the 1980s as you can.

$500 Answer *Republican control of the presidency and then the Congress *Cuts in taxes and government spending *Dramatic increase in national debt *More conservative Supreme Court *Increased defense spending *Deregulation

$100 Question Reagan’s economic program, nicknamed “Reaganomics” was based on ___-side economics?

$100 Answer Supply-Side

$200 Question Why was Reagan unable to achieve Balanced budgets during his presidency

$200 Answer He increased defense spending while at the same time cut taxes.

$300 Question What program, important to older Americans, did Reagan not make cuts in?

$300 Answer Social Security/Medicare

$400 Question Who was the first female Supreme Court Justice appointed by Ronald Reagan?

$400 Answer Sandra Day O’Connor

$500 Question Reagan showed his lack of support for _______________ when he fired all of the people in THIS(__________) industry who went on strike.

$500 Answer Unions; Air Traffic Controllers

$100 Question This allowed open criticism of the USSR and Freedom of the Press

$100 Answer Glasnost

$200 Question Gorby’s Economic Reforms that allowed for some free enterprise in the USSR

$200 Answer Peristroika

$300 Question Which satellite country was the first to gain its independence from the USSR?

$300 Answer Poland

$400 Question How did Communist hardliners feel about Gorby’s reforms?

$400 Answer They wanted to overthrow Gorbachev for his liberal policies, but were unable to.

$500 Question When did the Cold War officially end?

$500 Answer The USSR was declared officially dissolved on December 25, 1991

$100 Question Non-Communist government of Nicaragua, supported by Reagan’s administration BONUS: What was the name of the Communist government they were trying to overthrow?

$100 Answer Contras Bonus: Sandinistas

$200 Question Congress put this in place to stop U.S. from aiding the Contras for a two-year period.

$200 Answer Boland Amendment

$300 Question Islamic group (considered terrorist group by U.S.) based in Lebanon, responsible for taking American hostages in 1980s

$300 Answer Hezbollah

$400 Question Panamanian leader that U.S. forces (under Bush) captured and convicted of drug trafficking charges

$400 Answer Manuel Noriega

$500 Question A student-led, non-violent protest for Democracy was crushed by the military in this place

$500 Answer Tiananmen Square

$100 Question Code name for the coalition-led attack on Iraqi forces to get them out of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.

$100 Answer Operation Desert Storm

$200 Question Why were people so upset with George H.W. Bush?

$200 Answer He lied about NOT imposing new taxes during his campaign and then DID when he became president. BONUS: If you know his (in)famous quote: “Read my lips, no new taxes!”

$300 Question What were some of the problems in America in the 1980s?

$300 Answer Illegal drug us AIDS crisis

$400 Question What did Iraqi forces do as revenge for being kicked out of Kuwait?

$400 Answer Set oil wells on fire Dumped Oil into the Persian Gulf

$500 Question What were some of the controversies over the Persian Gulf War?

$500 Answer “HIGHWAY OF DEATH” ATTACKS TOO HARSH ALLOWED SADDAM TO REMAIN IN POWER (BEYOND SCOPE OF U.N. MANDATE COALITION WOULD HAVE LOST MEMBERS) (WOULD HAVE REQUIRED LONG-TERM OCCUPATION OF IRAQ) FAILURE OF COALITION TO PROTECT IRAQ’S KURDISH POPULATION FROM SADDAM’S REVENGE AFTER THE WAR RETURNING COALITION SOLDIERS REPORTED ILLNESSES AFTER THE WAR: (CALLED GULF WAR SYNDROME)

Final Jeopardy How does Iran-Contra compare to Watergate?

Final Jeopardy Answer Cover-up President involved People indicted and pardoned Presidential and congressional investigations Distrust in Government