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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
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$100 Question Conservatives want government to take a _______________ role in people’s lives.
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$100 Answer Smaller
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$200 Question What groups of people would support a conservative domestic agenda?
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$200 Answer *Wealthy/business owners *Banks *Big Business/corporations
*Religious groups/Moral Majority *Elderly (possibly)
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$300 Question The political organization formed by Evangelical Christian leaders was?
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$300 Answer Moral Majority
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$400 Question What were at least two goals of the Conservative
Movement?
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$400 Answer *Shrink the size of the Government
*Reduce government regulations *Lower Taxes *Promote family values *Strengthen National Defense
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$500 Question Name as many effects of the Conservative Movement of the 1980s as you can.
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$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
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$100 Question Reagan’s economic program, nicknamed
“Reaganomics” was based on ___-side economics?
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$100 Answer Supply-Side
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$200 Question Why was Reagan unable to achieve
Balanced budgets during his presidency
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$200 Answer He increased defense spending while at the same time cut taxes.
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$300 Question What program, important to older Americans,
did Reagan not make cuts in?
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$300 Answer Social Security/Medicare
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$400 Question Who was the first female Supreme Court
Justice appointed by Ronald Reagan?
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$400 Answer Sandra Day O’Connor
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$500 Question Reagan showed his lack of support for _______________ when he fired all of the people in THIS(__________) industry who went on strike.
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$500 Answer Unions; Air Traffic Controllers
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$100 Question This allowed open criticism of the USSR and Freedom of the Press
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$100 Answer Glasnost
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$200 Question Gorby’s Economic Reforms that allowed for some free enterprise in the USSR
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$200 Answer Peristroika
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$300 Question Which satellite country was the first to gain its independence from the USSR?
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$300 Answer Poland
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$400 Question How did Communist hardliners feel about Gorby’s reforms?
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$400 Answer They wanted to overthrow Gorbachev for his liberal policies, but were unable to.
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$500 Question When did the Cold War officially end?
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$500 Answer The USSR was declared officially dissolved on December 25, 1991
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$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?
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$100 Answer Contras Bonus: Sandinistas
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$200 Question Congress put this in place to stop U.S. from aiding the Contras for a two-year period.
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$200 Answer Boland Amendment
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$300 Question Islamic group (considered terrorist group by U.S.) based in Lebanon, responsible for taking American hostages in 1980s
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$300 Answer Hezbollah
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$400 Question Panamanian leader that U.S. forces (under Bush) captured and convicted of drug trafficking charges
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$400 Answer Manuel Noriega
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$500 Question A student-led, non-violent protest for Democracy was crushed by the military in this place
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$500 Answer Tiananmen Square
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$100 Question Code name for the coalition-led attack on Iraqi forces to get them out of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf War.
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$100 Answer Operation Desert Storm
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$200 Question Why were people so upset with George H.W. Bush?
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$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!”
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$300 Question What were some of the problems in America in the 1980s?
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$300 Answer Illegal drug us AIDS crisis
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$400 Question What did Iraqi forces do as revenge for being kicked out of Kuwait?
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$400 Answer Set oil wells on fire Dumped Oil into the Persian Gulf
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$500 Question What were some of the controversies over the Persian Gulf War?
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$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)
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Final Jeopardy How does Iran-Contra compare to Watergate?
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Final Jeopardy Answer Cover-up President involved
People indicted and pardoned Presidential and congressional investigations Distrust in Government
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