1. Unit 15 – Review Malaise & Conservatism

2. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism The failed Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution was intended to prevent discrimination against (A) African-Americans (B) Native Americans (C) children and adolescents (D) legal immigrants (E) women E

3. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism The “new right” movement that helped to elect Ronald Reagan was spearheaded by (A) fiscal conservatives (B) evangelical Christians (C) gold-standard advocates (D) mid-westerners B

4. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism Perhaps Jimmy Carter’s greatest weakness as president was his (A) mediocre intelligence (B) inability to articulate his views (C) lack of managerial talent (D) fiscal irresponsibility C

5. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism The Iran-Contra affair upset most Americans because it involved (A) illegal support for government backed death squads in El Salvador (B) a presidential cover up worse than the Watergate scandal (C) illegal support for the Sandinista rebels in Nicaragua (D) trading arms to Iran for the release of American hostages D

6. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism Actions taken by the United States in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 included all of the following EXCEPT (A) U.N. coordination (B) protection of Saudi Arabia (C) imposing economic sanctions (D) Operation Desert Shield (E) an immediate military response E

7. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism President George Bush Sr. was hurt politically when he (A) continued the policies of his predecessor (B) reneged on his promise by enacting the largest tax increase in history (C) cut back social programs in order to balance the budget dramatically cut defense spending (D) refused to negotiate with Saddam Hussein B

8. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism In the 1980 national elections, (A) Edward Kennedy challenged incumbent President Carter for the nomination of the Democratic party. (B) although Ronald Reagan won the presidency, both houses of Congress still had Democratic party majorities. (C) third-party candidate John Anderson won three states and seventeen Electoral College votes. (D) Ronald Reagan won the presidency by the closest margin since the Kennedy-Nixon election of 1960. A

9. Unit 15 – Malaise & Conservatism When Bill Clinton defeated President Bush and Independent Ross Perot, the issue that most influenced the voters was (A) eruptions of violence and racial tension in Los Angeles (B) reports of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia (C) U.N. relief efforts in Somalia and elsewhere (D) the condition of the U.S. economy (E) the breakup of the Soviet Union into 15 new nations D