The Reagan Revolution
The Reagan Revolution refers to the political and economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, who served from 1981 to 1989. Reagan's policies were based on the principles of conservatism, free market economics, and a strong national defense. This quiz will test your knowledge of the Reagan Revolution.
Questions
What was the main economic policy of the Reagan Revolution?
- Keynesian economics
- Monetarism
- Supply-side economics
- Mercantilism
What was the name of Reagan's tax cut plan?
- The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981
- The Tax Reform Act of 1986
- The Revenue Act of 1978
- The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
What was the name of Reagan's deregulation program?
- The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
- The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980
- The Executive Order on Federalism of 1981
- The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996
What was the name of Reagan's defense buildup program?
- The Strategic Defense Initiative
- The Peacekeeper Missile Program
- The B-1 Bomber Program
- The Trident Submarine Program
What was the name of Reagan's foreign policy doctrine?
- The Reagan Doctrine
- The Bush Doctrine
- The Clinton Doctrine
- The Obama Doctrine
What was the name of Reagan's Supreme Court nominee who was rejected by the Senate?
- Robert Bork
- Antonin Scalia
- Anthony Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
What was the name of the scandal that erupted in the Reagan administration in 1985?
- The Iran-Contra Affair
- The Watergate Scandal
- The Monica Lewinsky Scandal
- The Whitewater Scandal
What was the name of the economic recession that occurred in the United States in the early 1980s?
- The Great Recession
- The Great Depression
- The Reagan Recession
- The Carter Recession
What was the name of the economic recovery that occurred in the United States in the mid-1980s?
- The Great Recession
- The Great Depression
- The Reagan Recovery
- The Clinton Recovery
What was the name of the stock market crash that occurred in the United States in 1987?
- The Great Recession
- The Great Depression
- The Reagan Crash
- The Black Monday Crash
What was the name of the treaty that Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed in 1987?
- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
- The Non-Proliferation Treaty
- The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty
What was the name of the summit meeting between Reagan and Gorbachev that was held in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1986?
- The Reykjavik Summit
- The Geneva Summit
- The Helsinki Summit
- The Vienna Summit
What was the name of the speech that Reagan gave in Berlin in 1987, in which he called on Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall?
- The Berlin Speech
- The Brandenburg Gate Speech
- The Checkpoint Charlie Speech
- The Wall Speech
What was the name of the Soviet leader who succeeded Gorbachev in 1989?
- Boris Yeltsin
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Vladimir Putin
- Dmitry Medvedev
What was the name of the American president who succeeded Reagan in 1989?
- George H. W. Bush
- Bill Clinton
- George W. Bush
- Barack Obama