APUSH—Chapter Test
Chapter 31
Name:______________________
Mr. Bargen
1.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In 1974, former President Richard Nixon was pardoned by
the Supreme Court.
the Federal Court of Appeals.
the attorney general.
Congress.
President Ford.
2.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In 1976, Jimmy Carter appealed to voters by emphasizing
his personal honesty.
his lack of experience in federal government.
his religious piety.
the problems with the government in Washington, D.C.
All these answers are correct.
3.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
As president, Jimmy Carter called for a foreign policy that stressed the importance of
human rights.
the environment.
democracy.
American business interests.
free trade and open markets.
4.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
All of the following foreign policy events occurred during the Carter administration EXCEPT the
establishment of formal diplomatic relations with communist China.
ratification of a new SALT II arms agreement with the Soviet Union.
ratification of the Panama Canal treaty.
signing of a formal peace treaty between Egypt and Israel.
beginning of a Soviet war in Afghanistan.
5.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In 1979, Iranians who took American hostages demanded, in return for their release,
a large ransom payment.
the removal of all westerners from Iran.
an end to the United States’ support of Israel.
the United States’ return of the shah of Iran.
the removal of all American troops from Saudi Arabia.
6.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
By 1980, the “Sunbelt” region of the nation
contained a strong populist tradition, which did not favor a large federal government.
included areas of both the Southeast and Southwest United States.
had grown dramatically.
gained in population while areas in the Northeast and Midwest lost population.
All these answers are correct.
7.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The “supply-side” economic theory embraced by President Ronald Reagan called for
increased taxes on the wealthy to pay for new federal social programs.
the privatization of Social Security.
greater federal assistance to poor Americans.
a reduction of defense spending.
a reduction of personal and corporate taxes.
APUSH—Chapter Test
Chapter 31
Name:______________________
Mr. Bargen
8.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
In the 1980s, record national budget deficits resulted from
increased military spending.
large tax cuts.
entitlement programs that had become more expensive, such as Social Security.
All these answers are correct.
None of these is correct.
9.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
The country President Ronald Reagan described as an “evil empire” in the early 1980s was
China.
Iran.
the Soviet Union.
Iraq.
North Korea.
10. President Ronald Reagan argued that the Strategic Defense Initiative would
A. allow the United States to more effectively spy on Soviet defense installations.
B. enable the United States to make a successful “first strike” anywhere in the world.
C. protect the United States from missile attacks.
D. bring an end to communism.
E. bridge the “missile gap” with the Soviet Union.
11. The weakening of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s was encouraged by the Soviet policy of
A. glasnost.
B. perestroika.
C. apartheid.
D. glasnost and perestroika.
E. perestroika and apartheid.
12. In 1986, the Reagan administration suffered a serious political scandal after the White House admitted it had
A. secretly sold weapons to the revolutionary government of Iran.
B. secretly helped finance anti-government rebels in Nicaragua.
C. illegally funneled money from arms sales to the contras.
D. used the sale of arms to try to win the release of American hostages.
E. All these answers are correct.
13. In 1992, Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign focused on
A. improving racial issues.
B. expanding cultural diversity.
C. the condition of the economy.
D. creating national health care.
E. international leadership in the post-Cold War world.
14. In 1992, Ross Perot made a strong showing as a third-party candidate for president because
A. he focused on the public’s unhappiness with the federal government and the fiscal crisis (national debt).
B. he was a popular former movie star who appealed to voters.
C. neither of the candidates for the major parties was very well known.
D. he promised to use his vast fortune to help build the Strategic Defense Initiative.
E. he revealed that he had secret damaging information about the other two candidates.