Quiz 42, Chapter 23, pp. 434-443

Question 1

_______________ won the 1984 presidential election.

Answer 1

Ronald Reagan – Those were the days!! great year! the year Mom graduated from High School!!!!

Question 2

The ___________ Act was designed to help balance the federal budget.

Answer 2

Gramm-Rudman-Hollings

Question 3

The ______ years were the longest period of continuous economic growth since WWII.

Answer 3

REAGAN (who else?)

Question 4

_________ began to alter the genetic structure of plants, animals, and humans

Answer 4

Biotechnology

Question 5

The first space shuttle was the

Answer 5

Columbia

Question 6

Many describe the ear of technology as the _____ Age.

Answer 6

Information

Question 7

In 1983, American troops invaded the island nation of ____ to defend the island from Fidel Castro.

Answer 7

Granda

Question 8

Colonel ________ was called before congress to explain his part in the Iran-Contra affair.

Answer 8

Oliver North

Question 9

Ronald Reagan called what country the Evil Empire.

Answer 9

the Soviet Union

Question 10

Who became the first woman justice to serve on the Supreme Court.

Answer 10

Sandra Day O’Connor