REAGAN

Question 1

1980 election results

Answer 1

389 electoral votes vs Carter’s 44 votes

Question 2

when was Reagan attempted assassination

Answer 2

March 1981

Question 3

1984 election success

Answer 3

won every state but 2

Question 4

when was the Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 4

1986-1987

Question 5

what was Reagan’s popularity rate in 1989

Answer 5

70%

Question 6

when were Gorbachev’s overtures

Answer 6

1985

Question 7

Act passed in 1981 to cut welfare spending

Answer 7

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

Question 8

low income houses for families

Answer 8

1970 - 2.5 million low income houses for families but by 1985 there were 4 million families qualified

Question 9

low income houses for families- Congress action

Answer 9

1987 pushed to increase spending on families by $1.6 billion

Question 10

what was set up for federal housing projects

Answer 10

Federal Emergency Management Act

Question 11

War on Drugs charges

Answer 11

750,000 faced charges every year of the 1980s

Question 12

debt rises

Answer 12

average debt rose by 30% and foreclosures quadrupled with less regulations

Question 13

leisure hours

Answer 13

went down by 10 hours by 1987

Question 14

racial discrimination lawsuits in his first 6 months

Answer 14

5 lawsuits - Nixon filed 24

Question 15

progress for women?

Answer 15

appointed first woman to justice supreme court - Sandra Day O’Connor

Question 16

Bilingual Education -

Answer 16

40% of education cut

Question 17

gap between rich and poor

Answer 17

Richest Americans own 40% of US Wealth

Question 18

what economic act was passed to reduce taxes

Answer 18

Economic Recovery Tax Act decreased marginal income tax by 23%

Question 19

millionaires?

Answer 19

by 1983 there were 1.3 million Americans that were millionaires by assets

Question 20

jobs at the end of Reagan

Answer 20

1989 the USA had created 18 million new jobs

Question 21

national debt at the end of reagan

Answer 21

doubled to 2 trillion by 1989 - dollar weakened

Question 22

defence spending by 1984

Answer 22

£1.5 trillion

Question 23

how much did the Savings and Loans collapse cost and when was it

Answer 23

1983 - $160 bilion

Question 24

what did Reagan pass in response to the S&L collapse

Answer 24

Competitive Equality in Banking Act - covered the money lost

Question 25

what effect did the S&L collapse have on property

Answer 25

the property market collapsed in 1989

Question 26

effect on farmers

Answer 26

suicide rate of farmers became 4 times higher than any other workers in 1986 the Save the Farm Campaign was set up

Question 27

regulation change

Answer 27

Reagan cut them in half by removing 23,000 pages from the regulation register

Question 28

when was the Air Traffic Strike and how did Reagan deal with it

Answer 28

1981 - Reagan fired them and sent in the military to cover them until new workers were found

Question 29

effect on textile industry

Answer 29

250 plants closing by 1985 cosing 300,000 jobs

Question 30

unemployment

Answer 30

unemployment increased by 2% in 1983 but still only just 5% of the population

Question 31

productivity

Answer 31

output per worker went from 1.5 to 4.5 1981-83

Question 32

deficit

Answer 32

1980 - $59 million 1983 - $208 billion 14% of federal spending

Question 33

Strategic Defense Initiative when

Answer 33

1983

Question 34

From 1978-81 how many major airlines went bankrupt

Answer 34

8 - including Pan Am

Question 35

American work for Japanese countries

Answer 35

By 1987 3 million Americans worked for Japanese companies