Reagan Deregulation Legislation

Question 1

What was deregulated in 1981? (3)

Answer 1

• Oil and fuel prices
• Stop wage and price regulation
• Deregulation of controls on fuel prices

Question 2

What was deregulated on 28 January 1981? (3)

Answer 2

• Executive order to deregulate oil and fuel prices
• Passed by the Carter Administration
• Come into effect in October

Question 3

What was deregulated on 29th of January 1981?

Answer 3

• Executive order to stop wage and price regulation

Question 4

What was set up on 26 March 1981?

Answer 4

• President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency

Question 5

What did the President’s Council on Integrity and Efficiency do?

Answer 5

• Discussed areas of weakness and vulnerability in Federal programs

Question 6

What was set up on 8 April 1981?

Answer 6

• Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism

Question 7

What was deregulated on 17 July 1981?

Answer 7

• Deregulation of controls on fuel prices

Question 8

What was deregulated on the 20 September 1982?

Answer 8

• Deregulates bus services

Question 9

What act deregulated bus services?

Answer 9

• Bus Regulatory Reform Act

Question 10

What was deregulated on 15 October 1982?

Answer 10

• Deregulates Savings and Loan institutions

Question 11

What act deregulated Savings and Loans institutions?

Answer 11

Garn St Germain Depository Institution Act

Question 12

What did deregulating Savings and Loans allow? (3)

Answer 12

• Allowing businesses to invest in many more ventures
• Property speculation
• More freedom in their mortgage lending

Question 13

What was deregulated on 26 February 1983?

Answer 13

• Deregulation of natural gas supplies

Question 14

What act was passed on 20 March 1984?

Answer 14

• Shipping Act

Question 15

What did the Shipping Act do?

Answer 15

• Loosens regulation on US and foreign shipping

Question 16

What act was passed on 30 October 1984?

Answer 16

• Cable Communications Act

Question 17

What did the Cable Communications Act do?

Answer 17

• Deregulated cable communications

Question 18

What was deregulated on the 30 October 1984?

Answer 18

• Cable Communications

Question 19

What act was passed on the 22 October 1986?

Answer 19

• Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act

Question 20

What did the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act do?

Answer 20

• Allows greater freedom for people working with trucking companies to ‘bundle’ part loads to be carried by one of them

Question 21

What act was passed on 23 August 1988?

Answer 21

Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act

Question 22

What did the Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act do?

Answer 22

• Allows the President more rights in making trade treaties to benefit the USA

Question 23

When was oil and fuel prices deregulated?

Answer 23

28 January 1981

Question 24

When was wage and price regulation deregulated?

Answer 24

29 January 1981

Question 25

When was the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency set up?

Answer 25

26 March 1981

Question 26

When was the Presidential Advisory Committee on Federalism set up?

Answer 26

8 April 1981

Question 27

When was controls on fuel prices deregulated?

Answer 27

17 July 1981

Question 28

When were bus services deregulated?

Answer 28

20 September 1982

Question 29

When were Savings and Loan institutions deregulated?

Answer 29

15 October 1982

Question 30

When was deregulation of natural gas supplies?

Answer 30

26 February 1983

Question 31

When was the Shipping Act passed?

Answer 31

20 March 1984

Question 32

When was the Cable Communications Act?

Answer 32

30 October 1984

Question 33

When was the Surface Freight Forwarder Deregulation Act?

Answer 33

22 October 1986

Question 34

When was the Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act passed?

Answer 34

23 August 1988