These Truths - Chapter 15 Quiz

Who did conservative political strategists enlist to bring the evangelical movement into the conservative coalition?

Question Answer Choices Billy Graham James Dobson Jerry Falwell Pat Robertson

What event in 1984 signaled the end of the Cold War?

Question Answer Choices The collapse of the Soviet economy The fall of the Berlin Wall The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact The signing of the INF Treaty

What did political strategists in the 1970s and 80s use to win votes by making citizens feel their rights were in danger?

Question Answer Choices Civil rights, economic policies, and foreign relations Abortion, equal rights for women, and gun rights Environmental regulations, healthcare reform, and immigration policies Tax cuts, military expansion, and welfare reform

What did Ronald Reagan make central to his campaign in the 1980 election?

Question Answer Choices Environmental protection Immigration control Tax cuts Healthcare reform

What did conservatives use to make white voters believe they needed guns in the 1970s?

Question Answer Choices Healthcare crisis Environmental threats Economic downturn Increased immigration

Who did the Senate reject as a Supreme Court nominee, politicizing the confirmation process for the first time?

Question Answer Choices Clarence Thomas Antonin Scalia Robert Bork William Rehnquist

What did Phyllis Schlafly compare the Equal Rights Amendment to in her effort to stop it?

Question Answer Choices Totalitarianism Communism Socialism Fascism

What Supreme Court case in 1973 ruled that abortion bans were unconstitutional because of the right to privacy?

Question Answer Choices Griswold v. Connecticut Planned Parenthood v. Casey Brown v. Board of Education Roe v. Wade

Who started Fox News claiming his journalism would 'restore objectivity'?

Question Answer Choices Rupert Murdoch Ted Turner William Randolph Hearst Roger Ailes

Which president's main policy goal of healthcare reform was assigned to his wife?

Question Answer Choices George H. W. Bush Ronald Reagan Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton