The American Nation A History of the United States, Combined Volume (14th Edition)

Chapter Review 819

Review Questions

1.The introduction to this chapter suggests that
cheap oil (and gas) has long been prominent in
American politics. How did the oil shortage of the
1970s affect politics? What was its impact on the
economy? In what sense was “stagflation” weird?
2.Did Carter realize his hopes for a foreign policy
based on “constant decency”?
3.How did Reagan contribute to corporate restruc-
turing? What was the impact of the merger

movement on the American economy generally?

What new industries emerged in the late 1980s

and 1990s?

4.Why did the Soviet Union collapse? What role, if

any, did Reagan play in its demise?

5.Why did George H. W. Bush go to war with

Iraq? Why, having defeated the Iraqi army, didn’t

he seize Baghdad and remove Saddam Hussein

from power?

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Chapter 30

Carter,Crisis of Confidence
(1979),p. 801

Reagan,Air Traffic
Controllers’ Strike (1981), p. 808

Paul Craig Roberts,The
Supply-Side Revolution (1984), p. 808

Reagan,Support for the
Contras (1984), p. 813

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Ford Presidential Campaign

Ad: Feeling Good About America, p. 800

Reagan Presidential Campaign

Ad: A Bear in the Woods, p. 805

Ronald Reagan on the Wisdom

of the Tax Cut, p. 808

President Bush on the Gulf

War, p. 817

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