1. How did “sagebrush rebels” feel about the federal government?
a) It should guarantee legalized abortion.
b) It did too little to protect the environment.
c) It should improve the lives of all Americans.
d) It controlled too much land in western states.

2. Why did Reagan support rebellions in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Grenada?
a) to protect human rights
b) to weaken the Soviet Union
c) to promote democratic governments
d) to undermine right-wing extremists

3. Religious conservatives in the 1970s _____.
a) caused a decrease in the number of people who belonged to evangelical churches
b) began to form alliances with other conservatives
c) were responsible for an increase in the number of Americans attending church
d) embraced the social and political changes of the 1960s

4. In the late twentieth century, liberals believed that _____.
a) the national defense system should be strengthened
b) the federal government should intervene to help the needy
c) the federal government should limit regulation of industry
d) taxes should be reduced for all Americans

5. Early in his administration, many of the bills President Carter submitted to Congress _____.
a) helped combat inflation in the country
b) tried to end the nation’s energy crisis
c) passed with little opposition
d) passed only with major changes from his own party