The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1981 1992

CHAPTER 40 The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1981–1992

E. Putting Things in Order Put the following events in correct order by numbering them from 1 to 6. 1. ______Reagan easily wins reelection by overwhelming divided Democrats. 2. ______The United States and its allies defeat Iraq in the Persian Gulf War. 3. ______President Jimmy Carter loses in a landslide to former actor and California governor Ronald Reagan. 4. ______Reagan’s supply-side economic programs pass through Congress, cutting taxes and federal spending. 5. ______George Herbert Walker Bush defeats Michael Dukakis in a “referendum on Reaganism.” 6. ______The Soviet Union dissolves into Russia and other new nations, many plagued by fierce ethnic conflicts