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CHAPTER REVIEW

REVIEW QUESTIONSAnswer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas.
  1. Question

    In what ways were the “three-legged stool” components of New Right conservatism compatible? Incompatible?

  2. Question

    How would you assess the historical importance of Ronald Reagan? What were his most significant legacies, domestically and internationally? Why?

  3. Question

    Why did the Cold War come to an end when it did? What were the contributing factors?

  4. Question

    THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Review the events listed on the thematic timeline. In what ways was the New Right “reactive,” responding to liberalism, and in what ways was it “proactive,” asserting its own agenda?