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Quiz for Document 30–4: Ronald Reagan, Address to the National Association of American Evangelicals, 1983

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to President Reagan, why did freedom prosper “only where the blessings of God are avidly sought and humbly accepted”?

Only when Americans prayed could they hope to succeed in business.

If Soviet Communists were atheists, Americans had to be good Christians.

Without the church, all of American civil liberties and prosperity were bound to dissipate.

He believed the American experiment in democracy was built on Christian faith.

2. What type of intrusion into the family did President Reagan oppose?

Prohibiting home schooling

Enforcing fair housing laws

Collecting detailed census information

Dispensing birth control to minors

3. What Cold War strategy did President Reagan oppose?

Stopping the production of nuclear weapons

Containment of communism

Mutually assured destruction

Closing military bases on other continents