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AP U.S. History Exam 1.52. Why did the federal government continue to grow in the 1980s despite the philosophies expressed by Reagan in the excerpt?
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- 00:00
[ musical flourish ]
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And here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by social security,
- 00:07
your safety blanket at a party.
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Sort of. [a woman checking her phone at a party]
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All right, give this excerpt a look.
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- 00:12
[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right, and the question:
- 00:19
Why did the federal government continue to grow in the 1980s
- 00:21
despite the philosophies expressed by Reagan in the excerpt?
- 00:24
And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ]
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All right. Well, presidents can wish for [someone rubbing a genie-lamp]
- 00:32
as much change as they want, but sometimes
- 00:35
the public has hopes and dreams of its own.
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Let's see which answer describes how Reagan's
- 00:39
best-laid plans were laid to rest.
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All right. Did the federal government [image of a government office]
- 00:44
continue to grow in the 1980s because of A -
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the growth of evangelical religions
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and their role in politics?
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Hmm.
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Evangelical religions, as well as
- 00:55
the larger conservative movement [image of a cross shinning]
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really praised Reagan's call for less government.
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So that gets rid of A and B.
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Did federal budgets expand
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in the 1980s because of D - the need to rebuild
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trust in the government after the scandals of the 1970s?
- 01:10
All right, well Nixon's whole Watergate fiasco
- 01:11
really dampened the public's faith in elected officials. [water falling over people in the parliament]
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But that lack of trust led to calls for
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turning off the government spigot, not increasing its volume.
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So that drowns out D. Good-bye.
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Which means the federal government continued
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to grow in the 1980s because of C - [image of federal government office]
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the popularity of long-existing programs.
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Though many Americans agreed with Reagan's policies,
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the popularity of the programs like Medicare and Medicaid
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meant that government growth was all but written in the stars. [a woman selling shoes]
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So C is the correct answer.
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During the 1980s, the public's eyes were bigger than its stomach
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for cuts to social welfare programs.
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[ musical flourish ]
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