please provide reasoning for your answers!!

1) The last federal budget surplus was in which of these years?

A.1983-1985

B.1975-1980

C.1998-2000

D.1991-1996

E.2003-2006 

2) In general liberals favor ______ government and conservatives favor ______ government.

A. more; more

B. less; less

C. more; less

D. less; more

3) During inflations who would tend to call for more taxes?

A. Liberals

B. Conservatives

C. Both liberals and conservatives

D. Neither liberals nor conservatives

2.) During the 1980s,

A. both the national debt and the deficit increased.

B.neither the national debt nor the deficit increased.

C. the national debt increased while the deficit decreased.

D. the national debt decreased while the deficit increased.

E. the national debt was the same thing as the deficit and it increased.