History chapter 32
New right
A coalition of conservative media commentators, think tanks, and grass roots Christian groups
INF treaty
A treaty between the united states in the soviet union that ordered the destruction of thousands of missiles
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
AIDS
Steve Jobs
American Entrepreneur; he founded Apple Computer in 197, a company that helped popularize personal computers
Bill Gates
American computer programmer and entrepreneur; he co-founded Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest computer software company
Alan Greenspan
American economist; he became Federal Reserve Board Chairman in 1987
George H.W. Bush
American politician and the 41st president of the US; he was president at the end of the Cold War and during Operation Desert Storm
Solidarity
An independent labor union founded in Soviet - controlled Poland in 1980
Reagonomics
Any economic plan two steps: 1. Reduce taxes to stimulate economic growth and 2. Cut the federal budget
Clarence Thomas
Associate justice on the Supreme Court; he was appointed in 1991 and was the second African American to serve on the court
Dan Quayle
Bush(41)'s VP
Michael Dukakis
Bush(41)'s opponent in the 1988 election
Commonwealth of Independent States
CIS
New Jersey v TLO
Court ruled that schools have the right to search students' belonging without bieng in violation of the 4th Amendment
Edmund Pat Brown
Democratic California Governor which Reagan defeated
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
EEOC
Sandra Day O'Connor
First woman on the Supreme Court; she was appointed by President Reagan in 1981 and announce her resignation in 2005
Nelson Mandela
Former guerrilla fighter who helped end apartheid; he became the first black president of South Africa
gross domestic product
GDP
Balanced budget and emergency deficit Control Act
Gramm- Rudman Holly's at which group fired mandatory budget cuts to curb the deficit
human immunodeficiency virus
HIV
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty
INF
Oliver North
Officer in the US Marines, he is known for his role in the Iran-Contra affair
Professional air traffic controllers organization
PATCO
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Lech Walesa
Polish labor leader and electrician, he was President of Poland from 1990 to 1995
Saddam Hussein
President of Iraq; he began wars with Iran and Kuwait and established a brutal dictatorship in Iraq
SDI
President reagan's proposed defense space shield that would knock out incoming Soviet missiles
Walter Mondale
Reagan's opponent in the 1984 presidential election
Boris Yeltsin
Russian politician and president of Russia in the 1990s; he was the first popularly elected leader of the country
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russian politician he was the last president of the soviet union before the country's collapse in 1991
glasnost
Russian word for "opening"; refers to a new era of media freeom on the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev
perestoika
Russian word for "restructuring" refers to the restructuring of the corrupt government bureaucracy in the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev
savings and loan
S&L
Strategic Defense Initiative
SDI
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
START
Budget deficit
The amount by which government spending for a year exceeds government income
Supply - side economics
The economic theory that tax cuts and business incentives will stimulate the economy
Reagan Democrats
Those who shifted their allegiance from their normal party and voted for Reagan to express frustration with their previous party
Anastasio Somoza Debayle
US backed leader of Nicaragua overthrown by the Sandinistas
Jerry Falwell
US evangelist he sounded an organization called the Moral Majority that is known for its conservative views
Ronald Reagan
US politician and the 40th President of the United States his presidency focused on arms control, economics, and the end of the Cold War
David a. Stockman
US politician he was appointed by President Reagan to help put his Economic plan into action
Operation Desert Storm
US-led war to end Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990-1991
Jose Napoleon Duarte
Us backed leader of El Salvador
Nancy Reagan
Wife of President she headed a campaign against drugs called just say no
savings and loan crisis
a financial disaster in which the federal government had to step in and pay back loans for many S & L institutions
Tiananmen Square massacre
a large pre-democracy protest in China that resulted in the government using military force, killing hundreds
velvet revolution
a quick, peacful revolution that swept the COmmunists from power in Czechoslovakia
space shuttle
a reusable spacecraft able to land on the ground like an airplane. and that could be used to transport people and supplies into space
Vaclav Havel
became presidetn of Czechoslovakia after the velvet revolution
Nicolae Ceausescu
brutal dictator of Romania but was executed along with his wife
Ivan Boesky
corporate raider who bought declining companies at low prices and resold them
Geraldine Ferraro
first woman to run on a major party ticket
Manuel Noriega
military leader of Panama that when he seized direct control and declared a state of war with the US, the US sent troops into Panama to arrest him
Robert McFarlane
national security adviser of Reagan
Cruzan v Director, Missouri Dept. of Health
recognized an adult's right to refuse medical treatment
Westside Community School District v Mergens
rulaed that a high school in Omaha had to allow student to form an after-school Christian group that could meet on school grounds
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern PA v Casey
ruled that a state could require a woman seeking an abortion to give informed consent, to wait 24 hours, and in the case of a minor, to obtain parental consent
Iran-Contra Affair
secret US sales of weapons to Iran in an attempt to secure the release of US hostages held in Lebanon in 1986
apartheid
the South African government's official policy of legalized racial segregation throughout society
Jeane Kirkpatrick
woman ambassador to the UN