US History - Unit 14-15 New Conservatism/ New World Order & New Millennium (1970's - 2004)
New Democrat
Bill Clinton became a political centrist attempting to avoid alienating Democratic Party interest groups, and proposing a number of positive programs that earned him the label __________.
USA Patriot Act of 2001
Designed to fight domestic terrorism, this new law considerably broadened the search, seizure, and detention powers of the federal government
WWII
During Regan's second term, the US entered one of the longest periods of sustained economic growth since ________.
Conservatives
For many Americans, the economic, social, and political trends of the 60's and 70's triggered the __________ leading to a change in political power.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
International organization that regulates international trade
Conservative Movement
Limited government, strong national defense, protection of traditional values are all general beliefs of the ______________.
Strategic Defense Initiative
Research program to explore advanced technologies to defend against intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols
The right-wing domestic terrorists who were behind the Oklahoma City Bombing that killed 166 and injured hundreds
Internet
The rise of the ______, which grew out of a previously closed defense data network, provided access to information of all sorts, created new shopping opportunities, and established email as a common mode of communication.
Socialist Party
This group reached a high point in the early 1900's.
Thrifts
Umbrella term for consumer-oriented institutions like savings and loan associations and savings banks
Recession of 1982
Under Ronald Regan, a time where interest rates rose, economy began failing, employment declined, and big firms and businesses were stagnant.
Somalia
What African country was the place where 18 US soldiers were killed in October 1993?
Kurds and Shiites
What Iraqi groups were encouraged to rebel by the US?
Republicans
What Party gained control of both houses of Congress in the congressional elections of 1994?
Iraq
What country was believed to be holding large stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons and might be working to acquire a nuclear capability?
Panama
What country was invaded by the US in Dec 1989?
Germany
What country was reunited in September 1990?
Issued sanctions
What did the US government do to help end apartheid in South Africa?
Personal computer
What do many consider to be the major force behind the economic growth of the 1990's?
AIDS
What fatal disease was discovered in 1981?
Service sector
What jobs dominated the American economy by the 1980's?
Roe v. Wade
What landmark 1973!Supreme Court decision made abortion a focus of the conservative movement?
Japanese
What nations automobile industry competed with that of the US in the 70's and 80's?
Kuwait
What small nation was invaded by Iraq in 1990?
Al-Qaeda
What terrorist group, living in Afghanistan, was believed to have been the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attacks?
War on Terror
What war began in 2003, starting in Iraq, under the presidency of George Bush?
Communist countries collapsed
What was happening in Eastern Europe in 1989?
Apple
What was the first computer marketed for home use?
No Child Left Behind
What was the name of Bush's education program?
drug trafficking and racketeering
When Manuel Noriega turned himself over to the US, what was he finally convicted of?
September 11, 2001
When did terrorists destroy the twin towers of the World Trade Center?
NAFTA
George HW Bush negotiated free trade among the US, Mexico, and Canada known as the ________ deal.
National Health Program
Hillary Clinton's first important assignment was to develop a ___________.
Non-family households
Home in which 2 or more unrelated persons lived together
Less optimistic, deep recession, White-collar job loss
How had the US changed between the election of 1988 and the election of 1992?
Peace, prosperity, and rapid technological growth
How had the world changed between the election of 1988 and the election of 1992?
twin towers
In 1993, Muslim extremists exploded a huge car bomb in an underground parking garage of the _____ killing 7 and injuring thousands.
Oklahoma City, OK
In April 1995, a federal building was bombed by right-wing extremists in what US city?
US Embassies
In August 1998, powerful bombs exploding simultaneously destroyed 2 _________ in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 301 people and injuring more than 5000 people.
Homosexuals
The "don't ask, don't tell" policy was enacted to meet the demands of _________ in the military.
Boris Yeltsin
The Russian leader during the fall of the Soviet Union
Nicaragua
The US failed at attempts to create regional peace efforts when revolutionaries called Sandinistas overthrew the repressive right-wing Somoza regime. The focus became support for the anti-Sandinista resistance.
El Salvador
The US provided __________ with a program of economic Aide and military training when a guerrilla insurgency threatened to topple its government.
Y2K Scare
The fear that the turn of the millennium would cause computers to not recognize the year 2000, causing a huge peak in data technology spending.
Black Monday
The largest percentage drop in stock market history, occurred in October, 1987
HW Bush
Who became president in 1989?
Henry Wallace
Who ran for the Progressive Party in 1948, with a platform against the Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and big business?
Ronald Regan
Who was elected president in 1980?
Theodore Roosevelt
Who was one of the most successful third party candidates of the 20th century, known as the Progressive or Bull Moose Party?
Manuel Noriega
Who was the dictator that controlled Panama at the time of the attack in 1989?
Osama Bin Laden
Who was the fundamentalist Muslim leader of the newly formed al-Qaida in 1993? He was a fanatical enemy of Western civilization.
Suddam Hussein
Who was the ruler of Iraq during the Gulf War?
Bill Clinton
Who won the election of 1992?
George W. Bush
Who won the presidency in 2000, after the Supreme Court intervened to declare a winner?
Third Parties
_________ usually organize themselves around a single issue or set of issues.
Supply side economics
a school of thought based on the idea that the supply of goods drives the economy
Apartheid
policy of strict separation of the races adopted in South Africa in the 1940s
