Chapter 29

Gorbachev pursued glasnost and perestroika reforms in part because...

"restructuring,"; to save the economy; allowed some private enterprise and profit making; "openness," to allow more freedom of religion and speech

Reaganomics emphasized...

1)budget cuts 2) tax cuts 3) increased defense spending

How did President Reagan bring down the USSR? (slipping away from Detente)

A huge military buildup because Soviets could not keep spending money it did not have

What fell under President George W. Bush (most of work done under Reagan), and became a symbol of the end of the Cold War?

Berlin Wall

The federal government responded to the Saving and Loan crisis by...

Bush called for a cut in the capital gains tax—the tax paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks or real estate for a profit

A politician is advocating that the government do as little as possible. What is he?

Conservative

Which best describes President Reagan's policy on military spending?

In order to protect American interests, spending must increase

The Bush administration cracked down on drug trafficking from...

Latin America

The Reagan administration committed the United States to a...

Massive arms buildup to end the Cold War

What was proposed under George Bush and signed by Bill Clinton, and caused American manufacturing jobs to leave the country?

NAFTA

What is not associated with conservatism?

New Democrats

Cruise missiles and laser-guided bombs fell on Iraq, destroying its air defenses, bridges, artillery, and other military targets. What was this?

Operation Desert Storm

Who helped remove the communists from Nicaragua through illegal means? (Oliver North and John Poindexter oversaw this operation and it involved laundering money in Swiss bank account)

Reagan and his administration (anti-Sandinista guerrilla force known as contras)

Which president viewed the Soviet Union as an "evil empire" that could not be trusted and therefore pursued a massive build up of US military forces?

Ronald Reagan

A space based weapons platform that helped bring Gorbachev to the bargaining table and eventually led to the INF Treaty

SDI/ Star Wars

Who invaded Kuwait, which had an abundance of oil? (leader of Iraq)

Saddam Hussein

What distinction did Sandra Day O'Connor achieve in 1981?

She became the first female justice of the US Supreme Court

What was START and how did it help reduce the amount of nuclear and chemical weapons that the super powers owned?

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks; cut the number of missiles on both sides in half (Western & Eastern Europe)

What is best described as a pyramid where Americans received tax cuts and their investment and spending stimulates the economy? (Trickle-down/Reaganomics)

Supply-Side economics

Critics of Ronald Reagan would most likely focus on what?

The nation's debt and the Iran-Contra Affair

With liberty spreading all across Europe, students where decided to protest for freedom?

Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China

The Iran-Contra affair violated the Reagan administration's policy of...

being involved/communicating with terrorists

INF Treaty

called for the destruction of 2500 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Weapons that were held by the US and the Soviet Union

What were two major components of Ronald Reagan's economic plan?

cutting taxes and cutting government regulations

Although the economy was very successful under President Reagan, it increased the national...

deficit

What are entitlements and why did they grow during the 1980's?

federal program guaranteed to provide benefits to particular groups

What cause was promoted by some groups within the New Right?

homosexuality

Congress tried to pressure South Africa into changing its apartheid system by...

imposing economic sanctions against the country

Who promoted Christian values in politics?

moral majority

The proposed "Star Wars" program involved...

putting weapons in space to obliterate incoming nuclear weaponsq

During his election campaign in 1988, George H.W. Bush promised not to...

raise taxes

Which of the following best describes the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

short, with few American casualties

In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to...

take over the nation's rich oil deposits

Which of the following symbolized the end of communism in Europe?

the fall of the Berlin Wall