american history Chapter 20

In late December 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev announced the end of

the Soviet Union

While President George H.W. Bush struggled to deal with events in Eastern Europe and Asia, a crisis developed in

Panama

In 1975, entrepreneur Ted Turner launched the television station ________

WTBS

The recession that began in 1990 was caused in part by the end of the Cold War

began reducing its armed forces and canceling orders for military equipment

The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty signed by President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987 marked the beginning of the end of the cold war.

true

a disease that weakens the immune system and lowers resistance to illnesses, became an epidemic during the 1980s.

AIDS

conservative Republican nominee for president in 1964

Barry Goldwater

Protestant minister who built a national following by the late 1970s

Billy Graham

In May 1989, students and workers held demonstrations calling for democracy in

China

To raise money for starving people in Ethiopia, singer Bob Geldof organized a series of concerts around the world called

Live Aid

movement founded by Jerry Falwell that backed conservative candidates and issues

Moral Majority

President Reagan encouraged the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates and asked Congress to pass a massive tax cut, in what critics called

Reaganomics

Who sent his army to invade oil-rich Kuwait in August 1990?

Saddam Hussein

Which of the following developments was necessary for conservatives to build a coalition that could elect a president?

Southerners began shifting their votes to the Republican Party

Southern and Western regions of the United States

Sunbelt

Which of the following statements about discount retailers is accurate

They sell large quantities of goods at low prices

. worked to spread conservative ideas to a wider audience by founding the magazine National Review

William F. Buckley

The rapid economic growth of the 1980s and the cultural emphasis on accumulating wealth was partly caused by

baby boomers entering the workforce

paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks or real estate for a profit

capital gains tax

In a scandal that tainted President Reagan's second term in office, money from the secret sale of weapons to Iran was given to the

contras in Nicaragua

The tax cut President Reagan won from Congress would increase the budget deficit, so Reagan proposed ____________________ to keep the deficit under control.

cutting social programs

Reagan's first act as president was to sign an executive order eliminating price controls on oil and gasoline, a step towards

deregulation

laying off workers and managers to increase a company's efficiency

downsizing

The largest religious group within the social conservative movement that formed by the late 1970s was

evangelical Protestants

Believers in supply-side economics supported higher taxes, allowing businesses and investors to use extra capital on new investments.

false

President Reagan believed that the United States should oppose guerilla groups fighting to overthrow Communist or pro-Soviet governments, an approach that came to be known as the Reagan Doctrine.

false

"openness," allowing more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union

glasnost

Unlike most liberals, conservatives tend to be fundamentally distrustful of the power of

goverment

The strong economic growth of the 1980s mostly benefited

middle- and upper-class Americans.

"restructuring," allowing some private enterprise and profit making in the Soviet Union

perestroika

term used by presidential candidate Jesse Jackson for a broad group of minorities and the poor

rainbow coalition

During the 1980s, ____________________ citizens became vocal in the political arena, especially about issues such as Social Security and Medicare.

senior

Although liberals tend to favor government intervention in the economy, they are generally suspicious of attempts to use the government to regulate

social behavior

television stations that sold low-cost sports and entertainment programs via satellite to cable companies throughout the nation, changed broadcasting in the late 1970s and 1980s.

super stations

For many Americans, the conservative idea that the government had become too big meant simply that

taxes were too high

During his presidency, Reagan launched the largest peacetime buildup of

the U.S. military.

President Reagan believed that cutting taxes and building up the military were more important than balancing the budget.

true

The economic expansion the nation experienced during Reagan's first term as president made him very popular, contributing to his reelection in 1984.

true

Which of the following entertainment technologies changed television viewing habits as well as the movie industry in the 1980s?

videocassette recorders

The portion of the nation's wealth earned by the ____________________ 5 percent of Americans began to rise in the late 1980s.

wealthiest