US HIST chapter 20

May 1989 students in what country called for a Democracy

China

Reasons for Reagan's buildup of US military

Soviet defense spending called communist system to collapse

Conservative coalition in late 1970s united by common belief that

American society had lost its way

Which group entered the workforce in 1980s putting cultural emphasis on accumulating wealth

Baby Boomers

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

Capital bank gains tax

Openness, allowing more freedom of religion and speech in Soviet Union

Glassnose

Island nation invaded by US in 1983

Grenada

Main message of H Ross Perot's 1992 presidential campaign was

Indeficiet spending

Why United Nations went to war in Persian Gulf in 1991

Iraq invaded Kuwait

First African American to made serious run for presidential nomination

Jessie Jackson

Discount retailers

Large quantity low prices

Supply Side Economics

Lowering / cutting of taxes

Chief figure in Iran - Contra scandal admitted to covering up illegal actions

Oliver North

Crisis developed in this country during President George W. Bush's presidency

Panama

Restructuring plan by Gorbachev to save Soviet economy

Perestroika

Restructuring, allowing some private enterprise and profit making in Soviet Union

Perestroika

Scandal during Reagan's presidency

Profits from sell of weapons to Iran are going to be given to contras in Nicaragua

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

Rainbow Coalition

Policy supporting guerilla groups fighting communist or pro-soviet governments

Reagan Doctrine

What critics called Reagan's massive tax cut

Reaganomics

Why Reagan promoted deregulation

Regulations were excessive and hurt the economy

Conservatives believed social problems solved through

Religious faith and private efforts

Nicknamed "Star Wars"

SDI (Strategic defense initiative)

Sent his army to invade oil rich Kuwait in 1990

Saadam Hussan

First woman on supreme court

Sandra Day O'Connor

What Reagan cut to keep deficit under control because of his tax cuts

Social Programs

Reagan Doctrine

To support Guerrilla groups fighting communism / pro soviet government

Economic growth of 1980s mostly benefited

Upper and middle class

Entertainment technology changed tv viewing habits as well as the movie industry

VCRs

Collapse of Soviet Union's economy in late 1980s created by

central planning and huge military spending

Reagan's executive order eliminating price controls on oil and gasoline was a step towards

deregulation

Idea that high taxes weaken economy by taking money away from investors

supply side economics

Conservatives idea that government had become too big meant simply that

taxes were too high

Largest religious group in the social conservative movement formed in late 1970s

Angelical Protestants

American economy grew rapidly in the 1980s because of what new retailing method

Discount retail (drops prices)

LAying off workers and managers to increase company's efficiency

Downsizing

Mikhail Gorbachev ended this in December 1991

Ends the Soviet Union

Series of concerts around the world to raise money for starving people in Ethiopia

Lye Babe

Reagan largest peacetime buildup of this during his presidency

Military

Conservative movement founded by Jerry Falwell

Moral Majority

Development necessary for conservatives to build a coalition that could elect a president

More support from southerners

Marked the beginning of the end of the cold war during Reagan and Gorbachev's Leadership

Signing of the intermediate range of nuclear forces treaty

Conservatives fundamentally distrustful of the power of

the government