The Reagan Years

David stockman

David Alan Stockman is an American politician and former businessman who served as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under President Ronald Reagan.

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Davis Reagan was an American film actress and the wife of Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. She served as the First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

Oliver north

Oliver Laurence North is an American political commentator and television host, military historian, New York Times best-selling author, and retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel.

lech walesa

Polish labor leader and statesman (born in 1943)

strategic defense initiative

Reagan's Star Wars defense system to shoot down missiles while they're in space

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

supply side economics

Supply-side economics is a macroeconomic theory that argues economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering taxes and decreasing regulation.

INF treaty

Treaty to reduce nuclear weapons Banned nuclear missiles with a 300 and 3,400 mile range

Mikhail gorbachev

a new leader who came to power in the soviet union in 1985

iran contra affair

also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran-Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration.

budget deficit

expenses exceed revenue, and it is an indicator of financial health.

jerry falwell

leader of the 'moraal majority'

new right

political movement of American conservatives whose agenda was to roll back liberal policies on foreign affairs, abortion, taxation and government control over American life in general

apartheid

segregation or other rounds on race

solidarity

support or sympathy; unity