FINAL CHAPTER YEEEEEEEEEEE
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| 13482824229 | New Right | movement driven by much Christian/conservative influence, response to protests of 1960s | 0 | |
| 13482824230 | Moral Majority | evangelical Christian group spearheading New Right | 1 | |
| 13482824231 | neoconservatives | included Norman Podhoretz (Commentary) and Irving Kristol (The Public Interest), championed free markets and were anti Soviet, with other conservative values | 2 | |
| 13482824232 | ABC movement | Anybody But Carter, movement splitting Democratic party | 3 | |
| 13482824233 | Iranian hostage release | was on Reagan's inauguration, Jan 20 1981 | 4 | |
| 13482824234 | Prop. 13 | tax revolt in California for property tax slashes and gov services cuts | 5 | |
| 13482824235 | welfare state | ideology where welfare is a large part of US policy | 6 | |
| 13482824236 | boll weevils | abandoned Demos to support Reagan, mostly southern | 7 | |
| 13482824237 | recession of 1982 | unemployment at 11%, several banks failed, car industry slumped | 8 | |
| 13482824238 | supply-side economics | thought that budgetary discipline and tax reduction would stimulate new investment, productivity, and reduce deficit | 9 | |
| 13482824239 | yuppies | young, urban professional; stereotypical materialists | 10 | |
| 13482824240 | Star Wards/SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative, orbiting stations in space designed to vaporize intercontinental missiles | 11 | |
| 13482824241 | arms race | Reagan wanted to force Russia's hand in the astro front | 12 | |
| 13482824242 | Cold War | got pretty hot in 1981 with Solidarity movement | 13 | |
| 13482824243 | Solidarity | Polish people forming massive union, and its govt forced martial law | 14 | |
| 13482824244 | Olympic boycott | USSR and other Soviets boycotted 1984 Olym. in LA | 15 | |
| 13482824245 | West Bank | Israel allowed more and more countries to form here | 16 | |
| 13482824246 | Israel and Lebanon | Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982 to suppress Palestinian bases | 17 | |
| 13482824247 | Teflon president | When Reagan made bold political decisions with no political damage | 18 | |
| 13482824248 | Sandinistas | revolutionaries of Nicaragua | 19 | |
| 13482824249 | contra rebels | rebels opposing anti-US govt of Nic. | 20 | |
| 13482824250 | Geraldine Ferraro | first woman to appear on major-party pres. ticket | 21 | |
| 13482824251 | Mikhail Gorbachev | new ldr of Communist party in 1985, committed to radical reform in USSR | 22 | |
| 13482824252 | glasnost | introduced free speech/political liberty ('openness') | 23 | |
| 13482824253 | perestroika | adopted free market practices of the West ('restructuring') | 24 | |
| 13482824254 | INF Treaty | USSR agreed to not fire intermediate range nuclear forces on West EU | 25 | |
| 13482824255 | Iran-contra affair | scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected | 26 | |
| 13482824256 | Reaganomics | the belief that a combination of monetarism, lower federal spending, and supply-side economics will stimulate the economy; added 2 tril in debt to US | 27 | |
| 13482824257 | Jerry Falwell | evangelist from VA, founded Moral Majority | 28 | |
| 13482824258 | Moral Majority | against gay rights, abortion, feminism, sexual permissiveness; used radio and TV to reach huge audiences and make money | 29 | |
| 13482824259 | identity politics | the practice of organizing on the basis of sex, ethnic or racial identity, or sexual orientation to compete for public resources and influence public policy | 30 | |
| 13482824260 | Sandra Day O' Connor | first woman SC justice; Sep 25 1981 | 31 | |
| 13482824261 | affirmative action | made easier for whites to plead reverse discrim in workplaces in Packing v. Antonia | 32 | |
| 13482824262 | Roe v. Wade | prohibited states from making laws interfering with abortion rights | 33 | |
| 13482824263 | Planned Parenthood v. Casey | (court case) states could restrict access to abortion as long as undue burden was not placed on woman | 34 | |
| 13482824264 | Black Monday | Oct 19, 1987, leading index plunged 508 points | 35 | |
| 13482824265 | Seven Dwarfs | Demos riding on eco. anxiety, included Gary Hart | 36 | |
| 13482824266 | George H.W. Bush | won election against Dukakis; born rich, educated at Yale, held many offices beforehand, like ambassador to UN/chief of CIA | 37 | |
| 13482824267 | Tiananmen Square | prodemocratic movement squashed by Chinese military | 38 | |
| 13482824268 | Berlin Wall | tore down in Dec 1989, led to fall of USSR/union of Germany | 39 | |
| 13482824269 | CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States, loose confederation of Communist states | 40 | |
| 13482824270 | Yugoslavia | racked by ethnic cleansing campaigns | 41 | |
| 13482824271 | ethnic cleansing | in Yugoslavia, mass murder of minorities | 42 | |
| 13482824272 | Nelson Mandela | freed in 1990, served 27 yrs for attempting African govt overthrow, elected pres in 1994 | 43 | |
| 13482824273 | Saddam Hussein | ruler of Iraq, sent armies on Aug 2 1990 to overrun Kuwait for oil and rule of Persian Gulf | 44 | |
| 13482824274 | Operation Desert Storm | 4 days, on feb 23 1991, UN forces penetrated deep into Kuwait, light allied casualties, ended in cease fire by Saddam | 45 | |
| 13482824275 | Americans with Disabilities Act | prohibited disc against people with physical or mental disablities | 46 | |
| 13482824276 | Clarence Thomas | nominated for SC, critic of affirmative action, opposed by NAACP and NOW, although hearings over sexual misconduct took place, still took seat | 47 | |
| 13482824277 | Anita Hill | accused Thomas of sexual harassment, led to hearings on nomination | 48 | |
| 13482824278 | read my lips | Bush said in 1988 campaign that no new taxes were to be put into place, promise was broken | 49 | |
| 13482824279 | Charles and Mary Beard | progressive historians that said Conservatives were bent on riches to keep Gov impotent, doomed to give way to liberals | 50 | |
| 13482824280 | Huey Long | religious fundamentalist, depression-era figure shed light on values of American culture | 51 | |
| 13482824281 | Charles Coughlin | depression-era figure, religious fundamentalist, shed light on values of American culture | 52 | |
| 13482824282 | Sugrue and Edsall | showed that econ stagnation after 1970 made americans insecure about futures | 53 | |
| 13482824283 | George Will | modern conservative; stressed deep historical conservatism | 54 |
