Politics and Diplomacy after Watergate
The Ride of the New American Right
The 'Reagan Revolution"
America and the Waning of the Cold War
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| 368568853 | SALT II | The U.S. met with Siberian leader Leonid Brezhnev to create the basis of arms control. Set limits on the number of long-range missiles, bombers, and nuclear warheads on each side. | |
| 368568854 | Jimmy Carter | 1976 Democratic President. Main focus was on the energy crisis and economy. Increased public spending, but caused inflation. | |
| 368568855 | Malaise Speech | A speech made by President Carter which included a series of proposals for resolving the energy crisis. He referred to the nation as a "crisis of confidence" that had struck "at the very heart and soul of our national will." Fueled charges that Carter blamed problems on the people. | |
| 368568856 | Panama Canal Treaty | A pair of treaties to turn over control of the Panama Canal to the government of Panama. Ratified by the Senate. | |
| 368568857 | Camp David Accords | A Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty (persuaded by Carter) that recognized Israel as a legitimate political entity. | |
| 368568858 | Ayatollah Ruhollo Khomeini | Leader of Iran in 1979 who was fiercely anti-American and anti-Western. | |
| 368568859 | Sagebrush Rebellion | Emerged in parts of the West in the late 70s, mobilized conservative opposition to environmental laws and restrictions on development. It also portrayed the West as a victim of government control. It demanded government-owned land to be opened for development. | |
| 368568860 | Billy Gramham | An evangelical who attracted a huge national following of the Christianity revivalism in the 50s. | |
| 368568861 | Moral Majority/Christian Coalition | These, and other organizations of the Christian right, opposed federal interference in local affairs; denounced abortion, divorce, feminism, and homosexuality; defended unrestricted free enterprise; and supported a strong American posture in the world. | |
| 368568862 | Pat Robertson | The Pentecostal minister who began a political movement and launched an organization known as Christian Coalition. | |
| 368568863 | Barry Goldwater | An evangelical Christian who was apart of the new right, which | |
| 368568864 | Ronald Reagan | New face of the Republican right. Elected California governor in 1966. Republican President in 1980. | |
| 368568865 | Proposition 13 | A major citizen's tax revolt which rolled back property tax rates. | |
| 368568866 | Edward Kennedy | Senator Kennedy challenged Carter at the primaries in 1980, but did not succeed. | |
| 368568867 | Neo-conservatives | Principal concern was to reassert legitimate authority and reaffirm Western democratic, anticommunist values, and commitments. "Win back the culture." They also believed that they shouldn't work to ease tensions with the Soviet Union. That the Vietnam war was positive and we should not have pulled out. | |
| 368568868 | Reaganomics/Supply-side economics/trickle down economics | Reduce taxes, particularly corporations and wealthy individuals, in order to encourage new investments. | |
| 368568869 | Deregulation | James Watt opened up public lands and water to development, entirely eliminating enforcement of major environmental laws and regulations. | |
| 368568870 | Entitlement Programs | Programs such as Social Security and Medicare that caused enormous deficits. | |
| 368568871 | Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) | Through the use of lasers and satellites, could provide an effective shield against incoming missiles and thus make nuclear war obsolete. | |
| 368568872 | Nuclear Freeze | An agreement between two superpowers not to expand their atomic arsenals. | |
| 368568873 | Reagan Doctrine | Helped groups resist communism in the Third World. | |
| 368568874 | Palestinian Liberation Organization | ... | |
| 368568875 | Geraldine Ferraro | The first female candidate to ever appear on a national ticket--running mate of Walter Mondale. | |
| 368568876 | Jesse Jackson | The nation's most prominent spokesman for minorities and for the poor. Ran for 1984 presidency and was unsuccessful. | |
| 368568877 | Mikhail Gorbachev | Succeeded in the leadership of the Soviet Union in 1985, and ultimately became the most revolutionary figure in world politics in at least four decades. | |
| 368568878 | Glasnost and Perestroika | Openness : the dismantling of many of the represssive mechanisms that had been conspicuous features of Soviet life for over half a century. Reform: an effort to restructure the rigid and unproductive Soviet foreign policy. | |
| 368568879 | Tianamen Square | Students in China launched a movement calling for greater democratization. The uprising was crushed by military forces, which resulted in a bloody massacre on June 3, 1989. The democracy movement was crushed, and hard-liners were restored. | |
| 368568880 | Apartheid | A system designed to protect white supremacy. A cautious retreat from this traditional policy resulted in the legalization of the chief black party in the nation. | |
| 368568881 | Nelson Mandela | The leader of the African National Congress in South Africa. Was released from jail after decades of the ban of his organization. Over the several years of his influence, the South African government repealed its apartheid laws. In 1994 the first national election in which South Africans could participate resulted in Mandela's presidency as the first black president. | |
| 368568882 | Oliver North/Iran-Contra Scandal | An obscure marine lieutenant colonel assigned to the staff of the National Security Council who helped reveal the Iran-Contra Scandal. This scandal showed that the White House had illegally sold weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages. Also, some of the money from the arms deal with Iran had been illegally funneled into a fund to air the contras in Nicaragua. | |
| 368568883 | George H. W. Bush | Elected President in 1988. Successfully developed international affairs and supported domestic issues. | |
| 368568884 | Gulf War | The U.S. and nearly all foreign powers set an oil embargo on Iraq and went to war with them, successfully gaining control. | |
| 368568885 | Saddam Hussein | The militaristic leader of Iraq. During his dictatorship, he annexed Kuwait. | |
| 368568886 | Bill Clinton | Elected president in 1992--Democrats retained control of both houses of Congress. |
