AP World History: Period 9 Flashcards

4237999189	Asian Americans	Reparations made for WW2 internment	0
4237999190	Ronald Reagan	Served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Tax cuts and deregulation. Reagonomics.	1
4237999191	September 11	The date on which two hijacked airliners were flown into the World Trade Center in New York City.	2
4237999192	2001 Attacks	Nineteen members of the Islamic terrorist group Al Qaeda perpetrated a devastating, deadly assault on the United States, crashing airplanes into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center.	3
4237999193	Internet	The global communication network that allows almost all computers worldwide to connect and exchange information developed in the 1960s.	4
4237999194	Wars (Afghanistan and Iraq)	Afghanistan: international conflict in Afghanistan beginning in 2001 that was triggered by the September 11 attacks and consisted of three phases. Iraq: A protracted military conflict in Iraq that began in 2003 with an attack by a coalition of forces led by the United States and that resulted in the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime.	5
4237999195	War on Terror	The ongoing campaign by the United States and some of its allies to counter international terrorism.	6
4237999196	World Trade Center	Complex of buildings in New York featuring twin skyscrapers that were destroyed when terrorist-hijacked planes were crashed into them as part of the September 11 attacks.	7
4237999197	Deficits (budget)	Ronald Reagan announced a recipe to fix the nation's economic mess that resulted in dramatic budget deficits during the 1980s.	8
4237999198	Federal Reserve Banks	Created to provide the nation with a safe, flexible and stable monetary and financial system.	9
4237999199	Planned Parenthood v Casey	A case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the constitutionality of several Pennsylvania state statutory provisions regarding abortion were challenged.	10
4237999200	Xenophobia	Intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.	11
4237999201	Social Justice	Justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society.	12
4237999202	Limited Welfare State	A system in which the government undertakes the chief responsibility for providing for the social and economic security of its population, usually through unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, and other social-security measures	13
4237999203	Don't Tell	A United States policy not to tell that you are gay while serving in the military.	14
4237999204	North American Free Trade Agreement	An agreement among the United States, Canada and Mexico designed to remove tariff barriers between the three countries.	15
4237999205	Mormons	A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a religion founded in the US in 1830 by Joseph Smith, Jr.	16
4237999206	Mulatto	A person of mixed white and black ancestry, especially a person with one white and one black parent.	17
4237999207	Globalization	The tendency of businesses, technologies, or philosophies to spread throughout the world, or the process of making this happen	18
4237999208	Social Safety Net	A collection of services provided by the state or other institutions such as friendly societies, including welfare, unemployment benefit, etc.	19
4237999209	Tax Cuts (Reagan and Bush)	Called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and the deregulation of domestic markets.	20
4237999210	Intermarriage	As America became more diverse, inter-ethnic and interracial marriage had became more common especially in the 1980s.	21
4237999211	Don't Ask	A United States policy not to ask if someone serving in the military is gay.	22