AP US History Period 9 (1980-Present) Flashcards

6420025680	globalization	actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope	0
6420025681	neoconservative	conservative who favors strongly encouraging democracy and the U.S. national interest in world affairs, including through military means	1
6420025682	religious fundamentalism	religious movement whose objectives are to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence policy	2
6420025683	deregulation	policy promoting cutbacks in the amount of Federal regulation in specific areas of economic activity	3
6420025684	big government	government programs in areas where conservatives believe government shouldn't be involved, especially those that spend money on social problems	4
6420025685	Ronald Reagan	(1981-1989)"Great Communicator" Republican, conservative economic policies, replaced liberal Democrats in upper house with consevative Democrats or "boll weevils"; cut out many welfare and public works programs and used Strategic Defense Initiative to avoid conflict	5
6420025686	Mikhail Gorbachev	head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991; liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe	6
6420025687	arms reduction	term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction (one of Wilson's fourteen points)	7
6420025688	9/11 attacks	19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda hijack 4 airliners and carried out attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and other targets in the U.S. leaving many Americans dead and injured	8
6420025689	war on terror	after 9/11, President George W. Bush declared a worldwide "war on terrorism" aimed at defeating international terrorist organizations, destroying terrorist training camps, and bringing terrorists themselves to justice	9
6420025690	Afghanistan	this country has been a safe haven for terrorists like Bin Laden; Taliban government sponsored terrorist training camps and suppressed the people of this country; in response to September 11, 2001, President Bush (43) ordered the invasion of this country	10
6420025691	Iraq Conflict	US put Sadaam Hussain into power to protect against socialists; turns out to be a major backfire and they needed to go in and take down his government	11
6420025692	Free Trade Agreements	pacts between two countries or among a group of countries that make it easier to trade goods across national boundaries by reducing or eliminating restrictions on exports and taxes on imported goods and protecting intellectual property rights	12
6420025693	climate change	any significant change in measures of climate, such as temperature, precipitation, or wind, lasting for an extended period of a decade or longer	13
6420025694	fossil fuels	a natural fuel such as coal or gas, formed in the geological past from the remains of living organisms	14
6420025695	computer/internet revolution	1980's-1980's computers become more common in the home, but mostly just text; 1990's personal computers are universally at a generally low cost, accessible, and give instant communication	15