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1. Reagan Adminis- conservativism
tration
2. Reaganomics The federal economic polices of the Reagan administra-
tion, elected in 1981. These policies combined a mon-
etarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic
budget cutting. Their goal was to reduce the size of the
federal government and stimulate economic growth.
3. supply-side eco- An economic philosophy that holds the sharply cutting
nomics taxes will increase the incentive people have to work, save,
and invest. Greater investments will lead to more jobs, a
more productive economy, and more tax revenues for the
government.
4. Deregulation The lifting of government restrictions on business, indus-
try, and professional activities.
5. Moral Majority "Born-Again" Christians become politically active. The ma-
jority of Americans are moral people, and therefore are a
political force.
6. Iran-Contra Affair (RR) Americans kidnapped in Beirut by Iranian govt, so
deal, scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in or-
der to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even
though Congress had objected, Poindexter and North in-
volved
7. Peace Through Reagan's policy of combating communism by building
Strength up the military, including aggressive development of new
weapons systems.
8. Fall of the Berlin The removal of the wall that separated East and West
Wall Germany in 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War.
9. Persian Gulf War (1990 - 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of
countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces
from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling
their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United
States' coalition emerging victorious.
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10. Ross Perot This billionaire was a third-party candidate in the 1992
presidential election won 19 percent of the popular vote.
His strong showing that year demonstrated voter disaffec-
tion with the two major parties.
11. Don't Ask Don't Clinton managed to gain support for a compromise mea-
Tell sure under which homosexual servicemen and service-
women could remain in the military if they did not openly
declare their sexual orientation
12. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement; allows open trade
with US, Mexico, and Canada.
13. budget reform Requires the president to spend all appropriated funds
unless he first tells Congress what funds he wishes not
to spend and Congress, within forty five days, agrees to
delete the items.
14. Clinton Impeach- Result of a political sex scandal emerging from a sexual
ment relationship between United States President Bill Clinton
and a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
15. No Child Left Be- A U.S. law enacted in 2001 that was intended to increase
hind Act accountability in education by requiring states to qualify for
federal educational funding by administering standardized
tests to measure school achievement.
16. Carnegie Steel industry
17. Vertical Integra- Practice where a single entity controls the entire process
tion Carnegie of a product, from the raw materials to distribution
18. Rockefeller and Businessman who refined oil (mostly from western Penn-
horizontal inte- sylvania) in Cleveland, Ohio, before buying several com-
gration petitors in the region, creating Horizontal Integration,
which takes control over the entirety of one level of a
product, (in Rockefeller's case, oil refinement), and buys
out all competitors, forcing users of the product to rely on
that business
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