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17 Heritage Studies5
A Time of Strength and Challenge
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | won the presidential election of 1980, promoted the Strategic Defense Initiative, designed a strategy that made great changes in the US economy, signed the Economic Recovery Tax Act |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | first Soviet leader who was willing to meet with Reagan, worked with Reagan to lessen the Cold War |
| Christa McAuliffe | crew member on the Challenger |
| Geraldine Ferraro | first female vice-presidential candidate for a major party |
| Sandra Day O’Connor | Supreme Court justice who held conservative views but did not always vote as a conservative |
| Barney Clark | had an artificial heart implant |
| Robert Jarvik | person who designed a heart that worked with the help of a large air-pumping machine |
| Walter Mondale | Democratic presidential candidate in 1984 |
| John Hinckley Jr | attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan |
| Economic Recovery Tax Act | lowered income taxes by 25 percent |
| Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty | agreement between the US and the Soviet Union to get rid of certain types of missiles |
| cause of Olympic Games boycott by United States | Soviet Union would not leave Afghanistan |
| Iran hostage crisis | situation in 1979–1980 where Americans were held in retaliation for America’s aid to the shah |
| Reagan Doctrine | strategy of helping anti-Communist movements in other nations |
| Strategic Defense Initiative | missile defense program from both the ground and space |
| hostage | person who is taken by an enemy or terrorist and held until certain demands are met |
| Iran-Contra Affair | situation that developed after US government officials sold weapons in exchange for American hostages |
| Grenada | name of the island where US forces invaded and evacuated American students |
| Beirut | name of the city where a terrorist attack killed more than two hundred marines |
| Challenger | American space shuttle that exploded upon liftoff in 1986 |
| MRI | test that can produce images of a person’s organs, tissues, and bones |
| Explain how Reagan supported Christians on moral issues. | Reagan opposed abortion. He wanted laws to limit the use of drugs and alcohol. He stood up for students’ rights to pray in America’s public schools. He communicated respect for the Bible. |
| What dangers came with Christians enjoying more influence in America? | some Christians saw other Americans only as political enemies instead of people who needed the gospel, some Christians began to value political power more than being true to their faith |
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