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Chapter 32/33
A People A Nation textbook
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan | Republican who won presidency in 1980. Drew together new conservative coalition of 1980. He wanted to strengthen national defense and shrink government. |
| Reagan's policies toward regulatory agencies | He didn't like them and wanted to get rid of them. |
| Organized labor in 1980s | Unions were declining in 1970s as industry jobs disappeared and Reagan undercut their ability to negotiate wages and working conditions. |
| New Right Issues | Democratic relgious group |
| Sandra Day O'Conner | Reagan added her as the first woman to Supreme Court (conservative). |
| Reaganomics | It was an economic program. Limited government in response to stagflation. Based on side-supply economics, theory that tax cuts will create growth. |
| Recession of early 1980s | 1981 tax cuts sparked it. Ended 1984. |
| 1984 election | Reagan won. |
| Deregulation | Reagan deregulated businesses and banks. Effects were more capitalism and competition. |
| Junk bond industry | Michael Milken offered high-interest financing to bad credit corporations. Led to high profit. Caused insider trading scandals of late 1980s. |
| Reagan defense buildup | Reagan buildup defense in response to Soviets and also made Strategic Defense Initiative. |
| Reagan Doctrine | US would openly support anticommunist movements. |
| Mikhail S. Gorbachev | New Soviet leader |
| perestroika and glasnost | Under Soviets, perestroika was restructuring reform program and glasnost was liberalized authoritarian political system. |
| 1987 INF Treaty | Banned landbased international missles in Europe. Signaled end to Cold War. |
| Social issues | Poor and middle class were having issues like homelessness while rich were living great lives. |
| Immigrants | Immigrants flooded in from Asia while Latino population grew. |
| 1988 election | George Bush won. |
| Soviet Union collapse | SU collapsed as countries were revolting. |
| Saddam Hussein | Sought to fight economic troubles with conquering Kuwait. Bush responded with economic boycott and Operation Desert Storm. |
| Americans with Disabilities Act | 1990, banned job discrimination and required accommodations for disabilities. |
| Clarence Thomas | Showed gender gap in politics when Thomas was portrayed as victim of sexual harrassment. |
| Globalization | international world trade |
| CA's Proposition 13 | Cut of property taxes during population boom=state government became broke. |
| Bill Clinton | Won 1992 election. Adopted "Don't ask, don't tell" slogan. One major goal was affordable healthcare. Was reelected 1996 election. |
| New Economy | Time when information technology was new and exciting. |
| NAFTA, GATT, and WTO | Lowered trade and investment barriers internationally. |
| Multinational corporations of 1990s | Pushed towards homogeneous global culture. |
| Economics of 1990s | There was a stock boom and growth. Standard of living went up. |
| Clinton Impeachment | Scandals like Whitewater investigation and Monica Lewinsky affair lead to impeachment of Clinton. |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | Allowed workers to take time off to care for ailing family and not get fired. |
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