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Stufflet Unit 21
Unit 21 APUSH
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Watergate | political scandal that resulted in the resignation of Richard Nixon |
| OPEC oil embargo | event in which Middle Eastern oil producing nations refused to sell US oil in response to US support of Israel in 1973 War |
| inflation | a rise in prices |
| New Conservatism | term to describe right-wing movement that lifted Republican Party to presidency in 1980 |
| Reagan Revolution | term to describe conservative changes made to government starting in 1980; smaller government |
| Iran hostage crisis | resulted from radical Islamic revolution in 1979; Islamic students raided US Embassy |
| Ayatollah Khomeini | radical Islamic cleric and leader of Iran from 1979 until 1988 |
| televangelists | evangelical and fundamentalist leaders who used TV to popularize their moral beliefs |
| Jerry Falwell | leader of Moral Majority; Christian fundamentalist |
| Moral Majority | political organization led by southern Baptists that raised $$ to defeat “liberal” politicians (both Democrats and Republicans) who they deemed immoral |
| supply side economic or Reaganomics or trickle down theory | promoted large tax breaks for wealthy so as to stimulate investment and create jobs |
| deregulation | removing rules from business |
| Bakke v California | made racial or gender based quotas illegal but said these could be one factor of many |
| Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 | reduced highest tax bracket from 70% to 50%; lowest from 14% to 11% |
| Tax Reform Act of 1986 | redcued highest tax bracket from 50% to 28%; lowest rose from 11% to 15% |
| Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) | Missile defense system using lasers to shoot nukes out of sky |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Soviet leader who assumed power in 1985; started negotiations with US |
| Tiananmen Square | protest that was crushed by Chinese troops in 1989 |
| Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm | Liberated Kuwait from Iraqi forces that had invaded and threatened oil supplies to West |
| Patriot Acts of 2001 and 2003 | Gave govt expanded ability to obtain information and arrest suspects |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 | immigration law that made it illegal to hire most illegal immigrants |
| Taliban | radical Islamic group ousted from Afghanistan in 2001 |
| Affordable Care Act | health-care reform bill passed in 2009 under Barack Obama |
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