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Stufflet APUSH U8P1

Unit 9--Part 1-- APUSH

TermDefinition
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
trickle down theory promoted large tax breaks for wealthy so as to stimulate investment and create jobs
Bakke v California made racial or gender based quotas illegal but said these could be one factor of many
Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”) Missile defense system using lasers to shoot nuclear missiles out of sky
Mikhail Gorbachev Soviet leader who assumed power in 1985; started negotiations with US
Patriot Acts Gave US government expanded ability to obtain information on US citizens for security purposes
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 immigration law that made it illegal to hire most illegal immigrants
affirmative action policy that seeks to redress past wrongs to marginalized groups
detente "thawing" of the Cold War in the early 1970s under Nixon
national debt the amount of money the federal government has borrowed (and still owes) to carry out government functions
Iran-Contra Affair controversy in which the Reagan Administration illegally sold weapons to Contras in Nicaragua to fight communists
globalization the idea of increased interaction and integration amongst the world's peoples
1986 Immigration Act legalized 2.7 million immigrants who had entered the US prior to 1982
Al Qaeda terrorist organization responsible for September 11 attacks
Osama bin Laden leader of Al Qaeda
Saddam Hussein leader of Iraq, executed by Iraqi tribunal in 2006
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