click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
US hist 12.2
Quiz practice
Term | Definition |
---|---|
Ronald Reagan | President from 1980-1988. Led a conservative revolution to cut taxes and build up the military. |
Mikhail Gorbachev | Leader of the Soviet Union who initiated the reforms that led to the fall of communism in Europe. |
George H. W. Bush | President from 1988-1992. The Cold War ended and the Persian Gulf War was fought during his presidency. |
Bill Clinton | President from 1992-2000. Impeached by the House for perjury, but he had budget surpluses the last three years in office. |
health care | Biggest policy failure of Bill Clinton's presidency was the inability to achieve his goal to reform... |
Soviet Union | The breakup of this country caused the end of the Cold War in 1991. |
Contras | U.S. officials illegally used money raised from weapons sales to Iran to aid this group in Nicaragua. |
unemployment | The reason George H.W. Bush was only a one-term president was the economy stopped growing and this rate rose: |
industries | President Reagan eased government restrictions on these: |
perjury | The House of Representatives impeached Bill Clinton in 1998 because its members believed he had committed... |
deficit spending | Reagan's practice of supply-side economics doubled the national debt because less tax money came in, so the government engaged in... |
California | President Reagan was former governor of.... |
Germany | A significant event in the end of the Cold War was when the wall came down in 1989 in this country: |
Conservative | Someone who has a negative view of government is considered: |