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1970-2000 vocab

TermDefinition
Estee Lauder founder of one of the world’s largest cosmetic lines
Sam Walton founder of Walmart, the world’s largest retailer
Reaganomics economic policy of increasing supply and dropping prices which leads to consumer demand and increase employment
Peace Through Strength increase in military spending and research to show America’s enemies that it would act to stop aggression
Tinker vs Des Moines ruled that students had the right to wear armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War
Sun Belt southwestern region of the United States, experienced population growth as people left the rust belt in search of employment
Stagflation economic problem caused by inflation and stagnant economic growth
Rust Belt areas of the Northeast and Midwest with coal and iron resources
Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 Iranian students seized the staff at the US embassy In Tehran and held them hostage for more than a year
GATT/WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade(formally known as the World Trade Organization), formed in 1947 to reduce tariff levels on many goods
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement which created a trade association with Mexico and Canada to stimulate the economies
Jimmy Carter elected President in 1976, struggled with economic problems and hostage crisis in Iran
Camp David Accords Carter negotiated peace between historic middle eastern enemies, Egypt and Israel
Hillary Clinton appointed by Pres. Clinton to head up a task force to investigate health care reform
Lionel Sosa founder of the largest Hispanic advertising agency in the US
Bill Clinton Former Arkansas Governor, Elected President in 1992 defeating George H.W. Bush; 2nd President to be impeached
Reagan Doctrine the US would try to roll back communism in the Middle East and Asia
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, designed to control the flow, production and distribution of oil throughout the world
Watergate Scandal a group of men working for Nixon’s re-election campaign were caught breaking into the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, DC
Robert Johnson first African-American billionaire and founder of Black Entertainment Television
NRA National Rifle Association, became political when it endorsed Ronald Reagan as president
Heritage Foundation sought to promote conservative policies and attempted to influence legislators to pass conservative legislation
Star Wars Strategic Defense Initiative, using lasers to shoot down missiles in order to prevent a nuclear attack
Impeachment constitutional process of removing an elected official
Contract with America introduced as a program of conservative principles arguing that government was too big
Persian Gulf War President Bush sent troops into Iraq after the leader Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait
Endangered Species Act designed to protect the environment and animal species on the verge of extinction
Wisconsin vs Yoder struck down a state law requiring Amish children to attend school past 8th grade(freedom of religion)
Richard Nixon elected President in 1968, moved the nation to a more conservative direction, only President to resign from office
Moral Majority made up of fundamentalists Christians who favored socially conservation agenda
Bill Gates co-founder of Microsoft who realized the potential of the personal computer
Phyllis Schlafly was a critic of the Women’s Liberation Movement, claiming it would reduce the rights of wives and harm the American family
George H.W. Bush Ronald Reagan’s Vice President, was elected President in 1988
Ronald Reagan elected President in 1980, beginning a resurgence of conservatism
EPA was created to protect the environment by setting air and water pollution standards
Detente Nixon’s policy of relaxing tensions between US and Soviet Union limiting development of missile systems
Sandra Day O'Connor first woman appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1981
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