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SLANG: Unit 12

Carter, Reagan and Bush

TermDefinition
Camp David Accords 1978 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, orchestrated by President Carter, and marking a first step toward peace in the Middle East.
Panama Treaties written and ratified during the Carter administration, these documents transferred control of the Panama Canal to Panama on December 31, 1999.
Iran Hostage Crisis the seizing of American embassy workers in Tehran by radical revolutionaries; 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days.
1980 Olympic Boycott United States led boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow protesting the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
Liberalism political philosophy emphasizing individual rights and equality of opportunity.
Conservatism political philosophy that favors limited government intervention in the economy, and holds to traditional moral views.
Deregulation removal of government controls from an industry or sector, to allow for more freedom by business in the marketplace.
Moral Majority network of conservative ministers, including Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, who claimed to bring in 2 million new voters by 1980.
Sunbelt region of the U.S. in which population and economy expanded beginning in the WWII era, leading to a shift in political preferences.
Rustbelt region of the U.S. marked by decline in population and economy, leading to a shift in political preferences.
Reaganomics (a.k.a. trickle down economics) combination of monetarism and supply side economics which encouraged high interest rates and massive tax cuts.
Supply Side Economics emphasizes the importance of tax cuts and business incentives in encouraging economic growth by creating new businesses and expanding old businesses, which in turn will increase productivity, employment, and general well
MAD (mutually assured destruction) doctrine of military strategy, based on the idea of “deterrence,” in which a full scale use of nuclear weapons by opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of attacker and defender.
SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) proposal by U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 23, 1983, to use ground and space based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
“…tear down this wall…” famous challenge from U.S. President Ronald Reagan to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to destroy the Berlin Wall.
Iran Contra Scandal secret, illegal operations in which U.S. officials, under the direction of the NSC and the CIA, sold weapons to Iran and used the profits to fund the contras in Nicaragua in the early 1980s.
Mikhail Gorbachev leader of the Soviet Union in the mid 1980s who recognized the need to reform the Soviet economy, and met on numerous occasions with President Reagan, ultimately bringing an end to the Cold War.
Perestroika program of economic and political reform initiated by Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
Glasnost (literally “openness”) Mikhail Gorbachev’s plan to allow more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union.
Space Shuttle reusable spacecraft with wings that could rocket into space and glide back to Earth.
Boris Yeltsin Russian president who outlawed the Communist Party, marking the end of the Soviet Union.
Sandra Day O’Conner appointed by Ronald Reagan, she becomes the first female Supreme Court justice.
“Read my lips…” George Herbert Walker Bush’s promise to continue Reagan’s policy of low taxation.
Tiananmen Square 1989 tragedy in which several pro democratic students and activists were killed and hundreds arrested when they challenged the Communist government of China.
Manuel Noriega dictator of Panama seized by U.S. troops under the guidance of President Bush in 1989.
Persian Gulf War began in 1991 when Iraq refused to withdraw from Kuwait by the UN deadline.
Created by: J Paola
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