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Ronald Reagan
American Politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 -
Palestinian Liberation Organization
A political movement uniting Palestinian Arabs in an effort to create an independent state of Palestine -
William Rehnquist
William Hubbs Rehnquist was an American lawyer and jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States for 3 years, first as an Associate Justice from 1972 to 1986. -
California vs. Bakke
A landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. -
Moral Majority
Political action group formed in the 1970's to further a conservative and religious agenda, including the allowance of prayer schools and strict laws against abortion. -
Supply-Side Economics
A macroeconomic theory that argues economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering taxes and decreasing regulation -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Ronald Reagan nominated her to the U.S. Supreme Court. She received unanimous Senate approvals, and made history as the first woman to serve on the nation's highest court -
Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale is an American politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as the 42nd Vice President of the Unites States from 1977 to 1981 -
PACTO Strike
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PACTO was United States trade union that operated from 1968 until its desertification in 1981 following a strike that was declared illegal and broken by the Reagan Administration -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
it was an act "to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage growth through reductions in individual income tax rates, the expensing of depreciable property, incentives for small businesses, and incentives for savings, and for other purposes." -
Trickle-Down Economics
An economic theory that advocates reducing taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term. -
Religious Fundamentalism
Movement whose objectives were to return to the foundations of the faith and to influence state policy where every word of the bible is interpreted literally -
Saddam Hussein
Was the leader of Iraq during the middle of he Cold War. Although initially supported by the U.S. to fight Iran, his invasion of Kuwait made him a prime enemy of America -
Boland Amendment
A term describing three U.S. legislative amendments between 1982 and 1984, all aimed at limiting U.S. government assistance to the Contras in Nicaragua -
Beirut Bombings
Two truck bombs struck buildings housing Multinational Force in B=Lebanon (MNF) peacekeepers, specifically against U.S. and French service members, killing 241 U.S. and 58 French peacekeepers, 6 civilians and the 2 suicide attackers. -
SDI
SDI was Reagan's intent to pursue a high technology missile defense system which was referred to as SDI or Star Wars -
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne "Gerry" Ferraro was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party -
Sandinistas
Members of a leftist coalition that overthrew the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Anastasia Somoza in 1979 and attempted to install a socialist economy. The U.S. financed armed opposition by the Contras. The Sandinista's lost national elections in 1990 -
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev, GCL is a Russian and former Soviet politician. He was the 8th and last leader of the Soviet Union having been General Secretary of the Soviet Union. -
Iran-Contra Affair
A political scandal in the U.S. that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo/ -
Glasnost & Perestroika
Refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the Communist Party
