United States History Chapter 26: Resurgence of Conservatism

Supply-side economics (Reaganomics)

an economic approach that seeks to lower inflated prices by enhancing productivity and increasing the supply of goods

Reagan Doctrine

Doctrine pledging america’s support to groups fighting communists in the third world

Contras

anti-Sandinista guerrillas in Nicaragua

Mujahideen

Afghan guerillas

Walter Mondale

former vice president under Jimmy Carter who ran against Ronald Reagan in 1984

Geraldine Ferraro

running mate of Walter Mondale in 1984

Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet leader during the late 1980s

perestrokia

russian word for restructuring, specifically referring to the reorganization of the russian economy

glasnot

Russian for ‘openness’, meaning more freedom of speech, press, and religion in Russia

Iran-Contra affair

in which members of the WHNSC sold weapons to Iran and funneled those funds to the Contras in Nicaragua

George H. W. Bush

Reagan’s vice president and president in 1988

Michael Dukakis

Democratic Nominee in 1988

Ross Perot

Third-party candidate in the 1992 election