APUSH unit 9

supply side economics

reagans idea that cutting taxes would give more money to people to spend on the market and it would stimulate the economy and help it prosper

trickle down economics

critics of supply side economics compared it to this and it was in the 1920s where rich people prospered some of their increased spending benefited middle class and poor

Sandra day O'Connor

nominated by reagan to be the first women on the supreme court

George W bush

president after Reagan (conservative)

americans with disabilities act

made by bush and prohibited any discrimination when hiring for jobs, and publican transportation and acomidation

#metoo

was a social issue that encouraged women to speak up about sexual harassment and also not to discriminate against women in jobs

black lives matter

was a social reform that advocated for reforms in police training and arrest procedures

dont ask don’t tell

prohibted LGBTQ idnivuasls from serving in the military—> overturned in 2011

Mikhail gorbachev

helped end the cold war peacefully

evil empire

what Reagan referred to as the Soviet union

Strategic defense initiative (SDI)

part of reagan’s administration which was a plan for building high tech lasers to take down enemy missiles before they reach US territory

star wars

critics of SDI and called it this and argued that the program would escalate the arms race

iran contra affair

US sold weapons to Iran during Iran Iraq war and didn’t tell the public, when it came out, Reagan denied knowing anything

Palestine liberation organization

palestine’s who wanted independence and their own state and self determination

INF agreement

US and soviets agreed to destroy all intermediate-range weapons as a part of ending the cold war

Tiananmen square

chinese protest for democracy but the gov crushed the protest with tanks, killing many- stopping protests in China

berlin wall

protesters tore down because it symbolized the cold war and reunited Germany again

boris yeltsin

first president of russia and ended communist gov

START 1

Bush and gorbachev signed an agreement to reduce the number of nuclear weapons for each side, 10,000 each

START 2

second time, reduced nuclear weapons for each side to 3,000

European union (EU)

an alliance in Europe that focuses on political and economic stability and promote trade, polices, and laws

ethnic cleaning

during the breakup of Yugoslavia after the cold war, there was ethnic cleaning of muslims and roman Catholics

bill clinton

moderate democratic president and focused on education, healthcare, and economy

brady bill

democratic advancements: this bill mandated a 5 day waiting period for the purchase of handguns

Anti crime bill

democratic advancements: provided $30 billion in funding for more police protection and crime prevention programs

NRA (national rifle association)

this organization promoted gun usage and was mad about the brady bill and anti crime bill

Newt Gingrich

a Republican senator and a major leader in the Republican revolution

republican revolution

when the house and senate was controlled by Republicans (lead by newt Gingrich) with a democratic president

contract with america

list of legislation congress would pass if they could get both house and senate to be Republican

globalizatoin

trade and interconnectedness of countries and development and economy

NAFTA

free trade organization between Canada, Mexico, and US

WTO (world trade organization)

oversaw trade, enforce trade rules, and settle disputes across all countries

International monetary fund (IMF)

made loans to poorer countries to help with debt

Group of 8

the top 8 worlds largest industrial powers which controlled 2/3 of the worlds wealth and met annually to discuss issues.

immigration and nationality act of 1965

changed the way immigration was done, prioritized reunification of families and skilled workers —> increased immigration asia, latin America, africa

deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA)

allowed children of illegal immigrants to still have jobs *didn’t Grant citizenship*, very controversial

Asylum seekers

people who flee their home country and apply to live in a different country due to factors like race, gender, religion

George W bush

ran against al gore and won (Republican)

al gore

ran against George W bush and lost (democrat)

Al qaeda

terrorist group who opposes western influence and carries out attacks like September 11

osama bin laden

leader of Al qaeda and fled to Afghanistan to ally himself with the Taliban

taliban

gov of Afghanistan after September 11th attacks, enforced strict interpretation of the Islam law

september 11th attacks

al qaeda hijacked planes and flew them into the twin towers at the world trade center

USA PATRIOT act

result of 9/11 attacks and allowed the gov to do more extensive background checks and collect more private information from the people

department of Homeland security

a department that combined 20 agencies to focus on security but left out CIA and FBI because bush was mad they didn’t figure out 9/11 before it happened