Unit 9 - APUSH

Ronald Reagan

a. President

b. United States

c. This Republican president was known as the "Great Communicator." He championed conservative economic policies such as supply-side economics which was also known as "Reagonomics." He also took a more combative stance against the Soviet Union.

Reaganomics

a. Economic Policy

b. United States

c. These were the federal economic policies of the Reagan administration. These policies combined supply-side tax cuts and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was to expand the military, reduce the size of the rest of the federal government and stimulate economic growth.

"Evil Empire"

a. Description

b. United States / Soviet Union

c. This was Ronald Reagan's description of the Soviet Union because of his fierce anti-communist views and the USSR's history of violation of human rights and aggression. This description highlights Reagan's combative stance against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.

Bill Clinton

a. President

b. United States

c. This Democratic president was responsible for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and America's involvement in the crisis in Kosovo. He was the second U.S. president to be impeached.

NAFTA

a. Trade Agreement

b. North America

c. This trade agreement allows open trade between the U.S., Mexico, and Canada. This controversial trade agreement was brought about by U.S. president Bill Clinton.

"Contract with America"

a. Plan

b. United States

c. This Republican plan was developed by Congressman Newt Gingrich. It focused on scaling back the government, balancing the budget, and cutting taxes. Some parts of this contract were enacted under President Clinton.

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act

a. Act

b. United States

c. This federal law was signed by President Bill Clinton. The law significantly altered U.S. social welfare policy and drastically reduced the number of Americans on federal welfare.

George W. Bush

a. President

b. United States

c. This U.S. president signed into law the "No Child Left Behind Act" which tied federal funding to a school's testing results. He was also the president that called for a "War of Terror."

No Child Left Behind Act

a. Law

b. United States

c. This law, enacted in 2001, was intended to increase accountability in education by requiring states to qualify for federal educational funding by administering standardized tests to measure school achievement. It was one of the major legislative achievements of the Bush administration.

September 11th, 2001

a. Date of a Terrorist Attack

b. United States

c. This is the date on which four terrorist attacks occurred that destroyed the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon, and resulted in a deadly airline crash in Pennsylvania. These attacks led to President George W. Bush's "War on Terror."

Department of Homeland Security

a. Federal Agency

b. United States

c. This federal agency was created in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Its job is to coordinate national efforts against terrorism.

Bill Gates

a. Software Designer

b. United States

c. He is an American computer software designer that co-founded Microsoft. Microsoft is one of the largest computer software manufacturers and the company's products shaped the Digital Age of the 1990s.

The Internet

a. Global Network of Computers

b. Worldwide

c. This is a global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information. This network was first developed in the 1980s, but significantly reshaped American life and the economy in the 1990s.

World Wide Web

a. System

b. Worldwide

c. This is a system for finding information on the Internet through the use of linked documents. This system helped users easily find information on the internet.