APUSH - Period 9

Important Vocab for Period 9

Reaganomics

President Reagan's economic policies based on tax cuts and deregulation

Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

A proposed space-based missile defense system

Operation Desert Storm

The 1991 war to liberate Kuwait from Iraq

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy

A former policy regarding LGBTQ+ individuals in the U.S. military

Contract With America

The 1994 Republican platform for congressional reform

Los Angeles Riots

1992 civil unrest following the Rodney King verdict

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

An agreement reducing trade barriers between the U.S., Canada, and MexicoAl Qaeda

Al Qaeda

The terrorist group responsible for the 9/11 attacks

9/11

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States

War on Terror

The global campaign launched by the U.S. after 9/11

SALT 2 detente

Arms limitation agreement between the US and USSR

Moral Majority

A conservative Christian group that became politically active in the 1980s

Monica Lewinsky

The White House intern involved in the scandal that led to Clinton's impeachment

American with Disabilities Act

A law prohibiting discrimination based on disability

Iran-Contra Affiar

An 1986 secret agreement for US to donate weapons in exchange for Iran releasing hostages