APUSH Unit 9 Vocabulary Review

Flashcards reviewing key vocabulary from the Unit 9 APUSH lecture.

Unit 9 of the AP US History curriculum

Covers the period from 1980 to the present.

William F. Buckley's Work

Mix of traditional conservatism and classical liberalism.

Milton Friedman

Rejected Keynesian economics.

Conservative Ideals

Slowing down feminism and gay rights and stopping affirmative action.

Moral Majority

Group aimed to unseat liberal representatives in congress.

Right to Life movement

Opposed abortion.

Affirmative Action

Sought to create equality of opportunity for minority groups.

Trickle Down Scheme

The idea that as the upper classes and businesses prosper, that prosperity will reach the masses.

Economic Recovery Act of 1981

Reduced income taxes and capital gains taxes.

Sandra Day O'Connor

The court's first female judge.

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

Sought to build laser based weapon systems that could shoot down enemy missiles from space

Glasnost

Means openness and it sought to put an end to political repression experienced by Soviet citizens.

Perestroika

Was the introduction of limited free market principles to revive the Soviet economy.

Start One

Treaty signed between The US and Russia in which both agreed to reduce their number of nuclear warheads.

Technological advancements in digital communications

Allowed Americans increasingly to participate in worldwide economic opportunities.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Created a fair process for immigrant entry into America, but granted amnesty to some Mexican immigrants who had entered illegally.

Osama bin Laden

Leader of Al Qaeda, the one responsible for the attacks of 9/11.

Patriot Acts

Increased governmental permissions to enact surveillance upon its citizens.

Department of Homeland Security

Combined over 20 federal agencies that aimed to protect the homeland from further terrorist attacks.

Al Gore

Argued that Americans needed to wake up to the inconvenient truth that usage fossil fuels was increasing greenhouse gases in the ozone layer and heating up the planet.

William F. Buckley

Popular political commentator whose work mixed conservatism and liberalism.

Milton Friedman

Economist who rejected Keynesian economics.

Right to Life

Movement that united Catholics and Protestants against abortion.

Reaganomics

Reagan's economic policy focused on tax cuts and deregulation.

Supply-side economics

Economic theory that suggests tax cuts and deregulation stimulate economic growth.

Reagan's Fiscal Policy

Cutting welfare programs while increasing military spending.

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)/Star Wars

Reagan's initiative to develop a space-based missile defense system.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet leader who introduced reforms like glasnost and perestroika.

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty

Treaty to destroy intermediate-range nuclear missiles.

START I and START II

Agreements to reduce nuclear warheads between the US and Russia.

Bill Clinton's presidency

Led to a peacetime economic boom with technology and worldwide opportunities.

South and West

Regions that experienced rapid growth in the 1980s.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Act that created a fair process for immigrant entry, but drew criticism for granting amnesty.

September 11, 2001

Attack on the US that led to the War on Terror.

Patriot Act

Increased governmental surveillance in the name of national security.

Department of Homeland Security

New department to protect the US from terrorist attacks.