chapter 29

october 1990

East and West Germany reunited

1991

collapse of the Soviet Union

1994

Republican Revolution; NAFTA enforced

1999

Columbine High School shooting

ronald reagan

fill in the blank

_______ _______was nominated by the Republican Party in the 1980 election

george h. w. bush

fill in the blank

________ ___. ___. ______ was selected to run as his vice president

great communicator

fill in the blank

ronald reagan was also known as “the _______ ___________”

dr. mildred jefferson

first black American woman to graduate from Harvard-Medical School

dr. mildred jefferson

first female surgeon at New England hospitals and societies; assisted in the founding of the nation right to life committee

jerry falwell

organized the Moral Majority

james dobson

daily radio program called “Focus on the Family”

reagan

fill in the blank

the iranian hostage crisis ended upon ________’s inauguration

john w. hinckley

attempted to assassinate President Reagan and 3 of his companions

reagan

fill in the blank

_______ was the first president since Eisenhower to serve 2 full 4-year terms

margaret thatcher

conservative Prime Minister of Britain during the Reagan administration

• william f. buckley jr.

• russel kirk

• thomas sowell

fill in the blank

_______ ___. _________ ___., _______ _____, and ________ _______ were conservative leaders in America during the Reagan administration

reaganomics

Reagan’s strategy of a balanced budget, stable money supply, and less government regulation of trade and business

tripled

fill in the blank

the national debt _______ during reagan’s administration

reagan

fill in the blank

________ cut the federal budget, enacted one of the largest tax cuts in history, and inflation rates dropped during his presidency

new federalism

Reagan’s policy for state and local governments to assume more responsibility for government programs (decreasing the power of the national government)

equal rights amendment (ERA)

an amendment proposed by the feminist movement to ban discrimination on the basis of sex

phyllis schlafly

Constitutional lawyer who led the opposition to the ERA

sandra day o’connor

first female justice to serve on the high court

ronald reagan

fill in the blank

______ _______ won the popular vote in the 1984 election in 49 of the 50 states

william j. bennett

Secretary of Education during Ronald Reagan’s administration

black monday

alue of American stock dropped due to budget problems (October 19, 1987)

october 19, 1987

black monday

reagan

fill in the blank

the ________ era was the longest period of continuous economic growth since WWII

reagan doctrine

belief that communist aggressors should be stopped before they can attack and enslave a country

lech walesa

led the Solidarity Movement in Poland

KAL 007

South Korean airplane shot down by the Soviet Union

palestine liberation organization (PLO)

sought to liberate Palestine of Israelis

muammar al-qadaffi

dictator of Libya; sponsored international terrorism

iran-contra

fill in the blank

the _____-______ affair took place during the Reagan administration

mikhail gorbachev

fill in the blank

Reagan met with _______ _________ to sign the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces)

laser weaponry

fill in the blank

Reagan led in the design of _____ _________ through his SDI program

SDI

fill in the blank

Reagan led in the design of laser weaponry through his ____ program

• perestroika

• glasnost

fill in the blank

the Soviet Union called their steps toward peace _________ (restructuring) and _______ (openness)

george h. w. bush

elected to the presidency in 1988

tiananmen square

demonstration of freedom in China

manuel noriega

dictator of Panama captured by the US

nelson mandela

communist sympathizer and of South Africa

october 1990

East and West Germany reunited

START (strategic arms reduction treaty)

agreed upon by the Soviet Union and America

boris yeltsin

president of the Russian Republic in 1991

commonwealth of independent states

a union formed by 12 former Soviet republics

1991

fall of the Soviet Union

saddam hussein

dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait for oil

kuwait

fill in the blank

saddam hussein was the dictator of Iraq who invaded _______ for oil

operation desert storm

mission to liberate Kuwait

colin powell

commander of operations in Operation Desert Storm

norman schwarzkopf

led American troops in combat in the Persian Gulf War

persian gulf war

shortest war America has ever fought

2.5

fill in the blank

the persian gulf war lasted ____ months

clarence thomas

conservative Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Bush

naturalism

only the natural world exists and anything spiritual can be dismissed as fiction

intelligent design (ID)

a new movement which asserted that the world came into being by a designer, not random chance

Edwards v. aguillard

court case that ruled that teaching creationism was unconstitutional

al gore

fill in the blank

the Democratic Party nominated Bill Clinton and Senator ___ ____ ran as his VP

ross perot

Independent Party conservative candidate who caused the votes to split in the election of 1992

whitewater affair

a shady real estate deal involving the Clintons while Bill Clinton was the governor of Arkansas

don’t ask, don't tell (DADT)

a compromise to allow homosexuals to serve in the US military

hillary clinton

developed a national healthcare plan (mandatory health insurance for all Americans)

ruth bader ginsburg

nominated for the Supreme Court by President Clinton; became the highest-ranking Jew in American government

rush limbaugh

pioneered “conservative talk radio”

republican revolution

fill in the blank

the 1994 midterm election was called the “_________ _________” (Republican gained the majority in both houses)

newt gingrich

Speaker of the House in 1994; led the drive for the “Contract with America”Republican Revolution

1. los angeles, CA

2. waco, TX

fill in the blank

Clinton dealt with race riots in ____ _________, ____ and a major private property controversy in _____, ___

o. j. simpson

fill in the blank

___. ___. _________ was tried in 1990 for murdering his former wife and her friend

timothy mcveigh

fill in the blank

________ _________ was charged with the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City

oklahoma city

fill in the blank

Timothy McVeigh was charged with the bombing of a federal building in __________ _____

ted kaczynski

known as “the Unabomber”; caused bombings by mail

unabomber

fill in the blank

ted kaczynski was known as the __________

osama bin laden

leader of terrorist network called Al Qaeda

al qaeda

fill in the blank

osama bin laden was the leader of the terrorist organization ___ ________

north american free trade agreement (NAFTA)

lifted trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico

world trade organization

created to coordinate international trade policies (replaced GATT)

1. somalia

2. rwanda

fill in the blank

the US fought to keep the peace in ______ and ignored genocide in ________

vietnam

fill in the blank

Clinton lifted the trade embargo on _______ and rewarded diplomatic relations with their government

china

fill in the blank

Clinton continued to grant ______ “Most Favored Nation” trading status

kim jong il

agreed on a “nuclear freeze” in North Korea

political asylum

protection from a repressive government

oslo accords

mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority

palestinian

fill in the blank

the oslo accords was a mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the ________ Authority

partnership for peace

Russia’s agreement with NATO allies

slobodan milosevic

president of Serbia

clinton

the 2nd president to be impeached

columbine high school shooting

fill in the blank

the __________ _____ _______ ________ in Littleton, CO was one of the worst shootings in history (1999)

dot-com bubble

buying and selling overpriced stock on the internet