time period 9

Ronald Reagan

first modern conservative president; wanted to reduce the size of the government; successfully reduced social programs, however the gov. ended up growing due to massive defense increases

Neoconservatives

wanted to reduce social spending, increase defense (anti-soviet) spending; valued individualism and traditional family values

Star Wars

Strategic Defense Initiative; proposed defense place involving satellites that reflect lasrs in order to destroy missiles; didn’t actually happen

Iran-Contra Scandal

A political scandal during the Reagan administration involving the secret sale of arms to Iran to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, violating a congressional ban

Reagan Revolution

aimed to decrease the size of the government by shrinking the federal budget and cutting taxes; results: reduced social programs, but increased defense spending

Reaganomics

Reagan’s economic policies focused on tax cuts, deregulation, and reducing government spending; aimed to stimulate economic growth.

Moral Majority

organization founded by baptist church leader; made to attract neoconservatives (anti abortion, feminism, & sexual permissivness, & against the perceived erosion of traditional family values); became an aggressive political advocate of conservativism

George HW Bush

inherits Reagan’s problems; domestic policy: “read my lips, no new taxes”; foreign policy: end of Cold War; Persian Gulf War

Persian Gulf War

Saddam Hussein orders an Iraqi invasion of Kuwait; US air forces & UN forces pummel Iraq; Hussein agrees to a cease-fire after only 100 hours

Bill Clinton

between the two Bushes; proposed healthcare & social security reforms; NAFTA

NAFTA

agreement to no tariffs/fees between the US, Canada, & Mexico

George W Bush

Election of 2000

closest election in US history; came down to ~500 votes in FL; continuity of large cities tending to vote democratic