APUSH Political Corruption of 1900s 30

Osama bin Laden

opposed to US- build up al- Qaeda to force US troops out.

employers

Penalized ________ who discriminate against qualified workers with disabilities.

Dictator of Iraq

________- supported by US against Iran.

Equality of rights

________ can not be stopped on the basis of sex.

Ground war

took 100 hours to force Hussein out of Kuwait Persian Gulf War.

Carter FAILED

energy (oil prices rose) human rights (didn't save Americans) New Right

Politics of resentment now

tax hikes to benefit minorities and poor

Heart of this is foreign policy

stronger national defense against Communism Evangelical Protestants

No Keynesian policies (recessions

moderate tax cuts and increases in gov spending)

But R got the NSC to secretly help them

mercenary army Sandinistas v. Contras

R organized N exiles

Contras to fight against S Boland Amendment (in class)

Sunbelt wealth was temporary

boom and bust economy

Rustbelt states lost population

after decline in manufacturing War on Drugs

During the Reagan administration, the federal deficit

rose dramatically

Americans celebrated patriotic renewal through

the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, the 1984 Olympic Games, and the 200th anniversary of the Constitution

In the area of civil rights, President Reagan worked to

end some affirmative action programs

In the 1980s, the campaign for homosexual rights

faced growing resistance

Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Connor as the first woman

Supreme Court Justice

In the 1980s

the gap between rich and poor Americans
widened considerably

The savings and loan scandal

cost American taxpayers billions of dollars

What was the Iran-Contra Affair?

The illegal and secret arming and training of Nicaraguan guerrillas by the United States

During Reagan's second term

American relations with the Soviet Union
improved greatly

How did the Soviet policies of perestroika and glasnost help bring an end to the Cold War?

They helped cause the fall of Communist regimes in Eastern Europe