1990s Vocab

New Gingrich

Conservative who promised a “Contract with America” to return the government to a smaller Republican size

GATT/WTO

Reduced the level of tariffs across the world

NAFTA

Mexico, America, and Canada trade products for free

National Rifle Association (NRA)

Lobbyist group that promotes guns in America

Heritage Foundation

Lobbyist group that is made up of mostly fundamentalist Christians

Moral Majority

Lobbyist group that promotes a conservative policies

Iran-Contra Affair

Reagan’s administration sold weapons to Iran and then used the money to support Nicaragua from Communist

George H. W Bush

Dealt with the problems created by Reagan’s military spending

• Operation Desert Storm

• Cold War ended under his presidency

Sun Belt

The population in the southern states increased because businesses could open with air conditioning

Persian Gulf War

US protected Kuwait from the Iraqi military and Saddam Hussein

• Complete victory for the US

Bill Clinton

The internet comes into homes under his presidency

• Increased trade after the Soviet Union collapsed

• Failed universal health care with his wife Hillary

• Balkans crisis

• Impeached for perjury