Chapter 31 Flashcards
(35 cards)
- Gerald Ford
president of the United States after Richard Nixon, best known for pardoning Nixon
- Jimmy Carter
president of the United States after Ford, seen as unfavorable and weak
- “Malaise” Speech
Carter’s speech in which he identified what he believed to be a “crisis of confidence” among the American people
- Camp David Accords
Carter was the broker of these accords which were an attempt to bring peace to warring Israelia and Arabs
- Iranian Revolution
an Islamic revolution to overthrown the current American supported Shah
- Iranian Hostage Crisis
The 444 days in which American embassy workers were held captive by Iranian revolutionaries
- Soviet Invasion of Afganistan
Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan led to placing an embargo on grain exports and the sale of high technology to the Soviet Union and boycotting the 1980 Olympics
- Sunbelt
from Florida to California…warmer climates, lower taxes, and economic opportunities prompted families uprooted by the war to move to these areas.
- Sagebrush Rebellion
mobilized conservative opposition to environmental laws and restrictions; members complained about the land owned by Government in West
- Suburban Conservatism
appealed to a diverse assortment of Americans, including evangelical Christians; anti-tax crusaders; advocates of deregulation and smaller markets
- Evangelical Christianity
stresses the importance of personal conversion and faith as the means of salvation
- Moral Majority
was a political group made up of fundamentalist Christians. Although not it did not accomplish much, it did show MORALS
- Christian Coalition
denounced abortion, divorce, feminism, homosexuality; defended unrestricted free enterprise, supported a strong America
- New Right
opposition to conservative movement that emphasized thing like opposition to abortion
- Ronald Reagan
Political darling of Republican conservatives who won landslide election victories in 19890 and 1984
- Proposition 13
California tax cut proposition that cut taxes on farms by over fifty percent
- Tax Revolt
revolts against high California tax rates that was ended with proposition 13
- Reagan Revolution
advocated supply-side economics arguing that tax cuts reduced gov. spending, would increase investment by the private sector, and lead to increased production, jobs and prosperity
- Neo-Conservatives
championed free market capitalism and questioned liberal welfare programs like welfare
- Reaganomics
theory that investment incentives such as lowered federal spending and tax cuts will stimulate economic growth and increased employment.
- Recession of 1982
economic downturn in the early 1980s that led to “Reaganomics”
- Deregulation
lifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities for which government rules had been established
- Strategic Defense Initiative
“Star Wars” proposed the construction of an elaborate computer-controlled, anti-missile defense system capable of destroying enemy missiles
- Reagan Doctrine
US support anywhere in the world to support anticommunist activity
