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• Ronald Reagan


  first elected president in 1980 and elected again in 1984. He ran on a campaign based on the common man and "populist" ideas. He served as governor of California from 1966-1974.
• trickle down theory


  decreased income taxes for the wealthy would promote business and therefore the whole economy
• New Right


  Outspoken conservative movement of the 1980s that emphasized such "social issues" as opposition to abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment, pornography, homosexuality, and affirmative action.
• Religious Right


  United States political faction that advocates social and political conservatism, school prayer, and federal aid for religious groups and schools
• Iran-Contra Affair


  scandal including arms sales to the Middle East in order to send money to help the Contras in Nicaragua even though Congress had objected
• Granada Invasion


  US invasion of an island in the 1980's to take down a communist government and restore the elected democratic government
• George H.W. Bush


  president during the Gulf War, ability to quickly bring the war to a conclusion while suffering relatively few casualties resulted in the second-highest approval rating of any president, 89%
• Persian Gulf War


  (1990 - 1991) Conflict between Iraq and a coalition of countries led by the United States to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait which they had invaded in hopes of controlling their oil supply. A very one sided war with the United States' coalition emerging victorious.
• Bill Clinton


  42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached
• Don't Ask Don't Tell


  Clinton managed to gain support for a compromise measure under which homosexual servicemen and servicewomen could remain in the military if they did not openly declare their sexual orientation
• universal healthcare


  A task force led by Hilary Clinton researched and presented a program on THIS in the 1990's
• Star Wars (SDI)


  Reagan's defensive program; laser beams and satellites would shoot down USSR missiles
• End of the Cold War


  Marked by the fall of the Soviet Union which was the result of Eastern European countries gaining independence, Gorbachev's reform policies, and a series of nuclear limitation treaties.
• Welfare Reform Act of 1996

  Ended federal entitlement status of welfare, in its place, federal govt. gave block grants to states to administer welfare, "strings" attached to these grants: recipients must work within 2 years, recipients cannot receive benefits for more than 5 years.
• NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)


  Allows open trade between the US, Mexico, and Canada (1990's)
• Election of 2000


  Bush v. Gore; Bush won although Gore won popular vote; controversy over the final vote count in Florida; settled by Supreme Court decision in favor of Bush
• Clinton Impeachment


  Result of a political sex scandal emerging from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
• 9/11


  Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon; led to a focus on eliminating terrorism.
• War on Terror


  Initiated by President George W. Bush after the attacks of September 11, 2001, the broadly defined war on terror aimed to weed out terrorist operatives and their supporters throughout the world.
• Iraq War


  A war fought to end Saddam Hussein's influence in Iraq and disarm them of WMD's
• Bush Doctrine


  A policy adopted by the Bush administration in 2001 that asserts America's right to attack any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. interests at home or abroad.
• Osama Bin Laden


  Leader of Al Qaeda
• Barack Obama


  2008; Democrat; first African American president of the US, health care bill; Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster; economy: huge stimulus package to combat the great recession, is removing troops from Iraq, strengthened numbers in Afghanistan; repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell; New Start treaty with Russia
• Recession of 2008


  caused by a collapse of the housing market, the mismanagement of housing mortgages by banks, and the bankruptcy of major investment firms
• Obamacare


  2010. A national healthcare plan aimed at reforming the american healthcare system. The main focus is on regulating the health insurance industry and reducing spending and healthcare
• Isis


  Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; militant Islamic group that took over Iraq and various parts of the Middle East after the US withdrew
• Patriot Act (2001)


  Law responding to 9/11. Expands anti-terrorist powers (wiretapping, surveillance); 4th Amendment concern for civil liberties.
• Homeland Security


  Cabinet department that includes the Coast Guard, Border Patrol, FEMA, Transportation Security Administration, INS and the Secret Service. Established in 2001 in response to 9/11.
• Islamophobia


  A range of negative feelings toward Muslims and their religion that ranges from generalized intolerance to hatred. Occurred after 9/11.
• Election of 2016


  Presidential election in which businessman Republican Donald Trump defeated the first female presidential nominee of a major political party, Democrat Hillary Clinton, despite losing the popular vote by almost 3 million; Republicans gained control over all of the electoral federal government for the first time since the Bush Presidency of 2003 to 2007
• Me Too movement


  Social movement founded in 2006 by Tarana Burke to help survivors of sexual violence and oppose sexual harassment and assault, particularly in the workplace. In October 2017 it spread virally on social media with the hashtag _____.
• COVID-19


  A contagious viral respiratory disease that may cause serious complications, especially in people who are more than 60 years old and/or who already have serious health concerns. Led to a nationwide shutdown of bussinesses and social life for a long period of time.