1980's

Question 1

Moral Majority

Answer 1

a political action group formed in the 1970s to further a conservative and religious agenda, including the allowance of prayer in schools and strict laws against abortion

Question 2

arms race

Answer 2

a competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons

Question 3

debt vs. deficit

Answer 3

debt: how much a country owes to another
deficit: amount by which gov’t spending for a year exceeds gov’t income

Question 4

SDI (Star Wars)

Answer 4

a shield in space to protect the US against incoming Soviet missiles; Strategic Defense Initiative

Question 5

Glasnost

Answer 5

opening

Question 6

Perestroika

Answer 6

reconstructuring

Question 7

Apartheid

Answer 7

apartness

Question 8

Iran-Contra Affair

Answer 8

members of National Security Council staff secretly diverted money from illegal Iran arms sales to contras in Nicaragua

Question 9

Fall of the Berlin Wall

Answer 9

Nov. 9, 1989- Germany gov’t flung open the gates of the wall

Question 10

Reaganomics

Answer 10

25% income tax cuts
reduce gov’t spending; cut social welfare programs
deregulate private business
raise interest rates

Question 11

End of the Cold War Causes

Answer 11

Gorbachev
Afghanistan
E. Europe demands change
massive US military buildup

Question 12

1991 Gulf War

Answer 12

war between the forces of the United Nations, led by the United States, and those of Iraq that followed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait in August 1990