APUSH 10 Flashcards
Established in the Nixon administration in 1970 to monitor and reduce pollution.
EPA
Book written by Rachel Carson that helped launch the Environmentalist movement in the 1960’s.
Silent Spring
A law passed by congress in 1972 that broadened the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include educational institutions, prohibiting colleges and universities that receive federal funds from discriminating on the basis of sex. Also required comparable funding for sports programs.
Title IX
The easing of conflict between the US and the USSR during the Nixon administration which was achieved by focusing on issues of common concerns, such as arms control and trade.
Détente
Nixon administration’s visits to Communist China to penetrate the Bamboo Curtain
Ping Pong Diplomacy
“Partial” Meltdown of Power Plant in 1979 resulted in negative public perceptions and policy regarding nuclear power.
Three Mile Island
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty – 1972 Nixon/Brezhnev agreement to bilateral nuclear reduction. As part of the easing of tensions (détente) in the 1970s.
SALT
A peace deal brokered by President Carter that involved Israel and Egypt in 1978
Camp David Accords
The “Vietnam” of the Soviet Union. Reagan supported anti-communist “freedom fighters” with American weapons until the USSR withdrew in defeat.
Afghanistan
Was an anemic economy with double digit inflation, and high interest rates in the Ford and Carter years.
Stagflation
Occurred when an Islamic fundamentalist revolution broke out in the late 1970’s in Iran, and the U.S. embassy was captured in Tehran. It helped destroy the chances for Carter’s reelection.
Iranian Hostage Crisis
A movement begun in the early 1980’s among religious conservatives that supported primarily conservative Republicans opposed to abortion, communism and liberalism.
Moral Majority
Conservative movement that was not content with Jimmy Carter’s direction of liberalism, and the moral decline in America.
New Right
Equal Rights Amendment. Feminist sponsored legislation to further women’s rights in the late 1970s that failed to pass with the necessary votes in the Senate in the early 1980s.
ERA
This involved a secret arms-for-hostages-deal between the US. (Reagan Administration) and Iran to fund money for Contra Rebels (anti-communists) in Central America.
Iran-Contra Scandal
Supply side economics used by the Reagan administration. It concluded that tax cuts and de-regulation on top producers would spur economic growth. The opponents derided it as “trickle down” and voodoo economics.
Reaganomics
Fastest growing section of the nation since 1970’s –fueled by retiring baby boomers, defense contracts in the 1980s, illegal immigration—seeking warmer climates and less crime.
Sunbelt
The Strategic Defense Initiative was a missile defense program Reagan proposed to protect the USA from enemy nuclear missiles. Derided as STAR WARS by his political opponents who believed it rekindled an all-out arms race.
SDI
Term used to describe young upwardly mobile professionals (baby boomers) in the 1980s who conformed to the so-called decade of greed.
Yuppies
Nicknames of the first Gulf War fought in 1991 after Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait.
Nintendo War/CNN War
North American Free Trade Agreement between Canada, the US, and Mexico signed into law by President Clinton.
NAFTA
Weapons of Mass Destruction. Justification for U.S led overthrow of Iraq’s dictator Saddam Hussein. Intelligence agencies claim that Iraq’s refusal of allowing UN weapons inspectors and his previous use of weapons of mass destruction convinced Congress to approve military action. However none were found.
WMD’s
Controversial 2000 election decision to count and recount votes between Al Gore and G. W. Bush. Both sides claimed they were following the law or the will of the people. The Supreme Court stepped in to resolve the issue.
Florida 2000
Worst US terror attack that resulted in the destruction of the World Trade Center in NYC and began the War on Terror.
9/11
