Ch 25 Flashcards
New right
An alliance of conservative special interest groups stressing cultural, social, and moral issues
Reverse discrimination
Term used by some conservatives to describe what they believe to be discrimination against white people, especially white men
Result from the affirmative action
Conservative coalition
Alliance of intellectuals, business leaders, middle-class voters, Christian groups, and disenchanted democrats. Among their key issues were opposition to big government and a belief in the return to traditional moral.
Moral majority
Members who were primarily Christians who interpreted the bible literally and believed in absolute standards of right and wrong.
Ronald reagans running mate in 1980
George bush
Called for lower taxes to accompany a reduction In government spending on social programs
Reaganomics
Deregulation
A theory of economics stating that cutting taxes allows ppl to save more money. Banks loan money to businesses, businesses invest the money in resources to improve productivity.
Defense department estimated that this popularly known as Star Wars, would cost trillions of dollars to complete.
Strategic Defense Initiative. (Sdi)
Reagans efforts at deregulation included removing price controls on oil, eliminating federal health & safety inspections for nursing homes, and cutting the budget of the ______.
EPA (environmental protection agency)
First woman to run on a major party’s presidential ticket
Geraldine Ferraro
Reagan nominated _____ to the position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
William Rehnquist
What’s an entitlement program
One that guarantees and provides benefits to particular groups of Americans
Goals of the conservative movement
Smaller fed gov (shrink size and power)
Promote traditional & moral values
Stimulate the economy by lowering taxes
Increase national defense
What was reagans nickname
The great communicator
Reasons why Reagan defeated carter
Inflation
Poor economy
Iran hostages
Reagans economic plan
Reaganomics
1980 election
Reagan won with VP bush and beat democratic jimmy carter w/ vp Walter Mondale, Reagan won by a lot
1984 election
Ronald Reagan had a large coalition of voters, won against Walter Mondale w VP Geraldine Ferraro, won by a landslide (economy=strong)
1988 election
George bush vs democratic Michael Dukakis
Negative ads contributed to the low voter turnout
Who was involved in the iron gate?
Iran
Nicaragua
U.S.
Lebanon
Inf treaty
Intermediate range nuclear forces treaty
Between US & Gorbachev (su)
Eliminated medium range nuclear weapons
Glasnost
Openness to discuss social problems
Perestroika
Economic restructuring
European nations adopted what type of gov reform?
Democratic