Chapter 24-26 Flashcards
Used television to motivate Christians to be political
Charismatic Movement
Sought to lower inflated prices and increase the supply of goods
Supply-Side economics
Pledged Americas support to insurgent groups battling communism
Reagan doctrine
Anti-Sandinista guerrillas directed by the CIA
Contras
Used as a fueling station for Cuban Communists
Grenada
Democratic candidate in 1988
Walter Mondale
First female candidate for Vice-President
Geraldine Ferraro
Took charge of the U.S.S.R in 1985
Mikhail Gorbachev
Shift from command economics to free enterprise
Perestroika
Openness of trade and ideas in Russia
Glasnost
Eliminated most medium-range missiles
Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty
Christian television: 700 club
Pat Robertson
53 Americans taken from the embassy in Tehran
Iranian hostage crisis
Took power of Iran after the fall of the shah
Ayatollah Khomeini
Peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel
Camp David accords
By 2000, the Panamanians would own and operate the canal
Panama Canal treaty
Advocated women’s rights
Feminists
High inflation and high unemployment
Stagflation
OPEC nations increased prices 30%
Oil embargo
President Ford gave one to Nixon
Pardon
Cause of Nixon’s resignation
Watergate affair
Nixon’s V.P who also resigned
Spiro Agnew
Only non-elected president
Gerald Ford
Democratic nominee 1972
George McGovern
National guardsmen open fire on students
Kent state
Prove many lies regarding Vietnam
Pentagon papers
Nixon’s Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger
Attempted to integrate America’s public schools
Busing
Americans were quiet, decent, and respectable
Silent majority
Republican nominee 1972
Richard Nixon
Assassinated by Sirhan-Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Leader of the civil rights movement
Martin Luther king jr.
Hippie movement- nonconformity
Counterculture
60,000 viet Cong surprised our forces
Tet offensive
Included amendments regarding voting and equal treatment
Civil rights
President 1980-1988
Ronald Reagan