chapter 26 Flashcards
improving relations with this country was a big part of Reagan’s second term
Soviet Union
the republican vice-presidential candidate in the 1988 election was
Dan Quayle
on which issue did Bill Clinton focus when attacking Bush during the 1992 election
Economy
in what part of government spending did Reagan ask for continous increases
military
what country was defeated in a one-hundred-hour ground war
Iraq
Bill Clinton claimed to be
New democrat
balancing the budget was the least successful aspect of this
Reagan revolution
what major campaign promise did George H W Bush break during his presidency
new taxes
hundred of US marines killed when their barracks were attacked by terrorists in this country
Lebanon
president who survived an assassination attempt
Ronald Reagan
Presidential candidate who lost by a landslide in the 1984 election
Walter Mondale
introduced glasnost
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lost in the 1988 presidential election
Michael Dukakis
third party candidate in the 1992 election
Ross perot
won the election of 1988
George H W Bush
Iraqi dictator
Saddam hussein
Allied commander in the Persian Gulf war
Norman Schwarzkopf
First female vice presidential candidate for a major party
Geraldine Ferraro
opposed the soviet army
Mujahideen
US support of anti-communist groups throughout the world
Reagan doctrine
space-based defense shield
SDI
prohibited job discrimination
american disabilities act
Gorbachev’s call for “restructing”
Perestroika
dealt with congressional pay
27 amendment
tainted Reagan’s second term and his reputation
Iran contra affair
“oppenness” in Soviet society
Glasnost
he remained a popular presidental throughout most of his administration
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton was the governor of ____ before being elected president
Arkansas
Legislation that prohibited discrimination against disabled individuals in the workplace
americans disability act
Technical term for Reaganomics
supply side economics
the two ways that this sought to enhance productivity and increase the supply of goods was cut taxes and its encouraged economic expansion by reducing government regulations
Reaganomics
term for the amount of money that the government owes
national debt
the code name for the military action to liberate Kuwait
operation desert storm
caribbean island american sent troops during the Reagan adminstration in 1983
Grenada
what is the term for the amount by which expenditures exceed income
Budget deficit
code name for the united states defensive plan that sent allied forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent further Iraqi aggression
operation desert storm
He orginally wrote what later became the twenty-seventh amendment
James Madison
Tearing down which symbol of communism led to the eventual fall of the communist power and the soviet union
Berlin wall
