unit 9

Question 1

new conservatism and the new right

Answer 1

this rose in the 1970s and 80s, reagan’s election signaled a new conservatism

Question 2

the moral majority

Answer 2

a conservative christian movement founded by jerry falwell in 1979 that pushed for christian teachings in school, no feminism, anti abortion, you know

Question 3

“read my lips, no new taxes”

Answer 3

george hw bush (the older one)’s promise, ended up raising taxes anyway

Question 4

ronald reagan

Answer 4

his election signaled the new period of new conservatism, trickle down economics, anti government interference and pro military spending

Question 5

george hw bush

Answer 5

followed reagan, oversaw the falling apart of the ussr

Question 6

strategic defense initiative, aka star wars

Answer 6

a proposed missile defense system

Question 7

mikhail gorbachev

Answer 7

a great guy

Question 8

glasnost and perestroika

Answer 8

glasnost - openness
perestroika - restructuring

Question 9

bill clinton

Answer 9

followed george hw bush, he had email in the white house i think

Question 10

george w bush

Answer 10

election in 2000, took office in 2001, he had the whole hanging chad situation

Question 11

9/11

Answer 11

al qaeda hijacked planes and flew them into the wtc twin towers in new york and the pentagon, the latter of which is kinda ignored

Question 12

the war on terror

Answer 12

gw bush’s retaliation, he wanted the taliban of afghanistan to turn over osama bin laden

Question 13

patriot acts

Answer 13

passed in 2001 and 2003, gave government more permission to enact surveillance on its citizens

Question 14

al gore

Answer 14

a really weird name for a guy who is really into climate change