CHAPTER 25

THE CONSERVATIVE TIDE

VOCABULARY:

Reagonomics, SDI (star Wars), Moral Majority, Entitlement programs, reverse discrimination, conservative coalition, Deficit Spending, Supplyside Economics (Trickle Down Theory), Deregulation, Affirmative Action, Ecotopia, Sunbelt, Rustbelt, Megalopolis, Confederation, Sandinistas, Contras, Tiananmen Square, Iran-Contra Scandal, Desert Storm, Roe v. Wade, Glasnost, Peristroika, Political Empowerment, Teflon President, SOLIDARITY, Challanger, Tax and Spend

PERSONALITIES:

Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Geraldine Ferraro, Mikhail Gorbachev, Saadaam Hussein, Sandra Day O’Conner, Norman Schwarzkoph, Colin Powell, Jesse Jackson, Rodney King, Walter Mondale, William Reinquist, Clarence Thomas, Anita Hill, Manuel Noriega, Danial Ortega, Lech Welensa, John Hinkley

ACRONYMS:

AIDS, NSF, SDI, EPA, ERA, INF,CIS, UN

ESSAYS

1. Discuss the significance of SDI, in bringing about an end to the cold war and an end to communism as a dominant political philosophy in the world

2. What is deregulation? Discuss how it might have led to the S & L crisis.

3. What caused the downfall of communism in Eastern Europe and subsequently the Soviet Union

4. Discuss the relationship that exists between Affirmative Action programs, Quotas, and Reverse Discrimination.

5. Discuss the underpinnings of the Iran-Contra Scandal 1.e. its causes and outcomes as they pertained to the Reagan Administration.

6. Discuss the political and economic implications of Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait from the perspective of the Middle East, the US, and the UN.

7. Put “Operation Desert Storm: into perspective relative to the War Powers Act and the President’s ability to conduct Executive War.