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| Ronald Regan | Elected in 1980, Ronald Regan was the 40th president of the United States |
| New Right | By, 1980 conservative groups had formed a perwerful political coalition known as this. |
| televangelism | Evangelists used this the power of television to reac millions of people and this became known as this phrase. |
| supply-side economics | A focus not on the demand of goods, but on the supply of goods. |
| New Federalism | A term borrowed from the Nixon administration, under this plan the federal government would no longer tell states exactly how federal aid had to be used. |
| Stratigic Defense Initiative (SDI) | Popularly known as "Star Wars" after the 1977 movie, this proposed the creation of a massive satellite shield in space to intercept and destroy incoming Soviet missiles |
| Sandinistas | member of the group of Nicaraguans who took control of the government in 1979. |
| contras | Nicaraguan guerrillas that the US trained and armed. |
| Iran-contra affair | scandal that caused the most criticism that the Reagan administration had ever faced. |
| entitlements | programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicade which guarantee payment to a certin group of recipients. |
| Stratigic Arms Reduction Treaty | Known as START I called for dramatic reductuion in the Soviet Unions and the US's supplies of long-range neclear weapons. |
| George Bush | Elected in 1988, Bush became the 4st president of the United States. |
| Persian Gulf War | Limited millitary opperation to drive Iraqui forces out of neigboring Kuwait. |
| downsizing | Companies laying off workers to cut costs. |
| Bill Clinton | Elected in 1992, he became the 42nd president of the United States. |
| Contract with America | a pledge in writing to scale back the role of the federal government, cut taxes and balance the budget. |
| Whitewater Affair | When Clinton was accused of having participated in fraudulent loans and land deals in Arkansas and of having used his influence as governor to block investigation of his business partners. |
| December 19, 1998 | Impeachment of President Clinton |
| apartheid | Systematic separtaion of races |
| Economic sanctions | trade restrictions and other economic measures intended to punish another nation |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement: removal of trade restrictions between Canada, the US and Mexico |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: goal to expand world trade and reduce tariffs. |
| WTO | World Trade Organization: established to ensure compliance with GATT |
| Multiculturalism | movement that called for grater attention to non-European cultures in such areas as education. |
| Internet | Computer network that links millions of people around the world. |
| Bill Gates | Former CEO of Microsoft |
