U.S. History Chapter 23

What do Conservatives tend to favor in helping those in need?

What did Liberals support in the 1970s?

Conservatives gained power in the 1970s in part because of what happening in the 1960s?

To compensate for cutting taxes, President Reagan convinced Congress to do what?

What was the result of the Economic Recovery Act of 1981?

During his election campaign in 1988, George H.W. Bush promised not to.

The proposed "Star Wars" program involved?

Why did Gorbachev pursue glasnost and perestroika reforms?

How did Boris Yelstin become the first leader of the Russian Federation?

What do Liberals tend to prefer in foreign policy?

Some conservatives believe that a large central government.

Neoconservatives warn about the dangers posed to society by.

What was the Supreme Court's ruling in Engel v. Vitale?

Ronald Reagan convinced many Americans that he would.

What Reagan policy resulted in an increase in the federal budget deficit?

What was "Reaganomics"?

Despite and economic turn-around in 1983, what happened to the working poor?

The federal government responded to the Savings and Loan crisis by doing what?

On what issue did Justice Sandra Day O' Conner consistently break with other conservative judges?

A Nation at Risk reported what about American children?

What occurred after coalition troops entered Kuwait?

Why did Bush Administration back in UN resolution calling for Hussein to withdraw from Kuwait?

The Reagan administration committed the United States to what military?

Reagan supported rebellious in Afghanistan, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Grenada to...

The START I treaty aimed to do what?

What symbolized the end of communism in Europe?

How did the Iran-Contra affair violate the Reagan administration's policy?

The Bush administration cracked down on drug trafficking from where?

How did Congress try to pressure South Africa into changing its apartheid system?

Bush launched "Operation Restore Hope" to protect human rights in what country?

In 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait do do what?

Describe the 1991 Persian Gulf War?

What was the major concern of the neoconservatives?

How do some scholars believe Ronald Reagan helped bring an end to the Cold War?

A dictator seized by the United States for drug trafficking.

A disease that first appeared in 1981.

Programs required but not paid for by the federal government.

A resurgent conservative movement that grew rapidly in the 60s & 70s.

A dictator who invaded another country in 1990.

A leader who brought about many political and economic reforms in his country, allowing it to break into many nations.

The first leader elected in free elections in his country.

An event in which many banks failed due to fraudulent and risky activities.

A theory based on the idea that lower taxes will encourage people to work more to earn money to spend.

A proposed program that would use land and space-based lasers to destroy missiles aimed at the US.