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liberal
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a person who generally supports government intervention to help the needy and protect the rights of women and minorities
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conservative
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a person who generally supports limited government involvement in the economy and community help for the needy, and upholds traditional values
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New Right
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a resurgent political movement that was a coalition of several conservative groups
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unfunded mandate
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programs required but not paid for by the federal government
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Moral Majority
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a political organization founded by Jerry Falwell in 1979 to advance religious goals
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Ronald Reagan
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the Republican candidate for president in 1980, who won the election with the help of the growing conservative movement
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supply-side economics
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an economic theory which holds that the government should increase the supply of labor and goods, rather than government spending, to achieve economic goals
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deregulation
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the reduction or removal of government control over industry
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budget deficit
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the shortfall between the amount of money spent and the amount of money taken in by the government
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national debt
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the amount of money the federal government owes to owners of government bonds
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Savings and Loan crisis
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the failure of 1,000 savings and loan banks in 1989 due to risky business practices
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voucher
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a government check that could be used by parents to pay tuition at private schools
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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a disease with no known cure that attacks the immune system; began spreading in the early 1980s
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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President Reagan’s plan to develop innovative defenses to guard the U.S. against nuclear missile attacks
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Contras
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anticommunist counterrevolutionaries in Nicaragua who were backed by the Reagan administration
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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the President of the Soviet Union beginning in 1985 who ushered in a new era of social and economic reforms
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glasnost
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Russian term meaning “a new openness,” a policy in the Soviet Union in the 1980s calling for open discussion of national problems
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perestroika
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a policy in the Soviet Union in the 1980s calling for restructuring of the stagnant Soviet economy
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Iran-Contra affair
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a political scandal under President Reagan involving the use of money from secret arm sales to Iran to illegally support the Contras in Nicaragua
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Manuel Noriega
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Panama’s dictator who was arrested by U.S. troops in 1989 and convicted of drug trafficking
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Tiananmen Square
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the site in Beijing where, in 1989, Chinese students staged prodemocracy protests that were put down by the Chinese government
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apartheid
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a political system of strict racial segregation in South Africa
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Nelson Mandela
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the leader of South Africa’s antiapartheid movement
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divest
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to withdraw investments
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Saddam Hussein
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the dictator of Iraq, who invaded Kuwait in 1990 in an effort to gain control of 20% of the world’s oil production
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Operation Desert Storm
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1991 American-led attack on Iraqi forces to expel them from Kuwait
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