proposition 13
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A proposition made by Reagan in 1978 that cut property taxes and made cuts in government services.
boll weevils
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A group of mostly southern conservative Democrats who abandoned their side to join Reagan.
supply-side economics
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Reagan's plan to reduce taxes in order to stimulate investment, boost productivity, foster economic growth, and reduce the federal deficit.
reaganomics
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Another name or supply-side economics. It made the rich richer and the poor poorer.
strategic defense initiative (SDI)
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Also called "Star Wars," it was Reagan's plan to build an absolute space defense system that could destroy any nuclear weapons as soon as they were launched.
sandinistas
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The name of the anti-American Nicaraguans who were in control of the government there.
contras
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The people in Nicaragua who had revolutionary feelings towards their government.
glasnost
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Meaning "openness," it was Gorbachev's plan to allow free speech in order to rebuild the Soviet Union's economy.
perestroika
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Meaning "restructuring," it was Gorbachev's plan to allow free markets in order to rebuild the Soviet Union's economy.
intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty (INF)
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A treaty made between Reagan and Gorbachev in 1987 that banned all of their nuclear weapons in Europe.
iran-contra affair
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An affair where Reagan sold weapons to Iran in order to give the money to the Contras to support their revolution.
moral majority
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A political organization founded members of the Religious Right that preached against sexual permissiveness, abortion, feminism, and gay rights.
black monday
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An event on October 19, 1987 where the largest decline in stock points ever occurred in U.S. history.
commonwealth of independent states (CIS)
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, this became the name of Russia and the other 15 countries that formed because of it.
operation desert storm
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An operation where after heavily bombing Iraqi soldiers in Kuwait, American troops were sent to the land and defeated Saddam Hussein in under 100 hours.
americans with disabilities act (ADA)
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An act signed by George H. W. Bush in 1990 that outlawed discrimination against physically or mentally disabled people.