APUSH Pageant Objectives And Terms

APUSH Unit 14 Reagan through Obama. Pageant 41, 42. Flag Ch 30, 31. Pageant Ch 41 HW: The Resurgence of Conservatism, 1980-2000

Objectives 1. Describe the “Reagan revolution,” including the controversies over economic and social issues. 2. Discuss the American entanglement in Central American and Middle Eastern troubles, including the Iran-contra affair. 3. Describe the course of and victory in the Cold War under Reagan and Bush. 4. Explain America’s growing involvement in the Middle East. 5. Explain successes and failures of the Clinton administration, including of his impeachment.

Questions 1. List some of the groups that supported Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election.

2. Describe supply-side economics.

3. Describe the overall effects of Reaganomics on economic growth, inflation, and the federal debt.

4. Who were the “Yuppies”?

5. Why did Reagan refer to the Soviet Union as an “evil empire”?

6. Describe the Strategic Defense Intitative (a.k.a. “Star Wars”).

7. What was “Solidarity”?

8. Describe the bombing in Beirut and Reagan’s reaction.

9. How did Reagan address the Nicaraguan conflict between the contras and the Sandinistas?

10. Why did Reagan order the invasion of Grenada?

11. Why was the Vice-Presidential candidacy of Geraldine Ferraro significant?

12. Describe Mikhail Gorbachev’s proposed reforms: glasnost and perestroika.

13. Describe the Reagan-Gorbachev summits of 1985-1987.

14. Why did Reagan order the bombing of Libya in 1986?

15. Describe the Iran-Contra Affair.

16. Describe the rise of the religious right.

17. Who was Sandra Day O’Connor?

18. What court decisions made abortion a more contentious issue?

19. What were the “twin deficits”?

20. Describe “Black Monday.”

21. Describe the election of George H. W. Bush. APUSH Unit 14 Reagan through Obama. Pageant 41, 42. Flag Ch 30, 31. 22. Describe the protests in Tiananmen Square.

23. Describe the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany.

24. Describe the collapse of the Soviet Union.

25. What challenges were posed by the collapse of the Eastern Bloc?

26. Describe the invasion of Panama.

27. Describe Operation Desert Storm (a.k.a. the Persian Gulf War).

28. Describe the Americans with Disabilities Act.

29. Describe the controversy over the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court.

30. Describe the economy under Bush (41).

31. What became of Bush’s “Read my lips: no new taxes” pledge?

32. Who was Ross Perot?

33. Describe the election of 1992.

34. Describe Bill Clinton’s attempt at passing nationalized health care legislation.

35. What was the “Brady Bill”?

36. Describe Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America.”

37. What were the results of the midterm elections in 1994?

38. Describe the Welfare Reform Act passed by Clinton and congressional Republicans.

39. Describe the Clinton impeachment scandal.

40. Describe the economy under President Clinton.

41. Briefly describe the 2000 Presidential election.