Reading Review Chapter 25, Section 1: a Conservative Movement Emerges

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Reading Review Chapter 25, Section 1: A Conservative Movement Emerges

KEY TERMS: 1. New Right

2. Affirmative Action & Reverse Discrimination

3. Conservative Coalition

4. Moral Majority

5. Ronald Reagan

QUESTIONS: 6. Why did many Americans embrace the conservative movement?

7. What were the agenda and goals of the New Right?

8. What were the main issues and concerns of the Moral Majority?

9. What was the appeal of Ronald Reagan to voters?

10.What factors contributed to Reagan defeating Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election? Chapter 25, Section 2: Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush

KEY TERMS: 1. Reaganomics & Supply-Side Economics

2. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

3. Sandra Day O’Connor & Clarence Thomas

4. Deregulation

5. Geraldine Ferraro

QUESTIONS: 1. What were Reagan’s beliefs about government?

2. What did Reagan hope to accomplish by both cutting taxes and Reaganomics?

3. What were the results of Reaganomics and tax cuts?

4. How did Reagan and Bush change the direction of the Supreme Court?

5. What was the effect of Reagan’s deregulation and his policy on the environment? Chapter 25, Section 3: 1980s Social Concerns of the 1980s

KEY TERMS: 1. AIDS

2. “Just Say No!” - War on Drugs

3. pay equity

4. Jesse Jackson

5. Laura Cavazos & Antonia Coello Novello

QUESTIONS:

6. How did the Reagan administration attempt to handle the rising drug problem in America?

7. What problems were facing the education system in America in the 1980s?

8. What gains did women make during the 1980s?

9. What political gains did African-Americans make during the 1980s?

10. What problems did Native-Americans face in the 1980s? Chapter 25, Section 4: Foreign Policy After the Cold War

KEY TERMS: 1. Mikhail Gorbachev

2. Glasnost & Perestroika

3. INF Treaty

4. Tiananmen Square protests

5. Iran-Contra Scandal

6. Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War)

QUESTIONS: 7. What caused the end of the Cold War?

8. Why did the Reagan Administration intervene in Nicaragua and how did it lead to a dispute with Congress?

9. What caused and resulted from the Iran-Contra Scandal?

10.What caused and resulted from the Gulf War against Iraq?