APUSH Chapter 32 Terms Test Questions – Flashcards

Political organization of the United States which had an agenda of evangelical Christian-oriented political lobbying. Organization made up of conservative Christian political action committees which campaigned on issues its personnel believed were important to maintaining its Christian conception of moral law. This group pressured for legislation that would ban abortion and ban the states' acceptance of homosexuality.

As the 1970s progressed, right-wing grass-roots groups across the country emerged to support and promote single issues that reflected their key interests. These people focused their energy on controversial social issues, such as opposing abortion, blocking the Equal Rights Amendment, and evading court-ordered busing. They also called for a return to school prayer, which had been outlawed by the Supreme Court in 1962. Many of them criticized affirmative action, calling it reverse discrimination.

An arc of states in the South, the Southwest, and the West, that stretched from the Carolinas down through Texas and into California that experienced population growth in urban areas. The growth caused an increase in political influence and subsequently, the election of Reagan

first woman supreme court justice. appointed by Reagan which expressed his attempt to show his support for women's rights.

The federal economic polices of the Reagan administration, elected in 1981. These policies combined a monetarist fiscal policy, supply-side tax cuts, and domestic budget cutting. Their goal was to reduce the size of the federal government and stimulate economic growth.

Economic policies of Reagan. Believed that reducing taxes on corporations and the wealthy would create a "trickle down" effect that would ripple across the economy. Corporations would use increased profits to hire employees and to invest in new equipment. Although inflation subsided under Reagan, the unemployment rate increased, leading many to charge that supply-side economics favored the wealthy while leaving others behind.

50s movement where middle class white families fled to suburbs leaving inner cities to decay

Also known as the The University of California vs. Alan Bakke, it was an issue that he had not be admitted into U.C. because they only prefered the minority races, it threatened the progress made by the Civil Rights Movement.Decided that affirmative action is legal as long as race is not the only factor considered.

A policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination.

Ronald Reagan's description of Soviet Union because of his fierce anti-communist views and the USSR's history of violation of human rights and aggression. Reagan took an aggressive, hard-line stance that favored matching and exceeding the Soviet Union's strategic and global military capabilities, in calling for a rollback strategy that would, in his words, write the final pages of the history of the Soviet Union.

Reagan's proposed Strategic Defense Initiative (1983), also known as "Star Wars," called for a land- or space-based shield against a nuclear attack. Although SDI was criticized as unfeasible and in violation of the Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, Congress approved billions of dollars for development.

A nickname given to Reagan's term by critics, referring to the way his charismatic style effectively shielded him from blame over the growing scandals and conflicts of interest among his aides and cronies-like Teflon, nothing negative stuck to the president's reputation.

Causes of economic troubles; government spends more money than it takes in; Part of Reagan's presidency with such low taxes

the spread of a new and lethal disease first documented in 1981, AIDS is the product of the HIV virus, which is transmitted by the exchange of bodily fluids, the virus gradually destroys the immune systems and makes victims vulnerable to diseases they would normally have a resistance to. The first victims which were homosexual men were virtually certain to die, and eventually the disease spread further across the country and in other nations like Africa.

as there was a dramatic increase in drug use, and demand for illegal drugs, especially "crack" cocaine, political figures of both parties spoke heatedly about the need for a "war on drugs", but government efforts to stop drug imports and reduce demand had little effect. (nixon used the term)

The removal of the wall that separated East and West Germany in 1989. Symbolized the end of the Cold War.