US History Unit 9

a policy that seeks to correct the effects of past discrimination by favoring the groups who were previously disadvantaged

· a political alliance of religious groups, consisting mainly of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians, that was active in the 1970s and 1980s, condemning liberal attitudes and behavior and raising money for conservative candidates

· 40^th president of the United States

· the economic policies of President Ronald Reagan, which were focused on budget cuts and the granting of large tax cuts in order to increase private investment

· the idea that a reduction of tax rates will lead to increases in jobs, savings, and investments, and therefore to an increase in government revenue

The cutting back of federal regulation of industry

A federal agency established in 1970 for the regulation of water and air pollution, toxic waste, pesticides, and radiation

· a disease caused by a virus that weakens the immune system, making the body prone to infections and otherwise rare forms of cancer

· the basing of an employee’s salary on the requirements of his or her job rather than on the traditional pay scales that have frequently provided women with smaller incomes than men

· the nation’s first African-American governor, appointed in 1990; From Virginia

· – a reverend who ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988

· the open discussion of social problems that was permitted in the Soviet Union in the 1980s

· the site of 1989 demonstrations in Beijing, China, in which Chinese students demanded freedom of speech and a greater voice in government

· belonging to a leftist rebel group that overthrew the Nicaraguan government in 1979

· a 1991 military operation in which UN forces, led by the United States, drove Iraqi invaders from Kuwait