A Conservative Era Vocabulary Builder

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Section 1

Directions For each vocabulary term below, write a word or phrase that has the same meaning.

1.budget deficit ______

2.New Right ______

3.supply-side economics ______

Directions Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes the sentence.

4.A former actor and governor of California, ______defeated Jimmy Carter to win the 1980 presidential election.
(Ronald Reagan/John Anderson)

5.A coalition of conservative media commentators, think tanks, and grassroots Christian groups formed a movement known as the ______, which became an important factor in national politics in the 1980s.
(New Right/Committee for Conservative Action)

6.One televangelist leader of the growing conservative movement in America was ______, who in 1979 founded a political activist organization called the Moral Majority. (Rudman Hollings/Jerry Falwell)

7.The economic theory known as ______is based on the belief that tax cuts and business incentives stimulate investment, which leads to economic growth. (demand-side economics/supply-side economics)

8.In the early 1980s a controversial budget director named ______was put in charge of convincing Congress to pass the Reagan economic plan. (Caspar Weinberger/David A. Stockman)

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Section 2

Directions Choose four of the vocabulary words from the word bank. Use these words to write a summary of what you learned in the section.

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Directions Read each set of four vocabulary terms following each number. On the line provided, write the letter of the term that is not part of each set.

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Section 2

_____1.a.Lech Walesa

b.Strategic Defense Initiative

c.shield in space

d.missiles

_____2.a.INF Treaty

b.reduction

c.nuclear arms

d.Solidarity

_____3.a.South Africa

b.Iran-Contra affair

c.Lebanon

d.Nicaragua

_____4.a.Solidarity

b.freedom movement

c.trade unions

d.Strategic Defense Initiative

_____5.a.apartheid

b.constructive engagement

c.South Africa

d.Congressional override

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Section 2

Directions For each word or phrase below, write a word or phrase that has the same meaning.

6.apartheid ______

7.INF Treaty______

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Section 3

Directions Answer each question by writing a sentence that contains at least one word from the word bank.

1.How did Mikhail Gorbachev deal with the corrupt government bureaucracy of the Soviet Union after he came to power?

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2.What event occurred in Eastern Europe as the Soviets lost power?

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3.What were the actions of democracy supporters in China, and how did the Chinese government react?

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4.How did Western nations protect their oil interests in the Middle East, and what were the results of this effort?

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5.After becoming leader of the Soviet Union, how did Mikhail Gorbachev express his attitude toward censorship of the media in his country?

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Section 4

Directions Read each sentence. Then define the underlined term in your own words.

1.An impressive technological breakthrough of the 1980s was the development of the space shuttle.

Your definition: ______

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2.One of the consequences of the deregulation of the savings and loan industry was the savings and loan crisis.

Your definition: ______

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Directions Read each sentence. Fill in the blank with the word from the word pair that best completes the sentence.

3.The personal computer revolution began in a garage in Cupertino, California, when ______and Steve Wozniak started a small business that they named Apple Computer. (Steve Jobs/Bill Gates)

4.Under Chairperson Paul Volcker and his successor ______, the Federal Reserve Board managed interest rates in such a way that the U.S. economy could grow robustly in the 1980s without a damaging rise in inflation.
(Alan Greenspan/Clarence Thomas)

5.In 1981 ______became the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. (Christa McAuliffe/Sandra Day O’Connor)

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