1980s Homework
Chapter 25, Section One
Terms
1) Entitlement Program
2) New Right
3) Affirmative Action
4) Conservative Coalition
5) Moral Majority
Questions
1) Read the quote from Peggy Noonan on page 830. According to Noon why did people support Ronald Reagan?
2) Describe the issues that were important to the new right and the moral majority.
3) Describe Reagan’s qualifications to be president.
4) What issues did Reagan run on in 1980?
Chapter 25, Section 2
Terms
1) Reagonomics
2) Supply-side Economics
3) Strategic Defense Initiative
4) Sandra Day O’Connor
5) Deregulation
Questions
1) Describe the Trickle Down Theory (yellow box pg. 835)
2) Describe the changes made to the budget under President Reagan including, taxes, what areas saw decreased spending and what areas saw increased spending.
3) Describe what happened to the national debt under Reagan and why it happened.
4) Describe the important issues of the 1988 election.
Chapter 25, Section 3
Terms
1) AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome )
2) Jesse Jackson
3) Lauro Cavazos
4) Antonia Coello
Questions
1) Describe how abortion was a controversial issue in the 1980s.
2) What problems in education emerged during the 1980s?
3) What problems did urban areas face in the 1980s?
4) What steps did women take to help them move forward after the ERA failed to pass?
5) What political gains did African-Americans make during the 1980s?
Chapter 25 Section Four
Terms
1) Mikhail Gorbachev
2) INF Treaty
3) Sandinistas
4) Contras
5) Operation Desert Storm
1) Describe the major events that happened in both The Soviet Union and China regarding communism.
2) Describe US involvement in Central American and Caribbean political affairs.
3) What was the Iran-Contra scandal and how did it impact Reagan’s presidency?
4) Describe why President Bush invaded Iraq.
5) What caused President Bush’s approval rating to go down?
1990s Homework
Chapter 26, Section One
Terms
1) H Ross Perot
2) North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
3)Newt Gingrich
4) Contract with America
5) Al Gore
Quesitons
1) Why was Bill Clinton called a “new” Democrat?
2) What factors led to the defeat of Clinton’s health care plan?
3) Explain the reforms made to welfare
4) Describe arguments and criticisms of NAFTA.
5) Describe why Bill Clinton was impeached
6) Why was the 2000 election controversial?
Chapter 26 Section Two
Terms
1) Service Sector
2) Bill Gates
3) dotcoms
4) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
Questions
1) How did the change from an industrial economy to a service economy affect Americas’ economic security?
2) How did downsizing affect people?
3) Answer skill builders 1 & 2 on page 871
4) What were some of the effects of NAFTA and GATT?
Chapter 26, Section Three
Terms
1) Information Superhighway
2) Internet
Questions
1) Describe the advances in robotics and machine intelligence during the 1990s.
2) Describe the accomplishments in space exploration during the 1990s.