People
Believed that the federal government should play a significant role in improving the lives of all Americans
Liberalism
The nickname of supply-side economics
Reaganomics
Liberal President who wanted to be tough on crime
Bill Clinton
Young urban professionals
Yuppies
Believed that a large central government endangered economic growth and individual choice
Conservatism
Mandated federal background checks on firearm purchases in the United States
Brady Bill
What terrorist group was responsible for targeting American embassies, the USS Cole, and the World Trade Center
al Qaeda
The first female appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Conner
Boosted the republican party’s chances of winning the presidency
Moral Majority
George H.W. Bush helped pass the
Americans with Disabilities Act
Mechanical devices that orbit earth in space, receiving and sending information filled signals that are relayed on television, telephones and computers
Satellites
The United States helped bring democracy to South Africa and elect ________________ as president
Nelson Mandela
Helped to bring the resurgent conservative movement
The New Right
The study that showed that students were consistently scoring lower on standardized tests
A Nation at Risk
__________ and __________ make personal computers possible
Microprocessor and microchips
Conservative president who believed that the U.S. should return to traditional vales
Ronald Reagan
Centralists who sought to reconcile liberal and conservative ideals
The New Democracy
The U.S. led coalition military campaign to liberate Kuwait from Iraq
Operation Desert Storm
As a result of the ___________, NASA established the Office of Safety , Reliability and Quality Assurance
Challenger