Role of Gov
This group wanted more active federal government and expanded healthcare.
Who are liberals?
The war where the U.S. defended Kuwait from Iraq
What is the Gulf War?
The 1990s experienced this long period of economic growth
What is an economic boom?
Political fights over abortion and religion are part of these
What are culture wars?
Reagan tied American identity to this type of success
What is individual success/economic growth?
Reagan supported this economic policy that was based on tax cuts and deregulation.
What is Reaganomics?
The event that symbolized the collapse of communism in Europe
What is the fall of the Berlin Wall?
Invented by Tim Berners-Lee and went public in the 1990s
What is the World Wide Web?
Movement of people from rural to urban areas is called this
What is urbanization?
Increased buying and material focus in the late 20th century reflects this trend
What is consumer culture?
Conservatives in the 1980s pushed for reducing this in business/economy
What is the federal government’s role?
The breakup of this country ended the Cold War
What is the Soviet Union?
A 1994 agreement that lowered trade barriers in North America
What is NAFTA?
Differences in wealth between developed and developing nations describe this
What is the global wealth gap?
After 9/11, fear of threats from abroad strengthened this priority
What is national security?
Liberals supported protecting these rights, including LGBTQ and abortion access
After the Cold War, the U.S. became the only global this
What is a global superpower?
Type of jobs that declined as tech and service jobs grew
What are manufacturing jobs?
People fleeing war or persecution are called this
What are refugees/asylum seekers?
Changes to immigration laws in 1965, along with global economic shifts, contributed to increased demographic diversity in the U.S. by expanding immigration from these regions
What are Asia and Latin America?
Reagan’s approach marked a shift away from New Deal-style policies toward this broader conservative movement
What is the conservative resurgence?
This economic system that spread globally after communism declined
What is capitalism?
Devices that shifted from luxury items to everyday essentials in the 1990s
What are cell phones?
Legal obstacles immigrants face entering the U.S.
What are immigration barriers?
Debates in the late 20th and early 21st centuries over immigration, multiculturalism, and national security reflect ongoing disagreements about this core concept of U.S. identity
What is the definition of American identity (or what it means to be American)?