70’s & 80’s part 1
Ford’s plan to cut government spending and raise interest rates.
What is Tight Money?
Provided limits on the number of strategic weapons that the U.S. and the Soviets could produce.
What is S.A.L.T. II?
April 22, 1970, a day set aside to discuss serious environmental problems.
What is Earth Day?
A general rise in the earth’s temperature.
What is Global Warning?
Political alliance of conservative religious groups, started by Jerry Falwell.
What is the Moral Majority?
Series of agreements that promised cooperation between the East and the West.
What is the Helsinki Accords?
Agreement to end hostilities between Egypt and Israel.
What are the Camp David Accords?
Someone who takes an active role to protect the environment.
What are Environmentalist?
Programs that guaranteed benefits to particular groups.
What are the Entitlement Programs?
Term used to describe Reagan’s economic policy.
What is Reaganomics?
Carter’s proposal to end the energy crisis.
What is the National Energy Act?
Seized power in Iran by overthrowing the Shah.
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
Agency created to deal with environmental issues.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
An alliance of conservative special interest groups that stressed moral issues.
Idea of cutting taxes to give people an incentive to save and invest aka “Trickle-Down Theory”.
What is Supply-side economics?
Supreme Court upheld affirmative action admission programs but prohibited race-based quotas.
What is California v. Bakke?
Marine biologist who published Silent Spring. This was an awakening for Americans to the danger that humans posed to the earth.
Who is Rachel Carson?
Layer of the atmosphere which protects the globe from the suns dangerous rays.
What is the Ozone?
Conservative alliance that opposed big government.
What is the Conservative Coalition?
Proposed defense system intended to protect the nation against missile attacks.
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative aka
“Star Wars”?
Freedoms and liberties discussed in the declaration of independence and the bill of rights.
What are Human Rights?
Act which regulated automotive & industrial emissions to protect the environment.
What is the Clean Air Act?
Enforce pollution standards, conduct environmental research, and help states control pollution are all parts of this.
What are three goals of the environmental protection agency?
Business Leaders, frustrated middle class, unhappy Democrats, and fundamentalist Christians all made up this coalition.
What four groups made up the conservative coalition?
Shrink the federal government, promote morality, lower taxes, and strengthen defense were all seen as parts of this.
What were the four goals of the conservative movement?