Wink Wink Terms By Dr.

Hall
Highlighted part is Dr. Halls additional notes. Notes taken from Josh Conlan, Travis Cundiff, & Mele Hamasaki Key terms

Ronald Reagan
- The 40th president of the United States - represented the ascendancy of conservatism during the 1980s - Cold War ended - Soviet collapse - Tearing down of the Berlin Wall - a.k.a The Great Communicator

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Moral Majority
- A political action group - founded in 1979 - composed of conservative, fundamentalist Christians - Led by evangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell - the group played a significant role in the 1980 elections through its strong support of conservative candidates - ultra conservative Christians involved in politics

Tiananmen Square
- Adjacent to the Forbidden City in Beijing, China - this large public square = the site of many festivals, rallies, and demonstrations - During a student demonstration in 1989, Chinese troops fired on the demonstrators, killing an estimated two thousand or more - students revolted - Chinese soldiers open-fired @ revolters @ Tiananmen Square - people wanted democracy

Branch Davidians
- A religious sect - involved in a siege by government agents - Waco, Texas , in April 1993 - ended in deadly violence - commit suicide - Wacko in Waco -resistance

George W. Bush
- The 43rd president of the United States - lead us into Iraq War (War of Terrorism) - Texan nickname: Shrub (because he wasn't as great as his father, Bush)

Anita Hill
- brought charges of sexual misconduct against Clarence Thomas - became a very polarizing figure as a result

Clarence Thomas
- A Supreme Court justice - appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 - whose confirmation became controversial due to allegations of sexual misconduct made against him -never asks a question in Court

Jesse Jackson
- A Baptist minister and civil rights leader - directed national antidiscrimination efforts in the mid-1960s and 1970s - His concern for the oppressed & dramatic oratory attracted a large grassroots constituency. -preacher -for equality between races

Contras
-A Nicaraguan military force - trained and financed by the United States - opposed the socialist Nicaraguan government led by the Sandinista party

Sandra Day O'Connor

- Appointed during the presidency of Ronald Reagan - first woman justice on the Supreme Court

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

- A research and development program of the U.S. government - tasked with developing a space-based system - to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles - a.k.a Star Wars

Walter Mondale
- Vice president of the United States under Jimmy Carter -earlier served as a U.S. senator from Minnesota - the unsuccessful 1984 Democratic nominee for president

Louis Farrakhan
- African American religious, cultural, and political leader - In 1997 he became the leader of the Nation of Islam

Million Man March

- A protest march in October 1995 - Washington D.C. - organized by Louis Farrakhan - to draw attention to black grievances

Newt Gingrich
- American politician. - A U.S. representative from Georgia first elected in 1979 - served as Speaker of the House from 1994 to 1999 - Battled Clinton/ Constant clashing between the two - Part of Congress - Speaker of House = leader of House of Representatives - Republican - (In order to become Speaker of House must be) voted through the majority of the House of Representatives

Monica Lewinsky
- An unpaid intern & later a paid staffer at the White House - had an affair with Clinton in the White House - same age as Clinton's daughter (eww... this information was found by me)

Ross Perot
- American business executive & political leader - national attention during the Iran hostage crisis (1979) - funded an operation that rescued two of his employees from an Iranian prison - In 1992, he emerged as an independent candidate for president - expressing serious concern over the national debt - Creator of Reform Party

Reform Party
- Political party founded in 1995 - by H. Ross Perot - an alternative to the Democratic and Republican parties - wanted reform

Rodney King
- Victim of a violent beating by the Los Angeles Police Department - caught on tape - led to the 1992 riots in Los Angeles.

political correctness
- Of, relating to, or supporting broad social, political, and educational change - especially to redress historical injustices in matters such as race, class, gender, and sexual orientation - correct injustice between race/ gender/ class

Oklahoma City Bombing

-Militant rightwing U.S. terrorists bombed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City - April 1995 - causing the deaths of 168 people - al Qaeda?

war on terrorism
- In response to the September 11 attacks - President George W. Bush declared war on the terrorists - sent U.S. troops to invade first Afghanistan and later Iraq - fight against terrorism

Whitewater
- Popular name for a failed 1970s Arkansas real estate venture by the Whitewater Development Corp. - Governor (later President) Bill Clinton and his wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton , were partners - unfair insider for profit - Clinton party not guilty - investigation unsuccessful

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton

- The 42nd president of the United States - described as New Democrat - Congressional Budget Office report budget surplus - Impeachment - claimed not guilty - affair with Monica Lewinsky - resigned - guilty of breaking marriage vows