APUSH UNIT 09: The Post-Modern Era VOCABULARY Chappaquiddick Moral Majority Bakke v. Carr Neo-conservatives Supply-side Strategic Defense Initiative Sandinistas

APUSH UNIT 09: The Post-Modern Era

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Chapter 30-31: Conservatism A. The Triumph of Conservatism1. 1980

2. Fiscal conservatism3. SFI

B. Election of Ronald Reagan 1. Leader of conserv right

2. No social engineering3. SFI

2. Camera-easy3. SFI

1. Reagan plat2. Populist - against big

gov3. SFI

2. Affirm Action 3. SFI

C. The Reagan Revolution•Reagan’s inaug - 69 yrs. Old

3. SFI

D. The Reagan Revolution1. Reagan’s inaug - 69 yrs.

old2. Iran hostages

3. SFI2. Hire freeze

3. SFI2. Cut eco reg

3. SFI1. Conserv cabinet

2. Sect Interior - James Watt

3. SFI1. Reagan goal

2. Supply-side3. SFI

1. Near death2. 3/6/81

3. SFI

E. The Battle of the Budget1. Reagan’s honeymoon

3. SFI



F. Reagan Renews Cold War1. Tough Rhetoric

2. Condemned Afghan war3. SFI

2. Expand mili3. SFI

1. A Crushing Blow2. SDI

3. SFI1. Europe stuck in middle

2. US/SU fought for allies3. SFI

1. Arms-control talks – Geneva2. Not successful

3. SFI

G. Troubles Abroad1. Middle East

2. Israel3. SFI

2. US troops to Leb3. SFI

1. Grenada3. SFI

H. Round Two For Reagan1. R wins in 84

2. Strong econ3. SFI

2. Strong foreign pol3. SFI

1. Defeats Mondale/ Ferraro3. SFI

1. Foreign pol dom 2nd term2. Gorb’s rad reforms

3. SFI2. Shrink milit budget

3. SFI2. Proposed 4 summits

3. SFI2. 1886 - US bombs

Libya3. SFI

2. 1986 - US backs Aquino

3. SFI2. 1987 - Iraqi and Iran

war3. SFI



I. The Iran-Contra Imbroglio1. Iran and Nicar

2. Sandinistas3. SFI

1. Special “indep counsel” invest

2. Indicted Oli North3. SFI

J. Reagan’s Economic Legacy1. Promises

3. SFI1. Theory fails

2. milit spending3. SFI

1. Deficits2. Gramm-Rudman-

Hollings 3. SFI

1. End of intrus gov?2. End of Great Society

3. SFI2 Deficits prevent

spending3. SFI

K. Culture Wars1. Chief social issues

2. Affirm Action/ Abortion

3. SFI2. Used courts

3. SFI1. Court decisions

2. seniority outweigh Aff Act in job promotions 1989

- Ward’s Cove Packing v. Antonia

2. Courts limited ab right

- 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

L. Reagan Referendum 19881. Demo win Senate 1986

2. Set to end Reag Rev3. SFI



1. Demos take advantage2. fed bud def/ intern

trade def3. SFI

1. Demo problem 88 2. Gary Hart

3. SFI2. Jesse Jackson

3. SFI2. Michael Dukakis

3. SFI1. George Bush

2. Held on to R’s successes

3. SFI

M. Bush in the White House1. Silver spoon cand

3. SFI1. Polit career

2. Impressive3. SFI

2. “Kinder, gentler Amer.”3. SFI

1. Communism2. Tiananmen Square

3. SFI2. Glastnost,

perestroika3. SFI

1. How to redefine self2. Peace dividend

3. SFI2. War on drugs

3. SFI

N. The Weight of History1. 1976

2. A nation old3. SFI

2. A nation new3. SFI

1. Special global sig2. A pluralistic people

3. SFI2. Polit, eco, soc

challenges 3. SFI



O. New Economic Patterns1. Changing economy

2. Soc mobility2. Growth of gov2. US econ success2. Electronics Rev2. Heavy industry2. Mass consumerism2. Indus shift - 1990's

P. New International Economy1. Informational Age

2. Computerized Telecomm

3. SFI

Q. The Feminine Revolution1.Women = affected by eco

2. 1990 - maj of mothers were in workforce

3. SFI1. Shifting composition of econ

2. 40 mil new jobs 2. Higher wages

2. More social and psych

2. Civil Rights Act of 1964

2. Lyndon Johnson2. Comparable Worth 2. Frustrations

3. SFI S. The Fading Family1. Blows to nuclear family

2. Divorce 3. SFI

2. Slow to form 3. SFI

2. Parenting declining 3. SFI

1. Decline of family2. Polit, soc, and eco

concerns 3. SFI

T. The New Immigration1. Immig and Nat Act 1965

2. Abolished quota sys 3. SFI



1. Reasons for immig 3. SFI

1. Southwest US - largest immig

2. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

3. SFI U. Ethnic Pride1. Hispanic-Americans

2. New polit authority 3. SFI

1. Asian/ Natives3. SFI

V. The Urban Jungle1. Struggles of the city

3. SFI1. Crime

2. Rate tripled since 60s 3. SFI

2. Imprisoned many 3. SFI

2. Drugs 3. SFI

1. White Flight 3. SFI

W. In Black America1. Urban min - social failure

2. What to do?2. Income, fam, edu

X. The Life of the Mind1. Better educ Amer

2. GI bill 3. SFI

1. Advanced econ2. Rise of

Neoconservatives 3. SFI

1. Fiction Writers2. Satire

3. SFI Y. Writers on the Margin1. Rise of young writers

2. “Marginal” or ethnic 3. SFI



1. Against mod urban soc2. Tom Wolfe - Bonfire of the Vanities

1. Afro-Amer lit - pop in 80s2. Richard Wright - Native Son2. Ralph Ellison - Invis Man

1. Native Amer2. N. Scott Momaday - Made for Dawn

1. Asian Amer2. Amy Tan - Joyluck Club

1. Women Lit2. Joan Didion - Play it as it lays2. John Irving - The World According to Garp

1. Jewish Novelists2. J.D. Salinger - Catcher In the Rye2. Saul Bellow - Adven of Augie March2. E.L. Doctorow - Ragtime

Z. Cultural Landmarks1. Poetry

2. Despairing 3. SFI

1. Playwrights2. Psych brought on by

modernity1. Art

2. Abstract Expressionism

3. SFI2. Pop art

3. SFI AA. The American Prospect1. Prob for the Rep. - 21st cent.

2. Women not equal2. Need to adapt trad

fam2. Ethnics not equal2. Poverty2. Innercity

1. Foreign prob2. US - revive produc

1. Environmental concerns

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APUSH UNIT 09: The Post-Modern Era VOCABULARY Chappaquiddick Moral Majority Bakke v. Carr Neo-conservatives Supply-side Strategic Defense Initiative Sandinistas