of, pertaining to, based on, 

or advocating liberalism, especially 

the freedom of the individual 

andgovernmental guarantees of 

individual rights and liberties.

disposed  to preserve existing 

conditions,institutions,etc.or to 

restore traditional ones,and to limit 

change. 

A group of conservatives whose 

views diverge from those of traditional 

conservatives, as in being 

morestaunchly opposed to abortion or  defense cuts.

 A statute or regulation that requires a state or local government to perform certain actions, with no money provided for fulfilling the requirements.

Moral Majority

A political action group formed mainly of Protestant   fundamentalists to further strict conservative 

aims, 

asstrong antiabortion laws, the restoration of school   prayer, the teaching of creationism in public 

schools, 

and the curbing of books and television programs   considered antireligious or immoral.

economic thought that emphasizes the importance to a strong economy of policies that remove impediments to supply.

To remove government regulatory 

controls from (an industry,a commodity, etc.)

:to deregulate the trucking  industry;to 

deregulate oil prices.

 The amount by which a government,  company, or individual's spending  exceeds its income over a  particular period of time.

the amount owed by the federal

government of the United States. 

Was the failure of 1,043 out of the 3,234 savings and loan

associations in the United States from 1986 to 1995: FSLIC closed or otherwise resolved 296 institutions from

1986-1989 and the RTCclosed or otherwise resolved 747 institutions from 1989-1995.

human 

immunodeficiency 

virus.

To develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system

in order to prevent missile attacks from other countries, specifically the Soviet Union.

(The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

members of a counter revolutionary guerrilla group in Nicaragua.

A former Soviet statesman the seventh and last leader of the Soviet Union.

The restructuring of the Soviet economy and

bureaucracy that began in the mid 1980s.

A policy that called for increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union.

A secret arrangement in the 1980s to provide

funds to the Nicaraguan contra rebels from

profits gained by selling arms to Iran.

Was a military dictator of Panama. The United States removed him from power.

He was sentenced to prison for Drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering.

Chinese troops storm through Tiananmen Square

in the center of Beijing, killing and arresting thousands of pro-democracy protesters.

  A rigid policy of segregation of the nonwhite population.

(in the Republic of South Africa)

born 1918, South African black anti-apartheid

activist: president of South Africa 1994–99.

The United States and its allies defeated Iraq

in a ground war that lasted 100 hours.