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Chapter 28 Vocabulary

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Chapter 28 Vocabulary

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CHAPTER 28 KEY TERMS

LIBERALA PERSON WHO GENERALLY BELIEVES THE GOV'T SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY AND IN SOCIAL PROGRAMS BUT THAT THE GOV'T SHOULD NOT DICTATE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

CONSERVATIVEA PERSON WHO BELIEVES GOVERNMENT POWER, PARTICULARLY IN THE ECONOMY, SHOULD BE LIMITED IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

TELEVANGELISTAN EVANGELIST WHO CONDUCTS REGULARLY TELEVISED RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS

SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICSEconomic theory that lower taxes will boost the economy as businesses and individuals invest their money, thereby creating higher tax revenue

BUDGET DEFICITThe amount by which expenses exceed income

CONTRASpanish for counter-revolutionary, an anti Sandinista guerrilla force in Nicaragua

YUPPIEA young college educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city

SPACE SHUTTLEA reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo. Between earth and space

SPACE STATIONA large satellite designed to be occupied for long periods and to serve as a base for operations in space

PERESTROIKA A policy of economic and government restructuring instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in the 1980s

GLASNOSTA Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and info

DOWNSIZINGReducing a company in size by laying off workers and managers to become more efficient

CAPITAL GAINS TAXA federal tax paid by businesses and investors when they sell stock or real estate

GRASSROOTS MOVEMENTA group of people organizing at the local or community level, away from political or cultural centers

WILLIAM F BUCKLEYYoung conservative who founded a new conservative magazine called National Review

WILLIAM REHNQUISTWilliam Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure

MIKHAIL GORBACHEVMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the seventh and last undisputed leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

AIDSAIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.

BORIS YELTSINBoris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999

SADDAM HUSSEINSaddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.

H ROSS PEROTAmerican businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988.

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LIBERAL

A PERSON WHO GENERALLY BELIEVES THE GOV'T SHOULD TAKE AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE ECONOMY AND IN SOCIAL PROGRAMS BUT THAT THE GOV'T SHOULD NOT DICTATE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR

CONSERVATIVE

A PERSON WHO BELIEVES GOVERNMENT POWER, PARTICULARLY IN THE ECONOMY, SHOULD BE LIMITED IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

TELEVANGELIST

AN EVANGELIST WHO CONDUCTS REGULARLY TELEVISED RELIGIOUS PROGRAMS

SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS

Economic theory that lower taxes will boost the economy as businesses and individuals invest their money, thereby creating higher tax revenue

BUDGET DEFICIT

The amount by which expenses exceed income

CONTRA

Spanish for counter-revolutionary, an anti Sandinista guerrilla force in Nicaragua

YUPPIE

A young college educated adult who is employed in a well-paying profession and who lives and works in or near a large city

SPACE SHUTTLE

A reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo. Between earth and space

SPACE STATION

A large satellite designed to be occupied for long periods and to serve as a base for operations in space

PERESTROIKA

A policy of economic and government restructuring instituted by Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union in the 1980s

GLASNOST

A Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and info

DOWNSIZING

Reducing a company in size by laying off workers and managers to become more efficient

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

A federal tax paid by businesses and investors when they sell stock or real estate

GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT

A group of people organizing at the local or community level, away from political or cultural centers

WILLIAM F BUCKLEY

Young conservative who founded a new conservative magazine called National Review

WILLIAM REHNQUIST

William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American lawyer, jurist, and political figure

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman. He was the seventh and last undisputed leader of the Soviet Union, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

AIDS

AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.

BORIS YELTSIN

Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin was a Russian politician and the first President of the Russian Federation, serving from 1991 to 1999

SADDAM HUSSEIN

Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.

H ROSS PEROT

American businessman best known for being an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and 1996. Perot founded Electronic Data Systems in 1962, sold the company to General Motors in 1984, and founded Perot Systems in 1988.