Unit 7: Chapter 26 and Chapter 27

In a format that became known as televangelism, they appealed to viewers to contribute money to their campaign.

In contrast to the Keynesian theory, supply-side economics focused not on the demand for goods but on the supply of goods.

When he cut back the role of the federal government, Reagan sought to give more responsibility to state and local governments. Borrowing a term from the Nixon administration, he called his plan the New Federalism.

The INF Treaty provided for the destruction of about 2,500 Soviet and American missiles in Europe.

Payments for entitlements—programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, which guarantee payments to a particular group of recipients—grew faster than policymakers had expected.

The first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START I, called for dramatic reductions in the two nations' supplies of long-range nuclear weapons.

The first Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, known as START I, called for dramatic reductions in the two nations' supplies of long-range nuclear weapons.

Companies in several other industries also laid off workers to cut costs in a process called downsizing.

In what became known as the Whitewater affair, Clinton was accused of having taken part in fraudulent loans and lands deals in Arkansas years earlier and of having used his influence as then-governor to block an investigation of his business partners.

As stunning as the collapse of communism was South Africa's rejection of apartheid, the systematic separation of people of different racial backgrounds.

To encourage reform, the United States and other nations had used economic sanctions, or trade restrictions and economic measures intended to punish another nation.

The debate over the WTO stemmed in part from the growing importance of multinational corporations, businesses that operate in more than one country.

The debate over the WTO stemmed in part from the growing importance of multinational corporations, businesses that operate in more than one country.

Bilingual education, in which students are taught in their native language as well as English while their English skills improve, has come under attack.

Another effort to make diversity work was multiculturalism, a movement that called for greater attention to non-European cultures in such areas as education.

The Internet, a computer network that links millions of people around the world, has revolutionized many areas of American life, from entertainment to education to business.