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Characteristically shows respect for American traditions, republicanism, and limited federal governmental power in relation to the states, referred to more simply as limited government and states' rights.

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A supporter of a political and social philosophy that promotes individual rights, civil liberties, democracy, and free enterprise.

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The difference between the money the federal government takes in, called receipts, and what it spends, called outlays each year.

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Says that if the President becomes unable to do his job, the Vice President becomes the President.

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Executive division of the U.S. federal government responsible for safeguarding the country against terrorist attacks and ensuring preparedness for natural disasters and other emergencies.

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Passed in 2001 to improve the abilities of U.S. law enforcement to detect and deter terrorism.

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A decision of the United States Supreme Court on December 12, 2000, that settled a recount dispute in Florida's 2000 presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore.

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An international terrorist group committed to opposing foreign power and what it sees as corrupt Islamic regimes. It was founded by former Mujahideen forces that opposed Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s.

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Often referred to as the Brady Act or the Brady Bill, is an Act of the United States Congress that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and imposed a five-day waiting period on purchases.

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Entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take unpaid, job-protected leave for specified family and medical reasons with continuation of group health insurance coverage under the same terms and conditions as if the employee had not taken leave.

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Refers to the technological, political, economic, financial, and cultural exchanges between peoples and nations that have made and continue to make the world a more interconnected and interdependent place.

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A military operation to expel occupying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded and annexed months earlier.

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Proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic strategic nuclear weapons.

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A term for various right-wing political groups or policies in different countries. It has also been used to describe the emergence of Eastern European parties after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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A series of talks between American and Soviet negotiators from 1972 to 1979 that sought to curtail the manufacture of strategic nuclear weapons

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A series of agreements that were signed in August 1975, during the period of Detente, by leaders of the USA, the USSR and 35 nations who were members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact.

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A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of people, usually for a political offense.

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A federal pardon in the United States is the action of the President of the United States that completely sets aside the punishment for a federal crime.

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Reached multiple free trade agreements and successfully nominated John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. He sought major changes to Social Security and immigration laws, but both efforts failed.

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Term used to describe the American-led global counterterrorism campaign launched in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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September 11 attacks, also called 9/11 attacks, series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda against targets in the United States, the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil in U.S. history.

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The Contract with America was a legislative agenda advocated for by the Republican Party during the 1994 congressional election campaign.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Newton Leroy Gingrich is an American politician and author who served as the 50th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999. He served as House Minority Whip.

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North American Free Trade Agreement, controversial trade pact signed in 1992 that gradually eliminated most tariffs and other trade barriers on products and services passing between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.

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He helped bring about a stock-market surge, low unemployment, minimal inflation, and general prosperity. He balanced the national budget for the first time in 30 years.

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Prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of representatives' next set of terms of office.

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Iraqi president Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. ... Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm.

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The Tiananmen Square protests were student-led demonstrations calling for democracy, free speech and a free press in China.

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American politician, diplomat, and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. ... After the war, he graduated from Yale and moved to West Texas, where he established a successful oil company.

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The restructuring of the Soviet political and economic system, in an attempt to end the Brezhnev Stagnation. Perestroika allowed more independent actions from various ministries and introduced many market-like reforms.

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Glasnost was taken to mean increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union (USSR). Glasnost reflected a commitment of the Gorbachev administration to allowing Soviet citizens to discuss publicly the problems of their system and potential solutions.

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Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was the subject of an arms embargo. ... The administration hoped to use the proceeds of the arms sale to fund the Contras in Nicaragua.

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She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee in 1984, running alongside former vice president Walter Mondale.

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A popular term referring to the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. president (1981–1989). His policies called for widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, and the deregulation of domestic markets.

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Was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006, and was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. A moderate conservative, she was known for her dispassionate and meticulously researched opinions.

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The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry.

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The attempt to get rid of (through deportation, displacement or even mass killing) members of an unwanted ethnic group in order to establish an ethnically homogenous geographic area.

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He helped redefine the purpose of government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. He solidified the conservative agenda for decades after his presidency.

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Religion became an instrument for electoral politics when an evangelist from Virginia, Jerry Falwell founded this, which helped financed campaigns to unseat liberal members of Congress.

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The idea that giving tax cuts to the top 10% will eventually bring profit to trickle down and bring good things to the working and lower classes of America.

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An economic philosophy that holds the sharply cutting taxes will increase the incentive people have to work, save, and invest. Greater investments will lead to more jobs, a more productive economy, and more tax revenues for the government.