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1980 Election
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Between carter and Ronald reagan(rep) VP George Bush
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Why did carter lose thsi election?
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due to the present economy and the hostage crisis
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Balance Ticket
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representing equal parts of the country
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North Carolina
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since 1980 NC voted republican in presidential elections
2008 Nc voted democrat |
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New Right
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conservative groups that focused on single issue
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Moral Majority
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led by jerry falwell; fundamentalist looking back to the bible for leadership
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What to groups helped to get reagan elected
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New right and moral majority
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What did reagn want to reduce and deregulate
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Reagan wanted to reduce teh size fo the government and deregulate economy and soem industry
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Reaganomics
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Supply-Side Economics
Lower taxers=save money in banks Banks invest that money |
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Trickle down
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cut taxes for teh wealthy profits from the top would trickle down to the middle class and teh poor
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Entitlements and Reagan
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Reagan cut by reagon (welfare, food stamps, medicaid, etc)
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Boll Weevils
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southern democrats that supported reagan
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what spending did reagan cut and what speniding did he increase
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Reagan cut social spending, but increased military spending to keep fighting communism
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What did reagn call the USSR
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The "Evil Empire"
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SDI
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strategic defense intitiave
Attempt to develop a satellite missile defense system |
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Where were the problems in the middle east?
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Leabannon
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September 1983
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us embassy attacked and groups loyal to iran takes 12 hostages
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Oct 1983
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a truck filled with explosives crashes into a marine barracks killing 421 americans
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Nicaragua
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seen as a soviet outpost
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what were the contras
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rebels for the US
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What were teh sandinistas
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ruling govt in nicarague
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what did congress do associated to Nicaragua
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Forbade aid to teh contras for two years
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1984 Election
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Reagan was re-elected
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who was Geraldine Ferraro
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first woman to run for VP (democrat)
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Political Action Comiteees
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A legal means for corporations, trade unions etc to make donations to candidate for federal office
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Surpereme court changes
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William Rehnquiat
named chief justice by reagan Sandra Day o Connor first woman supreme court justice |
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Texas V. Johnson 1989
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people had right to burn the american flag in protest guarenteed under the first ammendment
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Mikhael Gorbahev
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became the leader of the USSR in 1985
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What was Gorbahev associated with
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Fall of communism
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What did Gorbahev support
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glasnost: openness
Perestraika: economic restructuring |
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What did Gorbahev want
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detente
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INF
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intermediate range nuclear forces treaty
eliminated 2 types of weapons systems in europe and allowed for inspeciton from each nation (us and USRR) |
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What was an example of detente
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INF
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Iran Contra Affair, 1987
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Public found out US had sold weapons to iran to get hostages in lebannon free
money was then given to the country botrh were illegal |
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Ethiopia
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live aid was a concert to raise money for famine relief in ethiopia
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Graying of America
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Baby boomers were getting old
more of the population was elderly |
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Jan 28 1986
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challenger exploded shortly after take off created a 2yr halt for space program
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1988 Election
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george Bush and Dan quayle won the electon
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clarence Thomas
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conservative black supoported court justice name by bush
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Americans w/ Disabilities Act 1990
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protects teh rights of those that are disavbled
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April 1989 Tiannanen Square
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student protesting for political freedem were attacked
Us took away the most favored nation staus, allows easier trade/fewer tariffs |
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Nov. 1989
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Berlin wall falls: no more division of berlin led to the fall of communism
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Apartheid
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race laws in South Africa
Ended in 1990 after teh release of protest leader Nelson Mandela |
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Samlia Famine Relief
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Bush sent troops to stop theft of relief suppplies to end the famine
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Kuwait
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Aug, 2 1990 Kuwait was invaded by irag too set more control over oil
Bush was pres during the gulf war UN action |
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Operation Desert Storm
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name of plan to remove irag from kuwait and attack irag
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Immigration Policy act 1990
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Allowed fewer restriction on immigration
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Immigrants
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more emphasis on multiculturalism in schools, entertainment
Focus on bilingual education |
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Green card
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lawful permanent residency in US fear immigrations
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1992 Election
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Bill clinton and AL Gore won
Bad economy was blamed on bush |
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27th Ammendmetn
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Congressional pay increases cannot occur until the next election has taken place
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Health Care
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Clinton attempted to reform health care and provide a vuniversal coverage system
Much of his presidency was spent on trying to make this happen; never did |
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NAFTA North american free trade agreement
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ease trade restricitonas on nOrth american countries; free trade zone
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Rebublican Control
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1994 rebublicans gained control of both house and congrees
Led by seaker of the house newt gingrich |
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New Democrats
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Attempt to reform the dem. party in the 1990s
Move away from traditional democratic policies |
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Bosnia
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Clinton sent US troops with NATO to bosnia to end the ethnic killing and keep peace in yugoslavia
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Taliban
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overtook teh capital and controls of afghanistan in 1996
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Embassy Bombings
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Aug. 7,1998 two us embassies were bombed in Tanzania and kenya
Osama Bin Laden was blamed Bin Laden hid in afghanistan and the taliban refused to surrender him |
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2000 Election
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George W. Bush defeated Al gore
Controversial election due to voting disputes in flordia Bush was a minority president Voting Machine errors |
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No child left behind
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attempt by bush to ensure all students are ready to pass to the next grade level
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September 11, 2001
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Terrorist were mainly saudi nationality
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Afghanistan
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Us invaded afghanistan oc 2001 to find bin laden and overthrow the tailban
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Patriot Act
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Indefinite imprisonment for non-citiens deemed a threat to the US; no trial
greater use of wiretaps and searchign suspects The ACLU is against this they say it violates civil rights |
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Department of HOmeland securty
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cabinent position to protect america and its citizens on our soil
Created in response to 9/11 |
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Axis of EVIL
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three countries Bush said were threats to the world
Iraq, iran, north korea |
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Nuclear Proliferation
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spread of nuclear technology from nation to nation
Us has supporte the NPT to halt the spread of nuclear weapons and technology |
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War with IRAQ
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president bush stated that iraq had weapons of mass destruction
Teh goal was to remove saddam hussein many saw this as a pre emptive strike |
