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16 Cards in this Set
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Ted Turner |
Created WTBS. Was the first "superstation"- low cost program via satellite. Founded CNN |
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Billy Graham |
Protestant Minister who built National followings via television. |
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Walter Mondale |
Democrat-lost to Reagan |
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Geraldine Ferraro |
Mondale's VP and first woman to rub for a major party. |
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Antonin Scalia |
Supreme Court judge - conservative |
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Perestroika |
"restructuring" .allowed private enterprise and profit making in the Soviet Union |
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Glasnost |
"openness" .allowed more freedoms in the Soviet Union. |
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Gen. Manuel Noriega |
Panama's dictator |
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Reaganomics |
Combination of monetarism and supply-side economics. Widespread tax cuts, decreased social spending, increased military spending, deregulation of domestic markets. |
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Sally Ride |
First American woman in space. |
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Contras |
Anti-sandinistas guerrilla force armed by the Reagan administration. |
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Sandinistas |
Rebels in Nicaragua and Granada. Set up a socialist government. |
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Sadaam Hussain |
Iraq's dictator |
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Live Aid |
Concert to raise money for famine relief in Africa. |
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Liberals |
-Democrats -opposed endorsing religious beliefs -believes the government should regulate the economy to protect people from the power of large corporations and Wealthy Elites - support higher taxes on the wealthy |
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Conservatives |
- Republicans - believe religious faith is vitally important in sustaining society - Believe the government power should be divided into different branches and split between the state and the federal levels to limit the ability to intrude into people's lives. - support the use of governmental police powers to regulate social behavior in some instances. |
