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39 Cards in this Set
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Iran hostage crisis
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14 people taken hostage
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Militant Islamic leader forced the shah to flee Iran
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Ronald regan
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Republican candidate
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New Right
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Growing movement of political conservatives
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Moral Majority
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a fundamentalist christian organization founded in 1979
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Jerry Falwell
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was the groups leader
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Reaganomics
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based on the theory of supply side economics
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Supply-side economics
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was a trickle down theory
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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space based missile defense system
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Solidarity
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independent trade union
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Lech Walesa
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an electrician at a gdansk shipyard
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Jose Napoleon duarte
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a moderate who won the election by promising reforms and an end to the civil war
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Sandinista
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overthrown the dictatorship of anastasio somoza
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Contras
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a rebel army
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