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Iran hostage crisis
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The capturing of 50 American in the U.S. embassy in Iran. Were held ransom for the return of shah.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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A militant islamic leader, who forced the shah to flee Iran.
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Ronald Reagan
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Won the 1980 presidential election. Promised to make America strong again and denounced Carter as a weak leader.
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New Right
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Group that supported school prayer, a strong defense, and free-market economic policies. They also opposed abortion, gun control, and Equals Right Movement.
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Moral Majority
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A fundamental Christian organization founded in 1979.
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Jerry Falwell
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Was the leader of the Moral Majority and he was a Reverend.
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Reaganomics
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Reagons economic plan and idea.
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supply-side economics
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Theory that argued that lowering the top income tax rates would spur economic growth.
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Strategic Defense Initiative
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A space based missile-defense system proposed by Reagan in March 1983.
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Solidarity
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An independent trade union formed by labor activists.
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Lech Walesa
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Helped launch strikes in Poland, became the union leader of Solidarity.
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Jose Napolean Duarte
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He won the election in El Salvador.
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Sandinistas
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Nicaraguan rebels who overthrow the Govt.
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Contras
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A rebel army financed by the CIA.
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Walter Mondale
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He was a former vice president who won the Democratic nomination in 1984.
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