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32 Cards in this Set
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Iran hostage crisis
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Iran tooh hostages from the us enbacy and threatened to kill them all
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Ayatollah khomeini
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Islamic militant leader that forced shah to flee Iran
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Ronald regan
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Attacked carter saying he was a week leader
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New right
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Political movement that gave that got regan his strongest support
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Moral majority
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Christian organization that led the new right
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Jerry Falwell
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Leader of the moral majority
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Reganomics
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Regans economic plan
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Supply side economics
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Said lowering incom tax rates would spur growth of the economy
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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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An independant trade union
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Lech walesa
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Leader of the solidarity union
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Jose napoleion duarte
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A moderate that won election by promising reforms and civil war
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Sandinistas
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Nicaraguan rebel group
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Walter Mondale
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Former vice president
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Geraldine Ferraro
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Walter Mondales running mate - first woman to run on a major party presidential ticket
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Sandra day oconnor
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First woman to serve in the supreme court
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Gramm rudman Hollingsworth act
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Requires automatic across the board cuts in government spending
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Insider trading
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The use of confidential financial information for personal gain
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S&L crisis
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Weekened many people's confidence in the health fo the economy
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Iran-contra affair
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The most serious crisis to hit the regan white house
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Oliver north
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White house aide that gave millions of dollars to the contras after congress had forbidden it
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Became the leader of the soviet union in 1985
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Glasnost
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Policy of openness that promised more freedom for the soviet people
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Perestroika
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Gorbachevs plan to restructure the soviet economy and government
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Intermediate range nuclear forces treaty
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Eliminatid all medium range nuclear weapons from europe
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Challenger
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Space shuttle that blew up with a full crew and a teacher on board
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Christa mcauliffe
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Teacher chosen for a flight aboard the space shuttle challenger
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Jessie Jackson
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One of many candidates seeking democratic nomination
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Michael Dukakis
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Governor of Massachusetts won the most delegates and gained the nomination
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Loyd Bentsen
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Dukakis running mate
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George bush
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Won the republican presidential nomination
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Dan Quayle
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George bush's running mate
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