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30 Cards in this Set
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Reagan elected Prez
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1980
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AIDS first observed in US
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1981
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Econ probs continue; prime interest rate reaches 21.5%
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1981
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Reagan breaks air traffic controller's strike
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1981
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Reaganomics plan of budget and tax cuts approved by Congress
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1981
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Unemployment reaches 10.8%, highest rate since Great Depression
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1982
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ERA dies after Stop-ERA campaign prevents ratification in key states
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1982
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Reagan introduces SDI
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1983
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Terrorists kill US marines in Lebanon
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1983
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US invade Grenada
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1983
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Reagan aids contras despite congressional ban
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1984
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Econ recovery; unemployment rate drops and econ grows w/o inflation
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1984
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Reagan reelected
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1984
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Gorbachev promotes reforms in USSR
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1984
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Iran-contra scandal erupts
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1986
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Stock market drops 508 points a day
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1987
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HW Bush elected as Prez
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1988
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Tiananmen Square massacre in China
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1989
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Berlin Wall torn down
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1989
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US troops invade Panama
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1989
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Gulf b/w rich and poor at highest point since 1920
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1989
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Am with Disabilities Act
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1990
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Comm regimes in east Euro collapse
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1990
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Iraq invades Kuwait
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1990
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S. Africa dismantles apartheid
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1990
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Persian Gulf War
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1991
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USSR dissolves into independent states
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1991
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US enters recession
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1991
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Annual fed budget deficit reaches high of $300 bil at end of Bush presidency
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1992
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Palestinian intifada begins
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1987
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