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15 Cards in this Set
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1980 Election
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Republican - Ronald Reagan
Democrat - Jimmy Carter |
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Religious Right
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Moral Majority movement by conservative Christians
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John Hinckley
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Attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan; seriously wounded press secretary James Brady
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Ronald Reagan
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Oldest man to become president at 69
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AIDS
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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
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1984 Election
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Republican - Ronald Reagan
Democrat - Walter Mondale first female VP Geraldine Ferraro Biggest Republican landslide |
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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Reagan's foreign policy blunder - U.S. government secretly sold arms and gave financial support to Contras in Nicaragua
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Soviet leader - agreed to treaty to cut down on nuclear missles
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1988 Election
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Republican - George H W Bush with VP Dan Quayle
Democrat - Michael Dukakis |
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Clarence Thomas
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African American Supreme Court Justice accused of sexual harassment but approved for Court
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Berlin Wall
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Actual wall built between East Berlin and West Berlin after WWII - dismantled November 9, 1989
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Persian Gulf War
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America's response to Iraq and Saddam Hussein's aggression on Kuwait
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Operation Desert Shield
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American troops and fighter planes sent to Saudi Arabia to guard against further Iraq aggression
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Operation Desert Storm
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Coalition missiles and bombers attacking Iraq
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General Norman Schwarzkopf
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Led Iraq War effort
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