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40 Cards in this Set
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In 1979, followers forced the shah to flee Iran.
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Established an Islamic republic. Militant Islamic leader
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Iranian militants seized more than 50 Americans at the U.S. embassy in Iran's capital.
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Iran hostage crisis
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Mission to rescue hostages failed as military helicopters crash killing 8
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April 1980.
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Independent candidate of 1980 election who won almost 7% of the popular vote.
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John Anderson
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Carter's running mate for the 1980 election.
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Walter Mondale
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Hostages are released 444 days later
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January 20, 1981
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Former new deal democrat turned conservative republican. Appealed to voters unhappy with liberal politics.
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Ronald Reagan
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Reagan's strongest supporters. Political conservatives who followed the Moral Majority.
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New Right
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fundamentalist Christian organization founded in 1979. Led by Jerry Falwell. Opposed abortion, Equal Rights ammendment, gun control, and busing to integrate schools.
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Moral Majority.
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led Moral Majority
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Jerry Falwell
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based on the theory of supply-side economics
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Reaganomics
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This "trickle down" theory argued that lowering the top income tax rates would spur economic growth. Begun to help the economy by 1983 dropping inflation rate to 4%.
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Supply-side economics
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Nickname given to Soviet Union by Reagan
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"Evil Empire"
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Pentagon's budget grew to 250 billion.
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Between 1981 and 1985
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A space-based missle defense system
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
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Voted on by labor activist on September 17. Means an independent trade union.
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Solidarity
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electrician who became the Solidarity leader
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Lech Walsea
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Caused because the US placed nuclear missles in Great Britain and Germany
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Soviets boycott 1984 summer olympics in LA
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Moderate who won the 1984 election in El Salvador.
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Jose Napoleon Duarte
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Nicaraguan rebels who overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in 1979.
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Sandinistas
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Nicaraguan rebels recruited, financed, and armed by th CIA. Called "freedom fighters" by Reagan
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Contras
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Won democrat nomination in 1984 election; chose Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate.
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Walter Mondale
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Mondale's running mate and 1st woman to run on a major party presedential ticket.
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Geraldine Ferraro
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Appointed by Reagan as head of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations.
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Jeane Kilpatrick
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Appointed by Reagan in 1981 to serve in the Supreme Court. Turned out to be less conservative than expected.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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nominated in 1987 by Reagan but turned down by Congress
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Robert Bork
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Reagan's next nomination after Bork; but withdrew cause he was caught smokin weed.
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Douglas Ginsberg
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won senate confirmation in 1988
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Anthony Kennedy
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a.k.a Balanced Budget and Emergency Control Act of 1985. Required automatic across-the-board cuts in government spending when the deficit exceeded a certain amount
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Gramm - Rudman-Hollings Act
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eliminated special tax breaks that certain groups had been receiving
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Tax Reform Law of 1986
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use of confidential financial information for personal gain
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Insider trading
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stock market crashes
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October 19, 1987
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funneled millions of dollars from the Iranian arms sales to the Contras after Congress had forbidden direct US aid
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Oliver North
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Oliver North's secretary
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Fawn Hall
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Most serious crisis to hit Reagan White House
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Iran-Contra affair
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became leaded of the SU in 1985; reforms included glasnost and perestroika.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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policy of openess promising more freedom for the Soviets. Encouraged people to criticize the government
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Glasnost
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plan to restructure the Soviet economy and government.
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Perestroika
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Signed in 1987, eliminating all medium-range nuclear weapons from Europe and withdraw all Soviet troops from Afghanistan
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Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF)
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