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32 Cards in this Set
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1980 elections
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Ronald Reagan VS jimmy carter.
Reagan wins |
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1984 elections
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Reagan vs. Mondale--- REAGAN HUGE WIN
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1988 elections
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Bush Vs. Dukarkis Bush WINS
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Entitlement programs
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Entitlement programs: programs that provided garenteed benefits to particular groups. The tax
payers were not happy because their taxes were raised to help the minorities. |
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new right
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people who focused their energy on controversial social issues
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conservative coalition
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alliance b/w business leaders, middle-class voters, disaffected democrats, & christian groups
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moral majority
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christians who interpreted the bible literally
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Reaganomics
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budget cuts, tax cuts, and increase defense spending
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Strategic Defense initiative
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know as "star wars"----americans safe of energy missles
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Sandra Day O'connor
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Reagan accomplish his conservative goals was through his appts of judges to the supreme court. Sandra
day oconnor was the first female judge. |
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Anita Hill/Clearance Thomas
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Anita hill accused clearance thomas of sexually harassing her---- bush appointed Thomas to court----very controversial
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savings and loan deregulation
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reagan reduce size of fed govt.
he cut fed entitlement programs/ industry result: prices lower |
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affirmative actions
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give special consideration to women, African Americans and other minority groups, even though these people were not better qualified.
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hispanics
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fastest growing minority group-end of 90's 9%
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Russia: Mikhail Gorbachev
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new soviet union communist leader--> poor economy, tried to keep up with defense spending, almost collapsed
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Russia: Mikhail;glasnot
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means openess, allowed open critisizm and took steps towards freedom of the press
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Russia: Mikhail;perestroika
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reconstructing Sov. govt.
took steps took dem environment |
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Russia: INF treaty(intermediate range nuclear forces)
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eliminated 2 types of weapons, allowed for nations to make onsite inspections of other military
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Poland: Solidarity Labor Movement
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threat to Poland's Communist government
sponsorship of labor strikes and other forms of public protest |
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Germany: fall of berlin wall
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opened the wall allowing free passage to both parts of germany e/w
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Eastern Europe changes from communism to democracy
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many other European nations
adopted democratic reforms. Czechoslavakia, the Baltic states of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania all became democracies. |
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China-Tiananmen square
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college students led a large dem. where they constructed a version of the statue of liberty--- symbolize struggle for dem.
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Nicaragua- Sandinistas
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Nicaraguan rebels overthrew govt
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Nicaragua-Contras
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guerrilla forces- Reagan supported after cutting aid to sandinistas
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Nicaragua-Ortega
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president---held free elections
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Grenada- Why were US troops sent
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to overthrow the pro-Cuban government(communist), to defend US security
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Panama:Noriega
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bush sent soildrs to overthrow and arrest gen Noriega on charges of drug trafficking.
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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terrorist groups loyal to iran took a number of American hostages in Lebanon. Reagan told US allies not to sell arms to iran. He did agree to sell arms to iran in exchange for the lease of the hostages. Iran was in a war with Iraq and they needed weapons. In addition reagan’s staff sent part of the money from these illegal arm sales to the contras in Nicaragua which was illegal.
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Iran-Contra Scandal- Oliver North
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National Security Council staff member who clandestine sale of weapons to Iran, which was to encourage the release of U.S. hostages then held in Lebanon.
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Persian Gulf War(causes)
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The initial conflict to expel Iraqi troops from Kuwait began with an aerial bombardment on
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Operation desert storm
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to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control
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Schwarzkopf
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commander in chief of forces in asia/africa
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