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37 Cards in this Set
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deregulation
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not government owned
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Michael Dukakis
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democratic nomination against Bush. Bush won
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Oliver North
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managed secret bank for Iran-Contra
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Domino theory
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one fell , the rest folllow
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2000 Election :
key state? what happened? |
Florida, Al Gore was said to have won but they went back and later said Bush won
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Vietnam war was what for the US?
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an embarrasment
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what was a major military problem for the US?
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gays in the military "dont ask, dont tell"
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What were Yippies?
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Youth International Party, that nominated a pig named Pigasus for president
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Boycott of Moscow Olympics took place in what year ? Why did they boycott?
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1980, b/c Soviets invaded Afghanistan
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Silicon Valley
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computer age in CALIFORNIA
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Great Society was what ?
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Johnsons idea
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Why did we invade Panama?
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to save them from comunist Noriega
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What was Operation Desert Storm?
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b/c AlQuaida invaded Kuwait, we invaded Iran and Iraq
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Iran Hostage Crisis
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US sends guns to Iran to release 3 hostages, they released them but 3 more were taken
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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Reagan secretly sold arms to Iran
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Malcom X and Martin Luther were both..
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shot for civil rights
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Stokely Carmichael
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black radical , believed in "Black Power" , wanted revenge b/c of treatment by whites
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George Wallace
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Alabama racist, favored segregation , was paralyzed in an assasination attempt
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Democratic candidates in 1968
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Johnson vs. Nixon , Nixon wins
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John Dean
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Watergate Scandal - said Nixon had prior knowledge
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HR Haldemann
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Watergate, told by Nixon to have CIA sabotage the FBI's investigation of the case
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John Mitchell
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Watergate, orgzanized the "Plumbers" and
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Saturday Night Massacre
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the night Nixon hands over the tapes for the Watergate Scandal
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Smoking Gun
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Nixon talking to Haldermann about Watergate
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"Soviets Vietnam"
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in Afghanistan
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Who randomly dropped out of the 1992 election
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Ross Perot
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won twice using the quote, "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago? "
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Reagan
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What were some early successes of the Clinton administration?
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-reduced debt
-reversed anti-abortion laws -Family Leave Act |
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Where was the Reykjavik Summit?
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Iceland, about nuclear warfare
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Clarence Thomas
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worked against inequality, Anita Hall Case
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detente
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easing tension between countries
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something about Somalia
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Clintons foreign policies
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Who replaces Gerald Ford?
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Agnew
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Nixons most important foreign visit was to..
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China
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Reagan was in Central America b/c
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Panama
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Gulf of Tonkin
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August 2, 1964 . started the Vietnam War
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Ho Chi Minh
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fought for a free Communist Vietnam
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