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34 Cards in this Set
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What was Reagan's approval rating when he started |
69% |
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What was Carter's average approval rating |
23% |
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What fell under Reagan |
The Soviet union |
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How many electoral college votes did regan win in 1980 |
489 |
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How electoral college votes did regan win in 1984 |
525 |
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Who had regan win the biggest popular vote Margin since jn 1984 |
Johnson |
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What did Clinton say |
The ear of big government is over |
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When did the Soviet union fall |
1989 |
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How much had the number of families receiving welfare fall from and to by 2000 |
From 5 million to 2 million |
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What was Bush's slogan |
Continue the regan revolution |
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When was Reagan shot |
1981 |
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What did regan attempted assassination help pass |
His economic program through the democratic dominated house |
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What did regan approval ratings exceed after hiss assisination attempt |
80% |
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What was the peak of his congressional support |
1981 omnibus reform act |
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How big was regan republican majority in the Senate in his first term |
54 |
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What did regan never win |
The house |
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What didn't regan on advice that it would never get through congress not propose |
Amendment on school prayer |
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What did regan brig back into government |
Business |
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How did regan bring business back into government |
Sponsorships in sport and huge campaign donations |
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What was regan approval rating when he left office |
64% |
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What did Clinton accept the need for |
Balanced budget and lower taxes |
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What % of people trusted gov jn 1988 compared to 1980 |
41% compared to 26% |
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What was blocked |
Ending bussing |
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What was congress forced to reverse to deal with deficit |
Tax cuts |
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What was iran contra |
Reagan administration had sold arms to rebel contras |
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What was regan found after it an contra |
Egligeent but not guilty |
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How much did regan approval ratings fall during iran contra |
From 67% to 46% |
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How many people watched the Reagan carter debates |
80.6 million |
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How many people watched 1984 debates |
67.5 million |
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How many people watched 1988 debates |
65.1 million |
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Who did regan nominate for supreme court justice in 1986 |
Antonio Scalia |
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Bork confirmation vote |
58-42 |
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What sort of state co tell issues where blocked |
Moving funding for road building from federal to state control |
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What did bush famously say |
'Read my lips no new taxes' |
