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1
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Reagan ran on what

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less govt interference

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when did welfare overtake army in spending

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1973

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Main goal for Reagan

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lower tax bracket

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4
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Assassination attempt

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march 1981; not found guilty

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Reagans best quality to pass things

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great with congress

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Who assisted Reagan in congress

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Boll weevels

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Reagan economics

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Trickle down

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Why did Reagan increase defense spending

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because he knows soviets cannot do the same

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Reagan nickname for soviets

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empire of evil

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What as Reagans ideals for negotiating with Soviets

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only from position of power

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Caspar Weinberger

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planned to spend the SR into the economic ruin

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12
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first step to defeat the SR

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build a 600 ship navy

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SDI

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  • strategic defense initiative
  • shoot down incoming nuclear missiles
    Completely broke ABM
    accelerated end of SR by 5 years
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Poland solidarity movement

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struck down unions

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What made soviets look bad in 1983

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Relations worsened when Soviets shot down a S Korean 747 passenger plane that inadvertent flew into soviet

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Truck that predicted 911

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truck bomber in Lebanon killed 200 marines

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17
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why did Reagan sent advisors to help El Salvador government

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fight against Sandinista in Nicaragua

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18
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Island of Granada

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medical school at the island with americans but also to show that communism will not stand with reagan as president

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19
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democrat 1984

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Walter Mondale

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20
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weird things about the democrat 1984

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first women vice president Geraldine Ferraro

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21
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Mondale Ferraro campaign name

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America needs new leadership

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22
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Election Map 1984

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worst beatdown

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Glastnost

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openness; criticizing the politicals

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Perestroika

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restructuring the economy; into some capitalism

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Negotiations

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banned all nuclear missiles from Europe

26
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the contra

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Reagan vowed to help contra rebels who were fighting the Sandinista in Nicaragua

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iran army

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all United states supplies

28
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Why do we supply Iran with spare parts

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Pays in cash for weapons and sent to contras

29
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Reagan lasting legacy sup court

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appointed the first women to supreme court

30
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first women sup court

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Sandra Day O’Connor

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affirmative action

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end skewing for race

32
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Midterms of 1986

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democrats Took back control of senate

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Black Monday

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largest one day point drop

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1988 dems person

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chose Gov of Massachusetts Micheal Dukakis as nominee

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Bush 41 vp

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Qualyle as VP because he is photogenic

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result of pro democracy in east/ china

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Chinese students in Tienanmen Square

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1988 election map

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dems got west coast not cali

38
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When did Berlin wall fall

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Berlin wall fell in December 1989

39
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When did Soviet union fall

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1991

40
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soviet collapse

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split into 15 separate republics with Russia

41
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first president of russia

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Boris Yeltsin

42
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Use of Monroe doctrine in 90s

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Sent US military to invade panama

43
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why did he Send US military to invade panama

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  • capture Manuel Noriega
    • president and drug lord
44
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Why did the US care about Kuwait

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Oil supply held by terrorist and getting into UAE

45
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Who invaded Kuwait

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Sadam hussein

46
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Operation Desert Storm

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resolution demanding that they leave Kuwait by jan 15 1991

47
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powers behing operation desert storm and who led them

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  • coalition of 800,000 troops from 29 countries
    • USSR did not veto
    • led by Norman Schwarzkopf
48
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Who won operation desert storm

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US destroyed them

49
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why did the US not destroy Saddam huessein

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Korean war remaindered them

50
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Highway of death

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killed 30,000 people on this highway

51
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bush domestic policy

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proggressive moderate

52
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largest domestic policy act

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Americans with disability act

53
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What did ADA do

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every single building open to the public had to be handicap accessible

54
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Who did Bush appoint

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nominated Clarence Thomas

55
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who is Clarence Thomas

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  • conservative black judge
  • Dem did not want him because hes conservative
56
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what happened to clarence thomas

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  • Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment
  • Thomas said “a high tech lynching for uppity blacks”
57
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1992 election

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Clinton vs Bush

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Bush campaign promise

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no new taxes but he does not do that

59
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Bill clinton ran in 92 with who

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Gore

60
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Why did Bush not win

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Billionare Ross Perot ran as independent

61
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Election map of 1992

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line from NK to Texas and MN to Louisiana

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