1980s Flashcards
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concerns of the Conservative Coalition✔
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- All believed US had lost its way
- Economy
- inflation, unemployment, energy crisis
- Society
- Crime, drugs, riots,
- Foreign
- Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iran hostages
- Government
- Watergate, high Taxes
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O’Connor✔
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- 1st woman on S.C.
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Iran-Contra Scandal✔
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- 1979 – communist rebels (Sandinistas) overthrow gov of Nicaragua
- CIA trains 7 supports anti-Sandinista guerillas
- Contras
- Congress discovers CIA aide
- Orders aide to stop
- Some Reagan officials sell weapons to Iran
- In return, Iran helps free US hostages in Lebanon
- Gave $ from sale to Contras
- Discovered in 1986
- Reagan says he didn’t know about it
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What started the Persian Gulf War?✔
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- August 1990- Iraq invades Kuwait
* US afraid Iraq will invade Saudi Arabia
4
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Tiananmen Square✔
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- 1989- pro-democracy protests in China
- Meet in Tiananmen Square
- In Beijing
- Call for free elections
- Chinese gov send in tanks & troops
- Kill or arrest many protesters
