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Chapter 24-26 Flashcards

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1
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Used television to motivate Christians to be political

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Charismatic Movement

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2
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Sought to lower inflated prices and increase the supply of goods

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Supply-Side economics

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3
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Pledged Americas support to insurgent groups battling communism

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Reagan doctrine

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Anti-Sandinista guerrillas directed by the CIA

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Contras

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Used as a fueling station for Cuban Communists

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Grenada

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6
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Democratic candidate in 1988

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Walter Mondale

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First female candidate for Vice-President

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Geraldine Ferraro

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Took charge of the U.S.S.R in 1985

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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Shift from command economics to free enterprise

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Perestroika

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Openness of trade and ideas in Russia

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Glasnost

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11
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Eliminated most medium-range missiles

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Intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty

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12
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Christian television: 700 club

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Pat Robertson

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13
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53 Americans taken from the embassy in Tehran

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Iranian hostage crisis

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14
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Took power of Iran after the fall of the shah

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Ayatollah Khomeini

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Peace treaty signed between Egypt and Israel

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Camp David accords

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By 2000, the Panamanians would own and operate the canal

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Panama Canal treaty

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Advocated women’s rights

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Feminists

18
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High inflation and high unemployment

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Stagflation

19
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OPEC nations increased prices 30%

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Oil embargo

20
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President Ford gave one to Nixon

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Pardon

21
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Cause of Nixon’s resignation

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Watergate affair

22
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Nixon’s V.P who also resigned

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Spiro Agnew

23
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Only non-elected president

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Gerald Ford

24
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Democratic nominee 1972

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George McGovern

25
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National guardsmen open fire on students

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Kent state

26
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Prove many lies regarding Vietnam

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Pentagon papers

27
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Nixon’s Secretary of State

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Henry Kissinger

28
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Attempted to integrate America’s public schools

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Busing

29
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Americans were quiet, decent, and respectable

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Silent majority

30
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Republican nominee 1972

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Richard Nixon

31
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Assassinated by Sirhan-Sirhan

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Robert Kennedy

32
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Leader of the civil rights movement

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Martin Luther king jr.

33
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Hippie movement- nonconformity

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Counterculture

34
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60,000 viet Cong surprised our forces

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Tet offensive

35
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Included amendments regarding voting and equal treatment

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Civil rights

36
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President 1980-1988

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Ronald Reagan

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