chapter 26 Flashcards

1
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improving relations with this country was a big part of Reagan’s second term

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Soviet Union

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2
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the republican vice-presidential candidate in the 1988 election was

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Dan Quayle

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3
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on which issue did Bill Clinton focus when attacking Bush during the 1992 election

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Economy

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4
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in what part of government spending did Reagan ask for continous increases

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military

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5
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what country was defeated in a one-hundred-hour ground war

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Iraq

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6
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Bill Clinton claimed to be

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New democrat

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7
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balancing the budget was the least successful aspect of this

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Reagan revolution

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8
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what major campaign promise did George H W Bush break during his presidency

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new taxes

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9
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hundred of US marines killed when their barracks were attacked by terrorists in this country

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Lebanon

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10
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president who survived an assassination attempt

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Ronald Reagan

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11
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Presidential candidate who lost by a landslide in the 1984 election

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Walter Mondale

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12
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introduced glasnost

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Mikhail Gorbachev

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13
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Lost in the 1988 presidential election

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Michael Dukakis

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14
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third party candidate in the 1992 election

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Ross perot

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15
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won the election of 1988

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George H W Bush

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16
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Iraqi dictator

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Saddam hussein

17
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Allied commander in the Persian Gulf war

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Norman Schwarzkopf

18
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First female vice presidential candidate for a major party

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Geraldine Ferraro

19
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opposed the soviet army

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Mujahideen

20
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US support of anti-communist groups throughout the world

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Reagan doctrine

21
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space-based defense shield

22
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prohibited job discrimination

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american disabilities act

23
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Gorbachev’s call for “restructing”

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Perestroika

24
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dealt with congressional pay

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27 amendment

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tainted Reagan's second term and his reputation
Iran contra affair
26
"oppenness" in Soviet society
Glasnost
27
he remained a popular presidental throughout most of his administration
Ronald Reagan
28
Bill Clinton was the governor of ____ before being elected president
Arkansas
29
Legislation that prohibited discrimination against disabled individuals in the workplace
americans disability act
30
Technical term for Reaganomics
supply side economics
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the two ways that this sought to enhance productivity and increase the supply of goods was cut taxes and its encouraged economic expansion by reducing government regulations
Reaganomics
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term for the amount of money that the government owes
national debt
33
the code name for the military action to liberate Kuwait
operation desert storm
34
caribbean island american sent troops during the Reagan adminstration in 1983
Grenada
35
what is the term for the amount by which expenditures exceed income
Budget deficit
36
code name for the united states defensive plan that sent allied forces to Saudi Arabia to prevent further Iraqi aggression
operation desert storm
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He orginally wrote what later became the twenty-seventh amendment
James Madison
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Tearing down which symbol of communism led to the eventual fall of the communist power and the soviet union
Berlin wall