Quiz Flashcards
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1980 election
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- Reagan won nomination
- Cater hold off challenge from Kennedy
- Hostages, economy main issues
- Christian Conservatives started to campain against Carter
- Debate between Carter & Reagan
- Republicans won handily
2
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George H.W. Bush
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- 41st president
- Long career in public service
- “Kinder, gentler America”
- Was in office when Berlin wall fell
- President over end of Cold war ; Gulf war
- Defeated for re-election in 1992
3
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Bush’s Domestic and Economic polices
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- Dealing with high deficits
- Tax polices
- 1990 Americans with disabilities Act
- Clean Air act
- Immigration act of 1990
4
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End of Cold war
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- Soviet economy stagnated; defence spending spending cut
- Bush and Gorbachev announced end to Cold war in 1989
- Communist party lost most of it’s political power in USSR
- USSR dissolved in December 1990
5
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1991 Gulf war
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- US backs Iraq during Iran-Iraq war
- When Iraq invade Kuwait we started to back off support to Iraq
- More than 500,000 US troops deployed
- Builds coalition of 34 nations
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Bill Clinton
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- 42nd president
- Former Governor of Arkansas
- Impeached (not convicted) in 1998`
7
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Balkan Military Involvement
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- “Ethnic Cleaning” -Brutal massacure
- Muslims slaughtered
- Serbia invades Kosovo
- Air stricks
- NATO coalition in Kosovo
- Milosevic overthrown
8
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Crisis in Rwanda
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- Genocide occurs in small east African nation in 1994
- Ruling Hutu tribe massacres members of Tutsi tribe
- 800,000-1,000,000 reported killed
- Clinton fails take action
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Impeachment of president Clinton
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- Paula Jones lawsuit
- “Whitewater” probe widened
- Clinton, Lewinsky denied affair
- Conversations between Lewinsky and Tripp surface
- Clinton admitted “inappropriate contact” with Lewinsky
- Clinton charged with perjury obstruction of justice
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Senate trial (Clinton)
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- Senate heard case starting in January 1999
- House “Managers” presented case
- GOP lacked votes needed to convict on senate
- Senate voted to acquit Clinton on both counts
- Clinton’s legacy damaged
11
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JFK Assassination
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- Passing Texas School Book
- Three shots fired
- Taken to Parkland momoral hospital
- Lee Harvey Oswald suspected shooter
12
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Vietnam War
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- In 1954 Vietnam split in North and South
- War began with Declaration of Independence
- North was Communist
13
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The Tet offensive (Vietnam War)
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- Major north Vietnamese/Vietcong offensive in 1968
- Timed to be with lunar New Year celebration
- Attacks unsuccessful military, but highly successful as propaganda
14
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1968 election -problems for democrats
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- Democratic national convention
- Protesters
- Police attacking protesters
- America saw this
15
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Nixon
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- January 1973 peace treaty to end Vietnam conflict
- Watergate
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Watergate scandle
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- Tapped DNC to figure out game plan
- April accepted responsibility
- August resigned so he wouldn’t get impeached
