abeka history 11 section 29.1 & dtr

when in doubt, the answer is most likely reagan

october 1990

East and West Germany reunited

1991

collapse of the Soviet Union

1994

Republican Revolution; NAFTA enforced

1999

Columbine High School shooting

ronald reagan

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_______ _______was nominated by the Republican Party in the 1980 election

george h. w. bush

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________ ___. ___. ______ was selected to run as his vice president

great communicator

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ronald reagan was also known as “the _______ ___________”

dr. mildred jefferson

first black American woman to graduate from Harvard-Medical School

dr. mildred jefferson

first female surgeon at New England hospitals and societies; assisted in the founding of the nation right to life committee

jerry falwell

organized the Moral Majority

james dobson

daily radio program called “Focus on the Family”

reagan

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the iranian hostage crisis ended upon ________’s inauguration

john w. hinckley

attempted to assassinate President Reagan and 3 of his companions

reagan

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_______ was the first president since Eisenhower to serve 2 full 4-year terms

margaret thatcher

conservative Prime Minister of Britain during the Reagan administration

• william f. buckley jr.

• russel kirk

• thomas sowell

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_______ ___. _________ ___., _______ _____, and ________ _______ were conservative leaders in America during the Reagan administration

reaganomics

Reagan’s strategy of a balanced budget, stable money supply, and less government regulation of trade and business

tripled

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the national debt _______ during reagan’s administration

reagan

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________ cut the federal budget, enacted one of the largest tax cuts in history, and inflation rates dropped during his presidency

new federalism

Reagan’s policy for state and local governments to assume more responsibility for government programs (decreasing the power of the national government)

equal rights amendment (ERA)

an amendment proposed by the feminist movement to ban discrimination on the basis of sex

phyllis schlafly

Constitutional lawyer who led the opposition to the ERA

sandra day o’connor

first female justice to serve on the high court

ronald reagan

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______ _______ won the popular vote in the 1984 election in 49 of the 50 states

william j. bennett

Secretary of Education during Ronald Reagan’s administration

black monday

alue of American stock dropped due to budget problems (October 19, 1987)

october 19, 1987

black monday

reagan

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the ________ era was the longest period of continuous economic growth since WWII

reagan doctrine

belief that communist aggressors should be stopped before they can attack and enslave a country

lech walesa

led the Solidarity Movement in Poland

KAL 007

South Korean airplane shot down by the Soviet Union

palestine liberation organization (PLO)

sought to liberate Palestine of Israelis

muammar al-qadaffi

dictator of Libya; sponsored international terrorism

iran-contra

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the _____-______ affair took place during the Reagan administration

mikhail gorbachev

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Reagan met with _______ _________ to sign the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces)

laser weaponry

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Reagan led in the design of _____ _________ through his SDI program

SDI

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Reagan led in the design of laser weaponry through his ____ program

• perestroika

• glasnost

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the Soviet Union called their steps toward peace _________ (restructuring) and _______ (openness)