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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)
george h. w. bush
elected to the presidency in 1988
tiananmen square
demonstration of freedom in China
manuel noriega
dictator of Panama captured by the US
nelson mandela
communist sympathizer and of South Africa
october 1990
East and West Germany reunited
START (strategic arms reduction treaty)
agreed upon by the Soviet Union and America
boris yeltsin
president of the Russian Republic in 1991
commonwealth of independent states
a union formed by 12 former Soviet republics
1991
fall of the Soviet Union
saddam hussein
dictator of Iraq who invaded Kuwait for oil
kuwait
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saddam hussein was the dictator of Iraq who invaded _______ for oil
operation desert storm
mission to liberate Kuwait
colin powell
commander of operations in Operation Desert Storm
norman schwarzkopf
led American troops in combat in the Persian Gulf War
persian gulf war
shortest war America has ever fought
2.5
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the persian gulf war lasted ____ months
clarence thomas
conservative Supreme Court Justice nominated by President Bush
naturalism
only the natural world exists and anything spiritual can be dismissed as fiction
intelligent design (ID)
a new movement which asserted that the world came into being by a designer, not random chance
Edwards v. aguillard
court case that ruled that teaching creationism was unconstitutional
al gore
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the Democratic Party nominated Bill Clinton and Senator ___ ____ ran as his VP
ross perot
Independent Party conservative candidate who caused the votes to split in the election of 1992
whitewater affair
a shady real estate deal involving the Clintons while Bill Clinton was the governor of Arkansas
don’t ask, don't tell (DADT)
a compromise to allow homosexuals to serve in the US military
hillary clinton
developed a national healthcare plan (mandatory health insurance for all Americans)
ruth bader ginsburg
nominated for the Supreme Court by President Clinton; became the highest-ranking Jew in American government
rush limbaugh
pioneered “conservative talk radio”
republican revolution
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the 1994 midterm election was called the “_________ _________” (Republican gained the majority in both houses)
newt gingrich
Speaker of the House in 1994; led the drive for the “Contract with America”Republican Revolution
los angeles, CA
waco, TX
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Clinton dealt with race riots in ____ _________, ____ and a major private property controversy in _____, ___
o. j. simpson
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___. ___. _________ was tried in 1990 for murdering his former wife and her friend
timothy mcveigh
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________ _________ was charged with the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City
oklahoma city
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Timothy McVeigh was charged with the bombing of a federal building in __________ _____
ted kaczynski
known as “the Unabomber”; caused bombings by mail
unabomber
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ted kaczynski was known as the __________
osama bin laden
leader of terrorist network called Al Qaeda
al qaeda
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osama bin laden was the leader of the terrorist organization ___ ________
north american free trade agreement (NAFTA)
lifted trade restrictions between the US, Canada, and Mexico
world trade organization
created to coordinate international trade policies (replaced GATT)
somalia
rwanda
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the US fought to keep the peace in ______ and ignored genocide in ________
vietnam
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Clinton lifted the trade embargo on _______ and rewarded diplomatic relations with their government
china
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Clinton continued to grant ______ “Most Favored Nation” trading status
kim jong il
agreed on a “nuclear freeze” in North Korea
political asylum
protection from a repressive government
oslo accords
mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the Palestinian Authority
palestinian
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the oslo accords was a mutual recognition of the State of Israel and the ________ Authority
partnership for peace
Russia’s agreement with NATO allies
slobodan milosevic
president of Serbia
clinton
the 2nd president to be impeached
columbine high school shooting
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the __________ _____ _______ ________ in Littleton, CO was one of the worst shootings in history (1999)
dot-com bubble
buying and selling overpriced stock on the internet