100 Question Test

Phyliss Schlafly

Conservative Values

Geraldine Ferraro

Womens rights, first female vice president nominee

Carol Moseley Braun

First African American woman elected to US Senate

Sally Ride

First women to travel to outer space

Sandra Day O’conner

First women appointed to supreme court

Jimmy Carter

Unique foreign policy, Iran hostage crisis

Jerry Falwell

Growth of mega church

Anthony Kennedy

Supreme court, gay rights

Jesse Jackson

Founded People United to Save Humanity

Edward Kennedy

Shaped Civil Rights Act

John Hinckley

Trial that highlighted legal implications of insanity to avoid accountabilty

Ronald Reagan

Reganomics, Economy recovery tax act

Arthur Laffer

Influence economy during Reagen, economic growth

Andrew Young

Worked closely with MLK

Antonin Scalia

Shaped courts approach to constitutional interpretation

Reza Pahlavi

Efforts to modernize Iran, Led Iranian Revolution

Mikhail Gorbachev

Reduced nuclear tensions between US and USSR

Menachem Begin

Signed Camp David Accords to establish peace with Arab state

Arthur Sadot

Efforts to negotiate peace with Israel, Camp David Accords

Muhammer Od-Qaddafi

Leadership in Libya, emphasized democracy

Clarence Thomas

Second African American to serve on supreme court

Rodney King

Rodney case, motorist killed by cops

Walter Mandale

Vice president of Jimmy Carter, ran against Reagan

Ross Perot

Third party candidate, earned 19% popular vote

Boris Yeltsin

Helper dissolution of soviet

Manuel Noriega

Military leader, de facto leader of Panama

Saddam Hussein

Role in Iraq war, soviet abuses and torture

Ayatolla Khameini

Role in Iranian revolution, established republic

Norman Schwarzkopf

Led operation desert storm

Colin Powell

Role in gulf war, iraq war invasion

William Rehnquist

Conservative influence in supreme court

Robert Bork

Strict interpretation of constitution