Reagan's Presidency

alexander haig

Reagan’s secretary of state

John W. Hinckley

man who shot Reagan to impress a girl and was found not guilty by reason of insanity

James Brady

Reagan’s press secretary who was shot in the head and suffered brain injury

who replaced alexander haig once he resigned

george shultz

what is the strategic defense intiative

a shield to protect america from nuclear weapons

what were the two problems with star wars

1. too expensive

2. no way of finding out if it works

space shuttle

reusable space vehicle

the challenger

space shuttle that exploded 70 seconds after take off

christa mcauliffe

first civillian to go to space

Reagan’s policy

counter and contain terrorists

mikail gorbachev

new leader of the soviet union

why was the soviet union so weak

they were spending all of their money on weapons

glasnost

openness in the government

perestroika

restructing of the soviet union

where did the plane explode in the air

lockerbie, scotland

5 nations that were sponsors of terrorism

1. iran

2. libya

3. north korea

4. cuba

5. nicaragua

what happened in rome

terrorists opened fire at airport

reagan’s policy on terrorism

swift retribution and never negotiating with terrorists

what two things happned in beirut

1. explosion at us embassy april

2. bombing of marine headquarters october

what happened in the flight from athens to rome

hijacked by shi’ite extremists who wanted prisoners released and killed anybody with a jewish sounding name

what happened to achille lauro

it was hijacked and an elderly man was murdered

what did reagan do in response to achille lauro

escorted the plane the hijackers were on to italy with fighter jets

what happened in west germany

bombing at night club

what happened to Pan-am flight 103

exploded in the air an hour after take off because a terrorist had left a bag of explosives on the plane