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Reagan/Bush Sr.
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9th Grade
05/17/2010

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Reaganomics
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Supply Side Economics/ Trickle Down Theory
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Deficit
Definition
Yearly short fall.
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National Debt
Definition
All the deficits put together.
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Recession
Definition
When an economy has high unemployment and business profits fall. Not a good time.
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SDI(Strategic Defensive Initiative) ("Star Wars")
Definition
This plan was to put mirrors and lasers in outer space which would destroy nuclear war heads before they landed. Physic professors signed a petition saying this plan wouldn't work because there would be no way to test it. Also the lasers wouldn't be able to shoot down a 30 war head missile.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
Definition
First Women on the Supreme Court who served from 1981-2005.
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William Rehnquist
Definition
Nominated for Chief.
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John Hinckley Jr.
Definition
Tried to assassinate Reagan to impress Jodi Foster. He shot Reagan in between the lung and the heart and it took 2 hours to find/take out. If it wouldn't have been taken out, Reagan would have died because the bullet was an explosive.
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Sadat's Assassination
Definition
Because of signing the peace treaty with Israel, Muslim Fanatics shot him.
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Pope John Paul II's Attempted Assassination
Definition
The man who tried to do it because Bulgaria told him to. He also said he was Jesus Christ.
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Containment Through Military and Economic Means
Definition
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Mutual Deterrence(you know I'll nuke you if you nuke me - that deters you from doing it)
Definition
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George Shultz
Definition
Secretary of State.
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El Salvador
Definition
We gave money to the government to fight of communist rebels.
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Nicaraguan Contras
Definition
Nicaraguan rebels that tried to fight and overthrow the Sandinista ruling. Regan gave them aide but then Reagan started sending soldiers down there to teach them how to assassinate the Sandinistas so Congress shut off all connections to them but Reagan disobeyed.
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Sandinistas
Definition
The rulers of Nicaragua.
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Samoza
Definition
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Grenada 1983
Definition
Communism took over the government. U.S. went down and changed the government.
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Poland's Solidarity
Definition
Labor Union that did not get very good pay or good hours. Lech Walesa who worked at the labor union fought for the rights of the workers and it turned into him fighting for Poland's freedom. Soviet Union sent police in to get Lech and sent him to a prison camp. After Soviet Union collapsed, Lech was nominated for first president.
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Lech Walesa
Definition
Leader of the rebellion and first president of free Poland.
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Apartheid/South Africa
Definition
Whites and blacks in Africa did not get fair treatment. Blacks were not allowed to go into the white area. They were to be contained. U.S. boycotted South African stuff.
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Nelson Mandela
Definition
Was apart of the ANC and fought against the Apartheid but was sent to prison for 27 years. After being in prison, he became president.
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de Klerk
Definition
Last white president and freed Mandela from prison.
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Terrorism
Definition
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Beirut 1983(attack on U.S. Marines)
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Libya - Moammar Gadhafi
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U.S. Raid on Libya 1986
Definition
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U.S.S.R. shoots down Korean Passenger Jet 1983
Definition
A jet "strayed" into Soviet Union territory and they shot it down. There are 2 theories behind it but the whole story is pretty shady.
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U.S. shoots down Iranian Passenger Jet 1988
Definition
We thought the plane was a terrorist plane but it was a regularly scheduled flight that always flew there. The incident was rubbed in our faces.
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Chernobyl 1986
Definition
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Election of 1984
Definition
Reagan/Bush vs. Mondale/Ferraro
(Republicans) (Democrats)
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Walter Mondale
Definition
Democratic Candidate for the 1984 election.
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Geraldine Ferraro
Definition
First women elected for Vice President. Not well known and was not very smart.
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Iran Contra Scandal
Definition
Reagan's hostage policy was that we would not make nagociations with terrorists for hostages. Reagan lied and made a deal with Iran saying if we sell you our weapons, you will give us our hostages back. We made the deal but they took more hostages anyway and with the money we got from selling, we gave it to the contras which was disobeying congress.
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Oliver North
Definition
Found guilty in the Iran-Contra Scandal for aiding cover up. His punishment was to pay a fine and do community service.
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John Poindexter
Definition
He was Norths Supervisor. He did not tell Reagan about the fund diversion. He destroyed a document in which Reagan approved the arms-for-hostages concept.
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The "Teflon President"
Definition
This was Reagan's nickname because nothing stuck to him.
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Election of 1988
Definition
Bush/Quayle vs. Dukakis/Bensten
(Republicans) (Democrats)
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George Bush
Definition
Republican candidate that wins in 1988.
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Dan Quayle
Definition
The vice president who is very stupid for George Bush.
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Michael Dukakis/Bentsen
Definition
Democratic candidate/running partner in 1988 election.
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"Read My Lips....."
Definition
"..there will be no new taxes" but Bush lied and he did raise use taxes.
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Manuel Noriega
Definition
Leader of Panama that was involved in Drug trading so we went down their and took him out and made him have a trial in Miami. He was sentenced 40 years in prison.
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Mikhail Gorbachev
Definition
New leader of the Soviet Union. Opens up the government to much and that leads to the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Perestroika
Definition
"Restructure", he said he was going to change up things to make it more like a democracy but it turned out bad and everyone left.
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Glasnost
Definition
Meaning openness. He allowed people to leave and criticize the government.
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Fall of Eastern Europe Satellites
Definition
Because Gorbachev opened the government up so much, all the satellites broke away from the Soviet Union and started building their own governments.
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Fall of Berlin Wall 1989
Definition
Berlin Wall is ordered to be broken down. It was supposed to be opened on the next day but soldiers started breaking it down at night. A huge rush of people came and broke down the wall just to get to the free side.
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