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1980's

Presidents &
Foreign Policy

-REAGAN
-MARGARET THATCHER
-GORBACHEV 
-GLASTNOST AND PERESTROIKA

-hostage crisis in tehran
-OPEC
-IRAN CONTRA AFFAIR
-OLIVER NORTH
-EMBARGO ACT
-NAFTA
-STRATEGIC DEFENSE INITIATIVE (STAR WARS)
-SANDINISTAS IN NICARAGUA
-US INTERVENTION OF EL SALVADOR AND GRENADA
-GEORGE BUSH SR
-TIANANMEN SQUARE 
-OVERTHROW OF COMMUNISM IN EUROPE -BREAKING DOWN OF BERLIN WALL

-End of the cold war? who won?
-us embassy in beirut bombed
-berlin wall falls
-CHERNOBYL
-EXXON VALDEZ

The Home Front

-BREAKING BIG GOV’T POLICIES
-RATTLING THE “WELFARE STATE”
-CONSERVATISM IN THE 80’S 
-REAGANOMICS
-AIDS EPIDEMIC
-YUPPIES
-THE CHALLENGER
-MORAL MAJORITY
-WEBSTER V. REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES
-BLACK MONDAY
-JESSE JACKSON AND THE “RAINBOW          COALITION”
-WE ARE THE WORLD-USA FOR AFRICA

-boycott of moscow olympics
-"miracle on ice"-lake placid olympics (us vs ussr)
-sandra day o'connor appointed
-internet invented


Reagan's Report Card
The Great Debate-Reagan's Spending on Defense
80's Vocab Blank Grid-Make a Copy and Fill in the Vocab
80's Crash Course Study Guide






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