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
