Reagan
Ronald Reagan's first career was this
What is acting?
The founder of Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
This is the city where the wall was located.
Where is Berlin?
The company primarily known for its on-time delivery and has contributed to the reshaping of retail sales in America.
What is Amazon?
This is the terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks
What is al-Qaeda?
Agreement between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico to eliminate tariffs
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
Reagan adopted the policy of supply side economics and the idea that wealth flows from the top to the bottom in an economy.
What is Trickle Down Economics or Reaganomics?
The Founder of Apple
Who is Steve Jobs?
This was the Soviet leader during the 1980s. Proved to be open to negotiation with the West
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
The collapse of this market caused financial disaster in 2008.
What is the housing/mortgage market?
George Bush labeled Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as this.
What is the Axis of Evil?
-reforming of the health care system for universal coverage
-rejected under Clinton and passes under Obama
Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Reagan's most controversial issue during his presidency that brought several members of his admin under arrest
What is Iran-Contra Affair
The economic boom of the mid 90's lead by computers and telecommunication
What is the dot.com boom?
Soviet leader Gorbachev used these two policies to open the Soviet Union to its people and introduce small amounts of capitalism to the economy
What are glasnost and perestroika?
A stagnant (still, flat) economy with high inflation
What is stagflation?
This law passed during the 1970s required President Bush to seek approval from Congress before invading Afghanistan and Iraq.
What is the War Powers Act?
Prohibits the military from discrimination against homosexuals, BUT bars any openly homosexual from serving
Dont Ask, Dont Tell
After the election of 1980, Reagan owed a great deal of his election to this important political group
What was the Moral Majority?
Initially a government initiative, this innovation allowed for the connectedness of people, the invention of email, and access to information
What is the internet?
Reagan's plan to use lasers in space to shoot down nuclear weapons. It never happened
What is Strategic Defense Initiative or "Star Wars"?
In an effort to reduce emissions and dependence on foreign oil, the US government has encouraged and incentivized companies to innovate this technology
What is EV or Electric Vehicles?
President Bush claimed that Saddam Hussein was amassing this and used it as his justification to invade
What are Weapons of Mass Destruction?
Allows the government to deal with suspected terrorists
Patriot Act
The Reagan Administration came under intense criticism for its handling of this disease that, by the mid 80s, had reached epidemic status.
What is AIDS?
This particular phenomenon has dramatically altered the way Americans connect with each other, receive their news, and how politicians campaign.
What is social media?
In support of this group in Nicaragua, the Reagan Administration traded weapons for hostages with Iran.
Who were the Contras?
This is the nickname given to the region of the country traditionally known for its heavy industry production back to the Gilded Age. Faced economic decay in the late 20th Century
What is the Rust Belt?
A foreign policy stance based on the idea of preemptive strike against those who mean to do the country harm.
What is the Bush Doctrine?
Iranian Militants overtake the U.S. Embassy in Iran, wanting justice for the Shah of Iran
Iranian Hostage Crisis