Key Figure
President of the U.S. that served from 1981-89. He is best known for his conservative policies that aimed to reshape the American economy and society. He implemented tax cuts to do so.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
Event that symbolized the end of the Cold War and the end of decades of division between the Communist East and the Capital West taking place in Germany (1989).
What was the Fall of Berlin wall?
Attack on NY’s World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 that heavily influenced foreign policy.
What was 9/11?
Economic policies implemented by U.S. President Ronal Reagan in the 1980's focused on tax cuts, deregulation, and reducing government spending to stimulate economic growth.
What was Reaganomics?
Occurred during the Carter administration, when the American embassy was seized in Iran and took citizens hostage.
What was the Iran hostage crisis
President of the U.S. that served from 1989-93. He is known for his foreign policy that significantly contributed to the end of the Cold War.
Who was George W. Bush?
The dissolution of a state that marked the end of 70 years of communist rule and also the end of the cold war.
What was the Fall of the Soviet Union?
President Reagan’s program, announced in 1983, to defend the United States against nuclear missile attack with untested weapons systems and sophisticated technologies.
What was the Strategic Defense Initiative?
One of the worst economic downturn in post-World War II caused by rising inflation and high interest rates. Primarily driven by the Federal Reserve’s effort to combat inflation by raising interest rates.
What was the 1981-1982 recession?
Political scandal during the Reagan administration in 1986, U.S. agreed to sell arms to Iran (who were under arms embargo) to secure release of hostages and fund Nicaraguan Contras.
What was the Iran-Contra Scandal
Dictator of Iraq from 1979-2003. He is known for starting the Gulf War after invading Kuwait.
Who was Saddam Hussein?
The end of the geopolitical conflict between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
What was the End of the Cold War?
Under president Jimmy Carter, the U.S. declared it would use military force to defend its interest in the Persian Gulf.
What was the Carter Doctrine?
Also referred to as “Black Monday” was the largest single day stock market decline in history.
What was the stock market crash of 1987?
War that began when dictator Saddam Husseid invaded Kuwait in 1990 claiming that Kuwait belonged to Iraq.
What was the Persian Gulf War?
President of the U.S. that served from 1993-2001. His administration was marked by significant political controversies, including impeachment.
Who was Bill Clinton?
Political reform movement initiated by Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the mid 1980’s that aimed at revitalizing the Soviet Union’s economy.
What was Perestroika?
Word used to describe the new U.S. relations with China and the Soviet Union in 1972
What was detente?
It was an economic downturn caused by Oil price shocks after Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait. Occurred in the Bush administration.
What was the recession of 1990-1991?
A nation in Southeast Europe that split off from Yugoslavia and became the site of bitter civil and religious war, requiring NATO and U.S. intervention in the 1990s.
What was Bosnia?
Served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991. He is well known for his reform policies like Glasnost and Perestroika.
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
Policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980’s. It aimed to increase transparency and freedom of expression. The term means “openness” in Russian.
What was Glasnost?
U.S. officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran despite U.S. arms embargo. They hoped to release the American hostages held by Iranian backed groups.
What was the Iran-contra affair?
Act that characterized a major revision of the federal income tax system during the Reagan administration.
What was the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981?
Province of Yugoslavia where the United States and NATO intervened militarily in 1999 to protect ethnic Albanians from expulsion.
What was Kosovo?