People
The first Woman US Supreme Court Justice
Sandra Day O'Conner
This doctrine put an emphasis on the US supporting the rebels of the Communist countries such as Afghanistan, Nicaragua, and Grenada, so that they can stop the spread of Communism.
Reagan Doctrine
Who was the Surgeon General who believed Education was the solution to the AIDs Crisis?
C Everett Koop
Who won the 1980 Election: Carter, JFK, Reagan, or Agnew?
Ronald Reagan
In 1989, people protesting for political freedom and more respect for human rights were brutally murdered where?
Tiananmen Square (Beijing, China)
What does glasnost mean in Russian?
openness
In 1985, who became the new leader of the Soviet Union, who would also be the last?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What are three differences between the War on Drugs on white suburban neighborhoods and inner cities during the 80s?
inner city- crack epidemic, overpolicing, poverty, increased racial tensions
suburbans- fearful, support law and order, DARE, Just Say No, increased racial tensions
What does perestroika mean in Russian?
restructuring
Who served as the 43rd Vice President from 1981-1989?
George H W Bush
What made the picture of Princess Diana shaking hands with a patient from 1987 so controversial?
The patient had AIDs- an infection that causes the body's immune system to shut down. In the 80s, people thought you could get AIDs simply by shaking hands, hugging, touching, etc. a person who is infected. This picture broke that stigma.
(War on Drugs) The concept of having the same sentencing for different amounts of essentially the same drug, thereby targeting specifics groups of people, is called what?
disparity
Social/Fiscal Groups and Evangelical Christians came together to help form what Coalition?
Conservative Coalition
Ronald Reagan received criticism for the Iran-Contra Affair- why?
his administration violated an embargo by selling weapons to Iran
Define Reaganomics. What is one pro and one con of Reaganomics?
The economy of Reagan, also called "trickle-down economics." This included deregulating the market, lowering taxes, and reducing domestic spending. Pro- by cutting taxes, more people had more money to put into the stock market which boomed. Con- reducing domestic spending cut welfare programs