Big Events
A tragic event in 1986 which was caused by NASA.
What is the Challenger explosion?
Sending troops into Vietnam was an issue in the election of 1980. (true or False)
False
Reagan was born in _________. (state)
Who was born in Illinois?
This virus became a huge social issue in the 80s because it destroys the immune system, weakening the body making it more susceptible to infections & cancers.
What is Aids?
President Reagan also cut the budget of the __________ which had been created to protect the environment and conserve natural resources.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This mountain erupted for 9 hours in Washington.
The main competitors in the election of 1980.
Who were Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter?
Reagan campaigned for this candidate during the 1964 Presidential Election.
Who campaigned for GOP candidate Barry Goldwater?
These people argued that human life begins at conception & that women shouldn’t have the right to terminate a human life.
Who are Pro-Life people?
He was a mentally unbalanced man who shot President Reagan.
Who was John Hinckley, Jr?
The landmark announcement in 1980 that stunned the computing world.
What is the personal computer announcement?
Reagan is called _____________for his ability to convey his ideas in simple, clear language that the average voter could understand.
Who was called The Great Communicator?
The Reagan Revolution increased the impact of the ______ on society.
What increased the impact of government on society?
The first lady who popularized the drug slogan "Just Say No."
Who is Nancy Reagan?
He ran against Reagan on his second term of presidency in 1984.
Who is Walter Mondale?
The Treaty eliminated two classes of weapons systems from Europe & called for each nation to make on-site inspections of the other’s military installations.
What is the INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty)?
This candidate said, “Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours”
What was one of Reagan's great one-liners?
Promoting a graduated income tax to help lower class Americans was a goal of Reaganomics. (True or False)
False
In 1983, a federal commission released a report that revealed that American students were falling behind students in most industrialized countries.
What is A Nation at Risk?
Name the two states that Mondale won in the election of 1984?
Minnesota and Maryland.
This symbolized the end of the cold war.
What happened when the Berlin Wall was torn down?
Carter won these five states.
Who won Minnesota, Hawaii, Rode Island, West Virginia, and Georgia?
List the 3 policies of Reaganomics.
Budget cuts, Tax Cuts, increased defense spending
In the November elections of 1982, the number of women in the House of Representatives increased from _____ to ______. (Need exact number
What rose from 23 to 47?
What period is our decade?
PERIOD 9!