REAGAN
The sitting democrat president that Ronald Reagan beat in the 1980 election for president of the United States. He is still alive to this day and is the oldest living former president.
Who is Jimmy Carter
What is the Berlin Wall
This is a preconceived idea about a group of people or culture that is often negative and harmful in nature
What is a stigma
This is the reason that Chernobyl is so dangerous during the disaster and even to this day
What is radiation
Who is the Peoples Democratic Party of Afghanistan
Evangelical Christians, urban working class, anti-government crusaders, and libertarians made up this group of people
Who are Reagan supporters
This is a group of nations governed by communism during the cold war and answered to Russia. It is also the meaning behind U.S.S.R
HIV/AIDS was originally thought to be only spread by this marginalized group in the 1980s due to the most recent infected individuals
Who are gay men
This is considered the main cause of the Chernobyl disaster and can be blamed on the Soviet Union cutting corners to save money and time
What is reactor design flaws
The Soviet-Afghan war is often compared to another was in which American troops also suffered heavy casualties against a less advance force
Vietnam War
The name given to time period when Ronald Reagan became president and long held democratic policies shifted to conservatism
What is the Reagan Revolution
A Russian president that came to power in the mid-1980s and adopted policies that drastically changed Soviet life such as adopting western businesses and allowing for criticism of the government
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev
Doctors realized that HIV/AIDS is more likely spread through this bodily fluid after discovering infected drug users
What is blood
Radiation has had a huge impact on these creatures living within the exclusion zone causing mutations and death
This is why the Mujahadeen rebels were able to fend off and ultimately defeat the Soviet forces
What are American weapons
Ronald Reagan promised to free the government from these groups as he believed they were increasing taxes and harming the American economy as a whole. He also believed they were bias.
What are special interest groups
Force labor camps that political prisoners and enemies of the state were sent to in Siberia
What are gulags
This substance was cheaper and easier to produce then its counter part and heavily impacted low income communities. It was also mainly sold by street gangs like the Bloods and Cripps.
What is Crack
The soviets made bombing runs on Afghan country sides in hopes of doing this.
What is crushing moral and destroying supplies
Introduced by Reagan, this is a system where high interest rates are used to curb inflation and lower taxes for high income Americans and businesses to stimulate investments
What is trickle-down economics
This government act established minimum sentencing for drug related crimes and increased the amount of incarcerated individuals due to drug related offenses.
This is the main reason the Soviet Union left Afghanistan
What is the Soviets couldn't afford it