The Middle East and Carter
This Georgia Democrat was the first President from the Deep South since before the Civil War
Jimmy Carter
Reagan portrayed himself as stronger on foreign policy, pointing to a hostage crisis in this Middle Eastern nation
Iran
George H.W. Bush's greatest accomplishment was liberating this Arab nation after it was occupied by Saddam's Iraq
Kuwait
This terrorist attack shaped George W. Bush's foreign policy
9/11
Left-wing ideologues, intellectuals, and ____________ minorities supported Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Democratic primaries
Racial
Israel attacked these three countries during the Six Day War
Egypt, Jordan, and Syria
Reagan oversaw _______________, which promoted economic growth but reduced government oversight of businesses.
Derregulation
George H.W. Bush made this promise at the Republican National Convention in 1988 but failed to keep it
"No new taxes"
George W. Bush accused dictator Saddam Hussein of having these
Weapons of Mass Destruction
This candidate appealed to center-left voters (esp. the white working class) in 2008 but moved significantly leftward in 2016.
Hillary Clinton
Panama Canal
Reagan worked with this Soviet leader to arrange for mutual reductions in nuclear weapon stockpiles
Mikhail Gorbachev
This moderate Arkansasan rekindled the Democrats' popularity in the South and rural areas, but alienated more left-wing Democrats
Bill Clinton
Bush's 2000 opponent selected this Connecticut Senator as his running mate (ironically, this Senator later endorsed the Republican in 2008)
Joe Lieberman
President Obama's administration oversaw the killing of this terrorist
Osama bin Laden
Hafez el-Assad was a member of this Syrian ethnoreligious minority, which gave him incentive to succeed in the Yom Kippur War to prove himself to Syrian civilians
Alawites
Reagan's legacy was damaged by his subordinates' illegal sale of arms to Iran to fund these Nicaraguan anti-communist guerillas.
The Contras
Bill Clinton helped liberate this country, which had fallen into war as the former Yugoslavia collapsed
Kosovo
The Democrats retook Congress in 2006 based largely on Bush's perceived mishandling of:
The War in Iraq
What was Obama's single largest policy focus in 2008?
President Carter's reelection campaign faced a serious primary challenge from this Massachusetts Democrat, who was more experienced and more politically liberal
Teddy Kennedy
Reagan managed to keep this rate low, though it began to rise under George H.W. Bush's presidency
Unemployment
Why wasn't President Clinton removed from office even after he was impeached?
The Senate voted to acquit him
Ross Perot was the only of the three major candidates in 1992 to oppose this agreement
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
This Florida Senator, now Secretary of State, was considered a mainstream conservative candidate in the 2016 Republican primary
Marco Rubio