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He served as president from 1981 - 1989.
Who was Ronald Reagan?
100
This conflict was fought to expel Iraq from Kuwait and to protect the flow of oil to the United States:
What is the Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert Storm?
100
This virus first appeared in the gay community in the 1980s:
What is AIDS?
100
These are short, memorable phrases by a politician that can be repeated on the evening news:
What are "sound bites?"
100
He was the first African-American candidate for president in 1984 and again in 1988:
Who was Jesse Jackson?
200
He was defeated by Ronald Reagan in the election of 1980:
Who was Jimmy Carter?
200
Reagan ordered the bombing of this nation after it was found to be involved in terrorist attacks on US troops in Europe:
What is Libya?
200
This Soviet reform allowed for freedom of speech and means "openness" in Russian"
What is "glasnost?"
200
This was a conservative coalition that helped elect Ronald Reagan in the election of 1980:
What was the New Right?
200
President Reagan ordered the US military to prevent a Communist takeover of this island in 1983:
What is Grenada?
300
He was Reagan's Vice-President who won the election of 1988 and served as President from 1989 - 1993:
Who was George Bush?
300
This barrier between East and West Berlin finally came down in the 1980s:
What is the Berlin Wall?
300
This method of improving the economy involves cutting taxes and government spending while reducing regulations:
What is Reaganomics/supply side economics/trickle down economics?
300
Reagan earned this nickname since his popularity insulated him from scandal:
What is "Teflon President?"
300
241 US Marines were killed in a terrorist attack in this country while taking part in a peacekeeping mission:
What is Lebanon?
400
He was the final leader of the Soviet Union before it collapsed:
Who was Mikhail Gorbachev?
400
This is the term for cutting government rules to help businesses become more profitable:
What is deregulation?
400
These political consultants shape reporting of events to make them sound as favorable as possible for political figures:
What are spin doctors?
400

This grew in the 1980s as a result of Reagan's tax cuts and increased defense spending:

What is the debt?

400
This Democrat defeated George H.W. Bush in the election of 1992:
Who was Bill Clinton?
500
This troubled young man shot Ronald Reagan to impress actress Jodie Foster:
Who was John Hinckley?
500
This Reagan scandal involved the illegal sale of arms to Iran with the profits going to anti-Communist fighters in Nicaragua:
What is the Iran-Contra scandal?
500
This Soviet reform introduced capitalism to the Soviet economy and means "restructuring" in Russian:
What is perestroika?
500
This constitutional amendment demanded by feminist groups failed to get approved and died by 1982:
What was the Equal Rights Amendment?
500
A pro-democracy movement was brutally crushed by Chinese troops at this place in 1989:
What is Tiananmen Square?