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People
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Vocabulary
People
Facts
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Who was the first woman to run for President of the United States?
Geraldine Ferraro
100
A person who is held captive until certian demands are met
Hostage
100
The amount of money the federal government owes
National debt
100
Who was the oldest person to be elected President of the U.S. and known as The Great Communicator?
Ronald Reagan
100
The vacation resort in Maryland of the President of the U.S.
Camp David
200
Who did Menachem Begin & Anwar el-Sadat meet with for the peace agreement called the Camp David Accords?
Jimmy Carter
200
A person who strongly disagrees with government policies or rules
Dissident
200
Religious leaders who were on radio and television
Televangelists
200
Whose followers took 50 Americans hostage in Iran?
Ayatollah Khomeni
200
Belief that if one country falls to communism, the other nearby countries will also fall
Domino Theory
300
This person tried to assassinate President Reagan.
John Hinkley, Jr.
300
An investigator who looks into actions of the President of the U.S. and other high officials
Special Prosecutor
300
Conservative groups wanting lower taxes who helped Reagan win the election
The New right
300
Who was the leader of Israel?
Menachem Begin
300
Which two countries did the U,S. help to fight against communism in Central America?
Nicaragua & El Salvador
400
Which leader in 1985 called for a policy of glasnost?
Mikhail Gorbachev
400
Basic freedoms that all people should have
Human rights
400
The name of the rebels fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua
Contras
400
Who was the leader of Egypt?
Anwar el-Sadat
400
Americans were angry because REagans advisors secretly sold weapons to __________ & used the money to buy weapons for the ________.
Iran; Contras
500
Which President was a peanut farmer and former Governor of Georgia?
President Jimmy Carter
500
A policy that allows open discussion of Soviet life and politics
Glasnost
500
The difference between the amount of money that the government spends and what it collects
Federal deficit
500
Which President was also a TV & movie star?
President Ronald Reagan
500
In what two ways did the U.S. punish the Soviet Union for invading Afghanistan?
1 Embargo on selling grain to the Soviet Union 2 U.S. athletes not allowed in the summer Olympics in the Soviet Union