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1980 Election
The 1980 Presidential Election was a contest between republican Ronald Reagan and democratic Jimmy Carter. John B Anderson also ran in this contest as an independent. Ronald Reagan ended up winning this Presidential Election. -
Trickle-Down Economics
Trickle-Down Economics is a theory that says that benefits for the wealthy trickle down to everyone else. Examples are tax cuts, capital gains. For Reagan it was called the Reaganomics and helped end the 1980 recession. Reagan did cut taxes significantly. -
Release of the American Hostages by Iran
A mob of Iranian students surprisingly burst into the US embassy and took more than 60 Americans hostage. The main cause of this was because Jimmy Carter would not let a man named Shah come to America to receive Cancer treatment because he could be a threat on US soil. It took 444 days, just hours after Reagan became President before these American hostages were finally released.Many believed this cost Carter from winning in the election. (www.history.com) -
Assassination attempt on Reagan
Our 40th President Ronald Reagan and three other men were leaving a speaking engagement that was held at the Washington Hilton Hotel. As they were walking out, a man named John Hinckley shot several rounds of gun fire and shot and wounded President Reagan and these particular three men. Luckily they survived. (www.rarehistoricalphotos.com). -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) AKA Star Wars
President Reagan intent for this program was to develop a anti- ballistic missile system in order to prevent any missile attacks coming at America from any other countries. -
1984 Election
This was a contest between Reagan (Republican) and former VP Walter Mondale (Democratic). Reagan won by a huge landslide, no doubt. (https://simple.wikipedia.org). -
Iran-Contra Affair
This was also known as Irangate. This was a political scandal in the United States that actually happened during the second term of Reagan Administration. Dates and years that this occurred was between Aug. 20, 1985 - March 4, 1987 -
Gorbachev’s Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev walked onto the world platform as the new leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic or known as USSR. The communist party created economic system. Glasnost was the name for social and political reforms to bestow more rights and freedoms for the Soviet people. (http://www.coldwar.org) -
The “Reagan Doctrine”
This was a policy of supporting anti-communist insurgents, did not matter where. Reagan focused on that he wanted Congress and the American People to stand up to the Soviet Union. (http://www.americanforeignrelations.com). -
AIDS
Reagan mentioned Aids in public for the first time in response to a reporter's question in 1985. President Reagan wanted to fight against this raging sickness and it was soon known as Reagan's AIDS Legacy. Many people judge him for his strong belief in this cause. (http://www.sfgate.com) -
The Challenger Disaster
The NASA shuttle orbiter mission and the tenth flight of shuttle challenger broke apart while going into flight. This tragedy killed 7 crew members. (https://en.wikipedia.org) -
1988 Election
President Ronald Reagan went against Vice President George H. W. Bush in this election. Bush won for the republican vote. Bush went against Governor Dukakis (democratic). Bush won and was the very first incumbent VP of the United States to win a Presidential election in 152 years. (https://www.270towin.com) -
Unraveling of the Soviet Bloc
The Unraveling of the Soviet Bloc started in Poland. Polish voters elected a non-communist opposition government for their legislature. These communist nations were allies with the Soviet Union which also included being allies with several more. But all foreign policies depended on those of the former Soviet Union. (https://www.google.com) -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
Protest took place from April 15, 1989 - June 4, 1989. This protest was known in mainland China as the June 4th incident too. But on that date it became known as a day of massacre. Chinese troops killed and arrested thousands of pro-democracy protesters that day. http://www.history.com) (www.businessinsider.com) -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
A spokesman for East Berlin's communist party announced a change in his city's relations with the West. It stated that at midnight this day citizens of the GDR were free to go across the county's border. This was a wall that was a barrier that was between the East and West of Berlin. It was a symbolic boundary between communist and capitalism. -
Collapse of the U.S.S.R
By the end of the year of 1989 the USSR fell apart.
An unsuccessful coup by Communist Party hard-liners sealed the Soviet Union’s chance by lessening Gorbachev’s power and drive democratic forces, led by Boris Yeltsin, to the forefront of Russian politics. (https://history.state.gov) -
Operation Desert Storm
Also known as code name, The Gulf War. This was a military operation in which international armed forces, which included British and US troops that attacked Iraq. January 16, 1991 - this war lasted 100 days. (http://www.ushistory.org) (www.abcnews.go.com)
