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1980 Election
Ronald Reagan won the 1980 Presidential election. He won by a landslide beating out Jimmy Carter with 90% of the electoral vote. The popular vote showing slightly different results with only 10% over Carter. [http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1980] -
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Trickle-Down Economics
Present Reagan trickle-down economics cutting taxes for the wealthy the theory being that they will spend the extra money which will grow the economy. [https://www.thebalance.com/trickle-down-economics-theory-effect-does-it-work-3305572] -
Release of the American Hostages by Iran
In November of 1979 more than 60 Americas were captured by a group of Iranian students because they were fed up with American interference. Eventually, after much negotiations, America and Iran signed an agreement to release the hostages but America would have to unfreeze their assets. [http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis]
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Assassination attempt on Reagan
John Hinckley was an insane man how tried and failed to kill President Ronald Reagan he a bad aim he missed much time injuring three including Reagan due to an unlikely ricochet. [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ronald-reagan-is-shot-by-john-hinckley-jr] -
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AIDS
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Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) aka Star Wars
SDI or Star Wars was created to develop defense systems such as anti-ballistic missiles. They were breaking grounds and reaching cutting edge technology but after a couple of years, the program was defunded. [http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/SDI-StarWars.asp] -
1984 Election
Ronald Reagan was elected a second term. With mostly Red states. [https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1984] -
The “Reagan Doctrine”
Ronald Reagan Promised to lessen the Soviet Union and communism. It was later dubbed The “Reagan Doctrine”. [http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=2&psid=3369] -
Gorbachev’s Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail S. Gorbachev created a program called the Glasnost and Perestroika to try and end the Cold War. It worked but too well it was the main reason the Soviet Union collapsed. [http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/perestroika-and-glasnost] -
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Iran-Contra Affair
Iran-Contra Affair was a plan/deal by Reagan to give weapons to Iron in exchange for hostages. Basically hostage negotiation. [http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1889.html] -
The Challenger Disaster
The Challenger exploded soon after liftoff kills all seven astronauts on board. It was probably caused when a little morning chill causing two rubber O-rings to fail. [http://www.history.com/topics/challenger-disaster#] -
1988 Election
George Bush a republican won the election. With majority red states. [http://www.270towin.com/1988_Election/] -
Unraveling of the Soviet Bloc
When communist government was voted out of East and West Germany the wall separating the two was soon destroyed. [http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp] -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The massacre was a terrible tragedy. The Chinese government tried to silence protesters by sending its military in. The troops killed many (more than 300) of the protesters and arrested many more (more than 10,000). The wanted democracy and the totalitarian government you had. [http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tiananmen-square-massacre-takes-place] -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
After the East German declared crossing the border separating East and West Germany legal again many of them did just that destroying the wall in the process. [http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall] -
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Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Storm was the name of an operation by the United Sates during the Gulf War. [http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2020.html] -
Collapse of the U.S.S.R
The U.S.S.R collapsed because of the agreement that established a Commonwealth for the Independent States. [https://www.britannica.com/topic/Commonwealth-of-Independent-States]
