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1980 Election
In 1980, Ronald Reagan won the election. He beat Carter with 90% of electoral votes. https://www.wnd.com/files/2016/10/carter-reagan-debate.jpg -
Trickle-Down Economics
Reagan cuts taxes for the wealthy in hopes that they will spend more money in order to grow the economy. https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/d9/bd94b4cf-5267-5d77-8e5a-c1673573780a/5a134a131c79d.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C867 -
Release of the American Hostages by Iran
Approximately 60 Americans were kidnaped by a group of Iranian students. This was because they were annoyed with American interference. After a lot of negotiating, America and Iran both signed an agreement to release the hostages but only if America unfroze their assets first. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/160114-iran-hostage-crisis-1981-01.jpg?quality=85&w=838 -
Assassination attempt on Reagan
A man named John Hinckley tried to assassinate President Reagan but failed due to his bad aim. https://www.thoughtco.com/thmb/FuafHMul67xm8MnNd9KN2eGl5MI=/768x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Photograph_of_chaos_outside_the_Washington_Hilton_Hotel_after_the_assassination_attempt_on_President_Reagan_-_NARA_-_198514-59e0ee1903f40200104fb7fb.jpg -
AIDS
There was an outbreak of a disease called AIDS which started an epidemic that lasted until 1998. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Red_Ribbon.svg/1200px-Red_Ribbon.svg.png -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) AKA Star Wars
The SDI was created in order to develop a new defense system that consisted of things such as anti-ballistic missiles. They were creating brand new technology, but the program was defunded after a couple of years. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Sdilogo.svg/1200px-Sdilogo.svg.png -
1984 Election
Ronald Reagan was re-elected for a second term. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vrEWm6fTm4A/maxresdefault.jpg.gif -
The “Reagan Doctrine”
Reagan swore to start the decline of the Soviet Union and communism, the efforts were named the "Reagan Doctrine". https://s.hdnux.com/photos/12/11/12/2658949/4/920x920.jpg -
Gorbachev’s Glasnost and Perestroika
Gorbachev made a program called the Glasnost and Perestroika to attempt to end the Cold War. It helped collapse the Soviet Union. http://www.history.com/s3static/video-thumbnails/AETN-History_VMS/21/135/History_HR_Reagan_Meets_Gorbachev_SF_HD_still_624x352.jpg -
Iran-Contra Affair
This was a negotiation. It was a deal given by Reagen to give weapons to Iran in exchange for hostages. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Reagan_meets_with_aides_on_Iran-Contra.jpg/300px-Reagan_meets_with_aides_on_Iran-Contra.jpg -
The Challenger Disaster
A spaceship exploded right after it took liftoff and killed all seven astronauts that were on board. https://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/r/2011/01/28/beb35fcb-a642-11e2-a3f0-029118418759/resize/620x465/036a0db76067f61ef364c9556875a9e7/AP8601281739.jpg -
1988 Election
In 1988, George Bush won the ellection with the majority of the red states. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png/650px-ElectoralCollege1988-Large.png -
Unraveling of the Soviet Bloc
Communism was voted out of East and West Germany, destroying the wall the divided the two. https://i0.wp.com/cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/original-size/images/2014/03/blogs/eastern-approaches/20140301_wom908_0.png -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Chineses government tried to stop the protesters by using military force. The troops killed more than 300 protesters and arrested more than 10,000. They wanted a democracy instead of a totalitarian government. http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/vpr/files/styles/medium/public/201604/Post-Tiananmen-1989-AP-Jeff-Widener-19890605.jpg -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
East Germany declared that the West would be allowed to cross the wall that was put up to separate the two, many people began to physically tear down the wall dividing them. http://historycooperative.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/09d756f5-2f5e-49c2-806d-dad7cafebeb6-2060x1236.jpeg -
Operation Desert Storm
This was the name of the operation that the US used during the Gulf Wars. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Multiple_F-15E_parked_during_Operation_Desert_Shield.jpg/220px-Multiple_F-15E_parked_during_Operation_Desert_Shield.jpg -
Collapse of the U.S.S.R
After the agreement that had established a commonwealth for the independent states, the U.S.S.R collapsed. http://s3.timetoast.com/public/uploads/photos/2407486/collapse_soviet_union.jpg
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