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Ronald Reagan
The 40th president of the United States. Most republicans favorite president. -
Gerald Ford
38th president of the United States. -
Sam Walton
Founded Walmart and Sams Club. -
Billy Graham
An american Christian evangelist. His sermons are broadcasted on radio and television nation wide. -
Jimmy Carter
Awrded the 2002 nobel peace prize. -
Sandra Day O Connor
First woman on the US sepreme court. -
Jery Falwell
Southern Baptist Pastor -
Lionel Sosa
Became a republican businessman against his parents wishes. Was insired by Eisenhower's version of the american dream. He went on to become one of Americans most inspiring hispanics. -
Bill Gates
The creater of Microsoft Word. One of the wealthiest people in the world. -
Cultural Diffusion
Movies in America caused people in other countries to want to be like Americans. -
Nixon and China
Nixon visited China and ended the 25 year seperation between the 2 countries. -
Watergate Scandal
Nixon lied about a break in at the Watergate complex, which eventually led to citizens losing their trust in the government. -
Endangered Species Act
Designed to protect endangered species from going extinct. -
Impacts of Cold War Spending
US spent alot of money on space programs and space education in an effort to beat soviet russia in the great space race during the cold war. -
AIDS
Thought to have originated in Africa, AIDS hit the US in the late 1900's mostly through gay men. It is a STD that kills the immune system. -
Community Reinvestment Act
Encouraged banks to be more tolerant with consumers. -
Moral Majority
A prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right. -
"Just Say No"
Nancy Reagan had a campaign against drugs with the slogan "Just Say No" -
Four Pillars of Reaganomics
The four pillars were to reduce the growth of government spending, reduce the federal income tax and capital gains tax, reduce government regulation, and control the money supply in order to reduce inflation -
Conservatism in the 1980s
In the 19080's, the US went through a stage where most of the people were conservatives. -
5th Amendement
Prevented government from abusing their authority. -
US Isreal Relations
We have been providing grants to Israel since 1985. Right now we have given them roughly 3 billioon dollars.
