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Fifth Amendment
PProtects the rights that no persons home shall be entered or searched by a government official without a search warrant. -
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Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States (1981-1989).
33rd Governor of California (1967-1975).
Radio, film, and television actor. -
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Gerald Ford
38th President of the United States (1974-1977).
40th Vice President of the United States (1973-1974).
First person appointed to Vice Presidency under terms of 25th Amendment, after Sprio Agnew resigned.
First and only person to serve as both Vice President and President without being elected by the Electoral College. -
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Sam Walton
American businessman and entrepreneur.
Born in Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
Best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club. -
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Billy Graham
American Christian evangelist, ordained as Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status with the national media backing of William Randolph Hearst and Henry Luce.
His sermons were broadcast on radio and television, some still being re-broadcast today. -
American movies and cultural diffusion
Impacted people around the world by incorporating aspects of American culture into their own. -
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Jimmy Carter
American politician who served as 39th President of the United States.
Awarded 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, and only U.S. President to recieve the medal after leaving office.
Served as a U.S. Naval officer, peanut farmer, served two terms as Georgia State Senator and one as Governor of Georgia. -
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Sandra Day O' Connor
Retired United States Court justice.
Served as Associate Justice from 1981 until her retirement in 2006.
First woman to be appointed to the court. -
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Jerry Falwell
American evangelic fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator.
Founding pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, which is a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. -
Cold War defense spending and the American Space Program
Included expanded businesses and employment, growth of hightech industries, and new research and development. -
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Lionel Sosa
The founder of Sosa, Bromley, Aquilar & Associates. Grew to become the largest hispanic agency in the U.S. -
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Bill Gates
American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor, and philanthropist.
Former chief executive and current chairmen of Microsoft (World's largest personal-computer software company.
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Nixon's visit t China
Nixon was the first President to visit the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The visit ended 25 years of seperation between China and the United States. -
Watergate Scandal
Political scandal that resulted from a break-in at the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington D.C.
Scandal led to the eventual resignation of President Richard Nixon. -
Endangered Species Act
Signed into law by President Richard Nixon.
Designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction as a "consequence of economic growth and development untempered by adequate concern and conservation. -
Community Reinvestment Act
United States federal law designed to encourage commercial banks and saving associations to help meet meet the needs of borrowers.
Congress passed the act in order to reduce discriminatory practices against low-income neighborhoods. -
Moral Majority
Prominent American political organization associated with the Christian Right.
Dissolved in the late 1980's.
Founded by Jerry Falwell. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Fifty-two Americans were held hostage for 444 days after a group of islamic students and militants that supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the American Embassy located in Tehran.
President Carter called the hostages "victims of terrorism and anarchy," and said that "the US will not yield to blackmail." -
Conservatism in the 1980's
President Reagan solidified conservative Republican strength with tax cuts, greatly increased US military budget, deregulation, and appeals to family values and conservative Christian morality. -
Aqcuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
Disease that led to a worldwide epidemic.
One of the largest health concerns in recent history.
Caused by an HIV infection. -
Reaganomics
Economic policies promoted by U.S. President, Ronald Reagan in the 1980's.
Four pillars of Reaganomics included: 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. -
US Israel Relations
Since 1985, the US has provided about three million dollars in grants to Israel annually due to the aid needed after World War II. -
"Just Say No"
Advertising campaign to discourage children from engaging in illegal recreational drug use by offering various ways of saying no.
Slogan created by Nancy Reagan during Reagan's presidency.
