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AP US. Iran War and Present
reagan, iran war, present day
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05/28/2008

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"Are you better off now than four years ago?"
Definition
Reagans compaign for office
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Economic Recovery Tax Cut
Definition
Reduced income tax
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Omnibus Reconciliation
Definition
cut in social programs, approach to sweeping spending cuts
Term
Alexander Greenspan
Definition
cheif of federal reserve
Term
Mondale
Definition
opponent to reagan, only wins his own state
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Ferraro
Definition
opponent to reagan, is a woman
Term
Khomeini
Definition
pushes Shaw out, and holds Americans hostege
Term
Balanced Budget Ammentment
Definition
forces to raise budget and cut spending, fails because we dont need that ammendment
Term
Graham-Rudman Act
Definition
requires congress to balance budget and says you cant cut all budgets
Term
Ivan Boesky
Definition
arrested for profit from insider trading in the stock market
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Micheal Milcan
Definition
arrested for stock fraud in junk bonds
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Black Monday
Definition
Stock market has greatest 1 day drop, comes from automated selling
Term
Yuppies
Definition

20 to 30 years old

good jobs

had "american dream"

were considered minority

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Race Gap
Definition

poor are getting better off slower than the rich.

black people make less money.

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Problem Number 1
Definition

drugs, mainly cocaine

cocaine was more white collar and expensive

crack cocaine was prevolent in the poor communties

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W Bennet
Definition
Coordinator of cuting amount of incoming drugs
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Problem 2
Definition

Aids

related to cancer

common in gay men

Term
C Koop
Definition
transition of funding to aids education in school
Term
Problem 3
Definition

growing amount of homeless and deinstutionalization

Term
Star Wars
Definition

shoot down rockets

put sateliites up

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Grenada
Definition

castro controls it,

when us comes in, means sucess

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Boland Ammendment
Definition
against law for us government to help fund nicaragua
Term
Tianomon Square
Definition
chinese colege protest that was surpressed violenty
Term
Kuwait
Definition

operation desert strom/shelid

us into saudi arabia to protest agianst iraq

41 days of aerial bombardment in kuwait

5 day ground war

Term
Clintons Presidency
Definition

big deficets

promises to cut taxes, but doesnt

Term
Clintons domesty policy
Definition
creating of national health care
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family medical leave act
Definition
12 weeks unpaid leave for federal workers
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brandy bill
Definition

gun control laws

felony checks before buying fun

limited amount of assault weapons

Term
travel office scandal
Definition

fired federal employees and brought in friends.

firing was ruled improper

Term
fbi files
Definition
republican oppnent files found in office
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white water scandal
Definition

failed real estate

illegal loans

Term
Ken Starr
Definition
hired as special prosectuter after first was sent away
Term
Paula Jones
Definition

clinton sexually harassed her

started all the sex scandals

Term
Monica Lewinski
Definition

dna found to prove sexual relations

clinton purgered himself

and is found guilty

Term
impeachment of clinton
Definition

2nd president to get impeached

pardands people in last days of office

Term
NATO
Definition
milatary action against serbs
Term
Kyoto Treaty
Definition

38 countries

not ratified

reduced carbon emissions

Term
Flordia (in 200 election)
Definition

established a recount deadline, decided that was consitutional

votes were counted by machine

Term
K Harris
Definition
compaigned for bush, secretatary of state
Term
Bush's Presidency
Definition
tax cuts, more benefits for wealthy
Term
PLO
Definition
declared the establishment of isreal null, and said the arabs would "liberate their homeland"
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M begin
Definition
isreali prime minister
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Definition
led popular revolution in iran
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SDI
Definition
another name for star wars
Term
Johnson V Texas
Definition
dealt with messing up the american flag
Term
Kyoto protocols
Definition
aimed to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases
Term
Yasser Arafat
Definition
palentstinian leader
Term
A Sadat
Definition
president of egypt
Term
camp david accords
Definition
led to isreal-egypt peace treaty
Term
M Gorbachev
Definition
contributed to end of cold war
Term
Bakke v California
Definition
dealt with quote systems in college admins
Term
stagflation
Definition
slow economic growth and rising unemployment
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NAFTA
Definition
dealt with trade and enviornmental concerns
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