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APUSH Chapter 41
APUSH 2014/2015
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Carter | defeated Gerald Ford for president in 1976; had varying success during his presidency |
| Edward Kennedy | was going to run against Carter but ultimately decided not to |
| Ronald Reagan | POTUS who encouraged Americans to distrust communists |
| John Anderson | ran against Reagan and Carter on the independent ticket; not very successful |
| James Watt | Reagan's Secretary of Interior; little regard to the environment |
| Anwar Sadat | president of Egypt; invited to Camp David; signed an agreement with Israel's Menachem Begin |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | head of Soviet Union from 1985-1991 |
| Walter Mondale | vice president of Carter; won democratic nomination but defeated in landslide by Reagan |
| Gary Hart | forerunner of the Democratic nomination in 1988; forced to drop out |
| Oliver North | |
| Jerry Falwell | |
| Jesse Jackson | black candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 election who attempted to appeal to minorities, but eventually lost the nomination to Michael Dukakis |
| Geraldine Ferraro | first woman nominee for vice president, ran with Walter Mondale |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | first woman supreme court justice; appointed by Reagan |
| George Bush | VP under Reagan; 41st president of the US |