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Carter/regan
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Jimmy carter | The Gov. of Georgia, Democrat, Jimmy Carter won the election of 1976.Carter won because he was a Washington “outsider” and his clean background; people could trust him to clean up Washington |
Community Reinvestment Act | Congress passed his plan, the Community Reinvestment Act. This law required banks to make credit and loans available to help low income, minority areas, with the goal preventing the decay of low income neighborhoods in inner cities. |
Camp David Accords | “Camp David Accords” in which Israel and Egypt signed the first peace agreement between Israel and an Arab Nation. |
Iran Hostage Crisis | In 1979, the Shah entered the U.S. for medical treatment. Student protestors stormed the US embassy and took hostages. |
Ronald Reagan | Former actor and Governor of California, Ronald Reagan won the 1980 election as a republican with pick George HW Bush. |
Reganomics | Reaganomics was based on supply-side economics- tax cuts and financial deregulations would increase the supply of goods and promote economic expansion. |
Sandra Day O’Connor | Reagan appointed the first female to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’Connor. |
Marines in Lebanon | In 1983, a suicide bomber attacked French and US barracks in Beirut killing 241 Marines.President Reagan withdrew American forces. |
Iran Contra Affair | The profits from the sale of the weapons were given to rebels fighting communist forces in Nicaragua (called Contras) even though Congress had specifically prohibited US aid to the Contras. |
Mikhail Gorbachev | During Reagan’s 2nd term, many countries around the world shifted to a democratic system. This included the Soviet Union.In 1985, Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union as they began to introduce reforms and more freedoms. Relations with |