American History Handout Chapters 25:

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1.  Who won the election of 1980?

2.  Who did the man in questions 1 defeat in 1980? ***** Bush Carter Dole

3. What defense system of the era was called Star Wars? ***** Strategic Defense Initiative Glasnost Detente

4. What did Reagan lower because of Supply Side Economics to get our economy moving? ***** Tariff Drinking Age Taxes

5.  Who was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court?  ***** Ruth Bader Ginsberg Elana Kagan Sandra Day O'Connor

6.  Who was the first woman to run for Vice President of a major party? **** Geraldine Ferraro Sandra Day O'Connor Kamilla Harris

7.  Who won the election of 1988?

8.  Who was Reagan's Vice President?

9.  What was the major health issue the spread rampantly during the 1980s? **** Covid 19 Polio AIDs

10.  What court case made abortion legal in the United States in 1973?

11.& 12.  Name two African American leaders, one became the first African American Governor and the other the first African American to run for a presidential nomination:

13.  In what country was the Tiananmen Square protest?

14.  What country did we attack in Desert Storm?.

15.  How many casualties did the U.S sustain in desert storm?