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1980 Election
Jimmy Carter lost to Republican Ronald Reagan. The Iran Hostage crisis along side the already dying economy helped him win 489 out of 538 votes. It marked a special occasion as it was the first time in 28 years that the republicans had control of senate. www.270towin.com/1980_Election/ -
Release of the American Hostages by Iran
After 444 days, Iran released the 52 American hostages they held in response to their anger over President Carter's allowing the Shah come to America for medical treatment.
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Assassination Attempt on President Reagan
John Hinckley, Jr. shot President Reagan and James Brady, a police officer and one of the Secret Service agents. He failed to kill the president as the bullet ricocheted off the limo.https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-an-assassination-attempt-changed-ronald-reagans-presidency-and-history -
Trickle Down Economics
The trickle down effect was the imagination that reducing government spending/income tax and capital gains tax could be done by having control of the money supply and decreasing government regulations. This theory came from Reagan and became known as Reganomics after he stated his plan from the oval office in a televised address.http://www.ushistory.org/us/59b.asp -
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) STAR WARS
President Reagan announced his plan to develop an anti-missile that would be able to counter an attack from Soviet ballistic missiles making nuclear weapons in the fear of an attack. http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/ronald-reagan/videos/reagan-announces-star-wars -
Election of 1984
Reagan won another election by a lot. He gained 525 Electoral votes over his opponent Walter Mondales. Reagan won all states but one. http://www.270towin.com/1984_Election/ -
The "Reagan Doctrine"
The Reagan Doctrine was his plan for foreign policy. He promoted military support for "freedom fighters around the world.It was also a promise to lessen communism and the Soviet Union. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-reagan-doctrine-is-announced -
Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika
Mikhail S. Gorbachev created a program called the Glasnost which meant openness and Perestroika meaning restructuring its goal was to end the Cold War. It worked but it ended up working to well it was the main reason the Soviet Union collapsed. http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/perestroika-and-glasnost# -
AIDS
This was the peak of the AIDS epidmeic. It was a time of awareness and understanding but an increasing demand for a treatment. Although it was first reported in 1981 this was the date that the first movie star died from the disease causing an emotion outcry.http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/14/health/aids-atlanta-emory-university-the-80s/ -
NASA: The Challenger Disaster
Just 73 seconds after liftoff, the space shuttle Challenger exploded. It killed all seven astronauts on board. It is said that It was probably caused because it was a cold morning making two rubber O-rings to fail.http://www.history.com/topics/challenger-disaster# -
Iran-Contra Affair
The White House sold weapons to Iran to free the hostages from Lebanon. The money was used to support the contras- the Nicaraguan rebels. It was basically one big hostage negotiation.
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1988 Election
George HW Bush beat Michael Dukakis in the election of 1988. He won 426 of the 535 electoral votes. It begun the use of controversial television advertisements to promote ones self.http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/presidential-elections -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Chinese government succsessed in silencing protesters by sending its military in. Most of the protesters were students who wanted a democratic government.The troops killed more than 300 of the protesters and arrested more than 10,000.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tiananmen-square-massacre-takes-place -
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
After the East German government declared crossing the border separating East and West Germany legal again many of them crossed back and forth destroying and attacking the wall in the process.http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall/videos/reagan-demands-fall-of-berlin-wall -
Operation Desert Storm
Operation Desert Storm was the name of an operation by the United Sates during the Gulf War. It was an air attack led by the US in response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to withdraw from Kuwait. The fighting ended four days after attacks on the ground had started.http://www.history.com/topics/persian-gulf-war -
Unraveling of the Soviet Bloc
A few days before Gorbachev resigned from his office, representatives from eleven Soviet republics came together and announced their plans to leave the Soviet Union. It was a huge undertaking but it ended up doing good as it led to the fall of the USSR.http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union -
Collapse of the USSR
The collapse of the USSR came with the resignation of Gorbachev. It was due to the 11 countries who announced they were no longer part of the USSR.
http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/fall-of-soviet-union/videos/the-fall-of-the-soviet-union
