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Ronald Regan defeated former president Jimmy Carter in a landslide victory in 1980 with the electoral vote.
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Present Reagan trickle-down economics implements tax cuts for the upper class. This led to a growth in economic profit due to wealthy citizens providing for businesses around the nation.
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Aids Epidemic at its peak
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More than 60 Americans were captured by Iranian students due to American influence on their society. Due to President Regan's heroic acts, America and Iran signed an agreement to release the hostages but America would have to unfreeze their assets with Iran. [http://www.history.com/topics/iran-hostage-crisis]
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John Hinckley attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan as he injured three people, including Reagan. Hinckley wanted to impress a local actress but failed to do so. Regan's bullet ricocheted off an unknown object and grazed him as he fled to his limousine.
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SDI was implemented by the US government to develop defense systems such as anti-ballistic missiles that could counter attack any enemy weapons such as missiles and artillery. [http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/SDI-StarWars.asp]
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Ronald Reagan was elected a second term, due to his success in the previous 4 years he served.
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President Ronald Reagan Promised to damage the Soviet Union and communism even more than he did in his 1st term. More plans to weaken the Soviets would allow changes in foreign policy to be made.
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Mikhail S. Gorbachev established a program called the Glasnost and Perestroika to put and end the Cold War. This program did not work out for the nation and was the main reason the Soviet Union collapsed.
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The Iran-Contra Affair was a deal presented by President Reagan to give weapons to Iron in exchange for American hostages held captive by Iran. [http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1889.html]
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The challenger disaster was an incident in 1986 where seven astronauts perished aboard the space shuttle when a booster failed and exploded nearly 73 seconds into the flight, killing everyone on board.
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George Bush won this election representing the republican party. He defeated Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.[http://www.270towin.com/1988_Election/]
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When the Soviet communist government was voted out of East and West Germany, the wall separating the two sides was destroyed. This united Germany back to its original state and borders.[http://www.ushistory.org/us/59e.asp]
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Due to the corruption of the communist party, protestors hit the streets in China. Chinese officials wanted to censor protesters by sending their military into Tiananmen Square, where the majority of protests took place. The Chinese troops killed more than 300 civilian protesters and arrested more than 9,000 others.
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Constant revolutions in nearby Eastern countries caused a chain reaction in East Germany which led to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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Operation Desert Storm was the name of an operation by the United States and many other nations during the Gulf War. This was a response towards Iraq for annexing Kuwait, which was used as a manufacturer for the US oil industry. [http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h2020.html]
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The Soviet Union collapsed because of an agreement that established a Commonwealth for the Independent States in western Europe.
