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Ronald Reagan
Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. Before that he was the 33rd Governor of California, and a radio, film and television actor. -
Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and before was the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974. -
Sam Walton
Walton was an American businessman and entrepreneur, created Walmart -
Billy Graham
an American Christian evangelist, ordained as a Southern Baptist minister, who rose to celebrity status in 1949 with the national media backing of William Randolph Hearst and Henry Luce. -
Jimmy Carter
an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office. -
Sandra Day O'Connor
Sandra Day O'Connor is a retired United States Supreme Court justice. She served as an Associate Justice from her appointment in 1981 by Ronald Reagan until her retirement from the Court in 2006. She was the first woman to be appointed to the Court. -
Jerry Falwell
was an American evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator. -
Bill Gates
Bill Gates is an American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor and philanthropist. -
Nixon and China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic of China was an important step in formally normalizing relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. It was a first time a presidant had visited China. -
Watergate Scandal
the Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 17th 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Endangered Spieces Act
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. -
Iranian Hostage Crisis and President Carter's response
was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States. President Carter undertook taking a military option in response to the hostage crisis -
Community Reinvestment Act
rovides a framework for financial institutions, state and local governments, and community organizations to jointly promote banking services to all members of a community. -
conservatism in the 1980s
By the 1980s, conservatism was seen as more mainstream, as opposed to the radical nature of the philosophy in the 1960s. -
Nancy Reagoan "Just Say No"
In September 1986, first lady Nancy Reagan warned Americans about drugs, including a then-new drug called crack. -
American movies and cultural diffusion
American movies and cultural diffusion- led to other countries attempt to be like us in the movies 1980 -
Lionel Sosa
An advertising and marketing executive, Sosa founded Sosa, Bromley, Aguilar & Associates (now Bromley Communications), the largest Hispanic-advertising agency in the U.S. with billings of $125 million. -
The "moral majority"
a political action group formed mainly of Protestant fundamentalists to further strict conservative aims -
5th amendment and property rights
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due proc -
Effecs of Cold war defense spending and the american space program
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system. -
Four Pillars of reaganomics
The four pillars of reagoanomics included reducing government spending, income and capital gains taxes, government regulations, and inflation by controlling the money supply.
