APUSH Period 9: Chapter 30 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Won 1980 Election, introduced a new economic system, because controversial over the Iran-Contra Affair and his reluctance to act on the AIDS crisis	Ronald Reagan	74%
Infected 50 million and killed 20+ million worldwide, prominent among gay men (early carriers). Reagan hesitates in declaring a national healthy emergency and prohibits the Surgeon General from announcing it	HIV	61%
Last dictator of USSR, embraced change which led to its dissolution	Mikhail Gorbachev	57%
Paralyzed Carter's presidency and chance for re-election	Hostage Crisis	48%
US defends Kuwait after its attacked by Iraq, victory comes in four days	Persian Gulf War	48%
Reagan's VP, became popular after a swift victory against Iraq, beaten by Clinton in the next election - did not remove Saddam Hussein from power after victory, placed economic sanctions	George H. W. Bush	43%
Armed Nicaraguan opposition group supported by Reagan + CIA	Contras	39%
After Congress banned Reagan + CIA from supporting Contras, Reagan makes a deal with Iran and Israel to send money to the Contras	Iran-Contra Affair	39%
Introduced by Gorbachev, "openness" policy that allowed Soviet citizens to criticize the government for the first time in its history	Glasnost	35%
Introduced by Gorbachev, "economic reform" policy where the USSR tried to reform its economy before its dissolution	Perestroika	30%
Lost 1964 election, but started a new conservative movement that would help Reagan become California's Governor and vote for Reagan in 1980	Barry Goldwater	26%
Claimed two million new voters for 1980 election, called for a ban on abortion, prayer in schools, Republicans reflect its influence	Moral Majority	26%
Investment in productive enterprises, reduced corporate tax so they would have more money to expand and produce more jobs and goods	Supply-Side Economics	26%
Reducing rules on corporations after concerns that they impeded economic growth	Deregulation	13%
Grew after increased military spending and budget cuts falling short during the Reagan administration	National Debt	13%
First female Supreme Court justice, appointed by Reagan	Sandra Day O'Connor	13%
Voters that Nixon had dubbed the "silent majority" years earlier, living in heavily industrialized states like Michigan or Ohio	Reagan Democrats	9%
Group of Reagan voters that wanted to promote traditional moral + family values	Religious Right	9%
Members of the Democratic Nicaraguan Party, accused of threatening US business interests	Sandinistas	9%
Five groups that all voted for Reagan: White + wealthy, middle-class suburbs, Southern whites, Religious Right, Reagan democrats	Reagan Coalition	4%
Upheld traditional Christian morality	Family Values	0%
Nobel Prize winning economist at the University of Chicago, published Capitalism and Freedom, also criticized liberal economic policies and promoted conservative ones	Milton Friedman	0%
Businesses that provided goods and services rather than just producing/manufacturing goods	Service Industries	0%
Founder of the National Review, criticized liberal policies	William F. Buckley	0%

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