| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| 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 | 70%
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| 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 | 65%
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| Last dictator of USSR, embraced change which led to its dissolution | Mikhail Gorbachev | 55%
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| US defends Kuwait after its attacked by Iraq, victory comes in four days | Persian Gulf War | 50%
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| Paralyzed Carter's presidency and chance for re-election | Hostage Crisis | 45%
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| 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 | 45%
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| Armed Nicaraguan opposition group supported by Reagan + CIA | Contras | 40%
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| 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 | 40%
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| Introduced by Gorbachev, "openness" policy that allowed Soviet citizens to criticize the government for the first time in its history | Glasnost | 35%
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| Introduced by Gorbachev, "economic reform" policy where the USSR tried to reform its economy before its dissolution | Perestroika | 30%
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| 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 | 25%
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| Claimed two million new voters for 1980 election, called for a ban on abortion, prayer in schools, Republicans reflect its influence | Moral Majority | 25%
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| Investment in productive enterprises, reduced corporate tax so they would have more money to expand and produce more jobs and goods | Supply-Side Economics | 25%
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| Reducing rules on corporations after concerns that they impeded economic growth | Deregulation | 15%
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| First female Supreme Court justice, appointed by Reagan | Sandra Day O'Connor | 15%
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| Grew after increased military spending and budget cuts falling short during the Reagan administration | National Debt | 10%
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| Voters that Nixon had dubbed the "silent majority" years earlier, living in heavily industrialized states like Michigan or Ohio | Reagan Democrats | 10%
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| Group of Reagan voters that wanted to promote traditional moral + family values | Religious Right | 10%
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| Members of the Democratic Nicaraguan Party, accused of threatening US business interests | Sandinistas | 10%
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| Five groups that all voted for Reagan: White + wealthy, middle-class suburbs, Southern whites, Religious Right, Reagan democrats | Reagan Coalition | 5%
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| Upheld traditional Christian morality | Family Values | 0%
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| 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%
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| Businesses that provided goods and services rather than just producing/manufacturing goods | Service Industries | 0%
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| Founder of the National Review, criticized liberal policies | William F. Buckley | 0%
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