| A | B |
|---|
| CAMP DAVID ACCORDS | President Carter helped Sadat (Egypt) and Begin (Israel) agree to peace agreement |
| AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI | replaced Shah of Iran & called the USA the "Great Satan"l |
| U.S. EMBASSY | militant Iranians took 52 hostages here and after Carter's failed rescue attempt, they were kept 444 days until Reagan was sworn in |
| SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR | first female on Supreme Court; appointed by Reagan |
| PLO | arab organization headed by Yasir Arafat in constant fight with Israel |
| REAGONOMICS | to fight inflation, this program was instituted to lower taxes and reduce gov't spending; at first country went into recession, then recovered before next election |
| CHALLENGER | space shuttle that exploded killing 7 astronauts |
| SOVIET UNION | this communist country collapsed in 1991 and broke into many democratic, ethnic states |
| OPEC | organization formed by oil exporting countries to control price/supply of oil |
| SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 | date of terrorist attack on World Trade Center & Pentagon |
| GLASNOST/PERESTROIKA | policy announced by Gorachev meaning more openness was allowed & gov't would be restructured |
| SADDAM HUSSEIN | leader of Iraq that invaded Kuwait |
| OPERATION DESERT STORM | name given to combined effort of 25 nations to fight the Persian Gulf War |
| GENERAL SCHWARZKOPF | U.S. leader of ground troops during Persian Gulf War |
| MEXICO, HAITI | illegal aliens came from these countries who were facing economic/political problems |
| JIMMY CARTER | religious peanut farmer from Georgia; negotiated Camp David Accords; didn't get hostages released |
| RONALD REAGAN | actor, gov. of California; economy did well; nominated 1st lady to Supreme Court |
| GEORGE W. BUSH, SR. | Berlin wall came down; USSR broke into democratic states; Operation Desert Storm happened during his watch |
| BILL CLINTON | economy did well under his presidency; only democratic reelected since FDR; economy did well; scandal with Monica Lewinsky led to his impeachment |
| GEORGE W. BUSH, JR. | lost popular vote but won Presidency in 2000; 9/ll happened during his watch; Commander in Chief during Operation Iraqi Freedom |
