| A | B |
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| Jimmy Carter | Was a disliked president; his own party even hated him; believed to be bungling and befuddled administration |
| Edward Kennedy | Last brother of the Knnedy's; Carter was rerunning but Kennedy ran against him in the Democratic ticket; had to drop out because of a car accident |
| Ronald Reagan | Called "Teflon" president because his interns ran schemes under him and he was never blamed or seen responsible for the corruption; Reagan won the Democrats because of his appearance and the Democratic Party's divisions at the time; wanted to bring the national debt down, but actually raised it greatly. |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | First female Supreme Court justice |
| James Watt | Secretary of the Interior; un-liked by environmentalists and was acused by them for trying to hamper the EPA's power. |
| Walter Mondale | Democrat which lost to Reagan in 1984; Vice-President during the Carter administration. |
| Gary Hart | Democratic front runner in 1988 but forced to drop out for sexual misconduct charges. |
| Jesse Jackson | Black democrat who ran but was passed over for Michael Dukakis; had a platform which was going to pull minorities and disadvantaged people together. |
| Geraldine Ferraro | VP woman running mate of Walter Mondale in 1984 |
| Anwar Sadat | Egyptian president who signed the Camp David Peace Accords with Israel during the Carter administration. He was later assassinated for this action. |
| John Anderson | Ran as a third party candidate in 1984 |
| "supply-side" economics | Plan to cut taxes and have budgetary discipline which would stimulate new investment, boost productivity, and foster economic growth. A cornerstone of the Reagan administration's economic policy in the 1980s |
| affirmative action | Any company, college, or business that dealt with the government would have to give a higher possibility for the hiring of women and minorities. |
| reverse discrimination | Motto of white males against affirmative action; coined after the Bakke decision which argued that reverse discrimination did take place within the U.C. system's admission process. |
| Moral Majority | Christian majority which enjoyed incredible success as rund raisers and organizers. |
| Chappaquiddick | Island in Massachusetts where a young assistant (Mary Jo Copecnik) was drowned when she went off a bridge in Kennedy's car. |
| Reagonomics | To lessen government spending, cut taxes, and cut of unnecessary spending; "supply-side" economics. |
| Solidarity | Movement in eastern Europe which toppled many communist puppet governments and led to democratic ones. |
| Roe v. Wade | Gave women the right to have an abortion and didn't allow states to make laws that would interfere with this right. |
| yuppies | View of rich young people which lived in large homes, had fast cars, and played tennis. |
| Strategic Defense Initiative | A net of satellites which would stop missles; a.k.a. star wars net |
| Grenada Invasion | Island where Americans were dispatched to put democracy tendencies in the government; because there was a coup that killed the prime minister and put Marxists in power. |
