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| ronald reagan definitions | |||
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| # | Definition | Sets | |
| 1 | 1981-1989 | 11 sets | |
| 2 | 0 | 11 sets | |
| 3 | first elected president in 1980 and elected again in 1984. he ran on a campaign based on the common man and "populist" ideas. he served as governor of california from 1966-1974, and he participated in the mccarthy communist scare. iran released hostages on his inauguration day in 1980. while president, he developed reagannomics, the trickle down effect of government incentives. he cut out many welfare and public works programs. he used the strategic defense initiative to avoid conflict. his meetings with gorbachev were the first steps to ending the cold war. he was also responsible for the iran-contra affair which bought hostages with guns. | 6 sets | |
| 4 | at beginning of his presidency, he spent millions on arms, toward the end, he ended the arms race | 5 sets | |
| 5 | 40th president | 5 sets | |
| 6 | #40 | 3 sets | |
| 7 | 40th u.s. president. 1981-1989. republican | 3 sets | |
| 8 | 1980-1988 | 3 sets | |
| 9 | 40th president of the united states (1911-) | 3 sets | |
| 10 | 1980-88 | 3 sets | |
| 11 | 40th president of the united states | 2 sets | |
| 12 | a fiercely anti-communist us president who took office in 1981 | 2 sets | |
| 13 | end of the cold war | 2 sets | |
| 14 | republican president | 2 sets | |
| 15 | president 1981-89; economic prosperity and victory in the cold war; major tax cuts and massive military buildup | 2 sets | |
| 16 | 40th president of the us who took a strong stand against the soviet union and communism; in 1978 he gave a speech at the berlin wall asking that it be torn down | 2 sets | |
| 17 | 1981-1989,"great communicator" republican, conservative economic policies, replaced liberal democrats in upper house with consevative democrats or "boll weevils" , at reelection time, jesse jackson first black presdiential candidate, geraldine ferraro as vp running mate (first woman) | 2 sets | |
| 18 | reagan-omics: supply-side economics which gave tax cuts to the wealthy and significantly increased wages for wealthy americans | 2 sets | |
| 19 | (1981-1989) 40th u.s. pres. rep. was an army captain, hollywood actor and governor of california b4, ended arms race, conservatives economics; berlin wall falls, iran hostage act, appointed the first woman to the supreme court | 2 sets | |
| 20 | 40th (1981-1989) | 2 sets | |
| 21 | president 1981-89. | 2 sets | |
| 22 | 40th president..actor turned politician | 2 sets | |
| 23 | president | 2 sets | |
| 24 | was an army captain, hollywood actor and governor of california before becoming president; berlin wall separating germany was torn down; appointed the first woman to the supreme court | 2 sets | |
| 25 | george h. w. bush | 2 sets | |
| 26 | 40th president 1981-1989 | 2 sets | |
| 27 | this man was the 40th president of the united states, and in the beginning of the 1980's, he called the russians the "focus of evil in the world." (lcwe, paragraph 5 and 6) he believed that a huge us military backup would help strengthen the us position in a possible war with russia and would alarm the russians into working out terms that were favorable to the us. (lcwe, paragraph 5 and 6) | 1 set | |
| 28 | called the ussr the "evil empire"; advocated massive military spending, including the controversial strategic defense initiative in 1983 | 1 set | |
| 29 | a us president who build up americas defences | 1 set | |
| 30 | president 1981-89 | 1 set | |
| 31 | president who tried to do away with environmental regulations because he thought they cost businesses too much | 1 set | |
| 32 | 1981-1989; hostages returned; falkland island crisis; marines sent to beirut; grenada; nicaragua; sandra day o' conner appointed to the supreme court; supply side economics; inran-contra hearings | 1 set | |
| 33 | us president contributed with ending the cold war; built up the us military | 1 set | |
| 34 | president in 1980-1988; actor and governor of california before becoming president | 1 set | |
| 35 | president 1981-1989 (very conservative, wanted "family values") | 1 set | |
| 36 | the great communicator, the oldest president | 1 set | |
| 37 | mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall | 1 set | |
| 38 | 40th president (1981-1989), before entering politics, he was a sports announcer, lifeguard, and movie actor. | 1 set | |
| 39 | president from 1981-1989 | 1 set | |
| 40 | rep. elected in 1980, ran against carter. he was a conservater | 1 set | |