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Jimmy carter was the 39th president of the United States.

His term lasted from 1977 to 1981.

He is known for being the president during the Iran hostage crisis.

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A group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran on November 4,1979.

The students toke more than 60 American hostages.

The students set the their hostages free on January 21, 1981, during the inauguration of Ronald Reagan.

Many believe this event cost Jimmy carter a second term.

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Ronald Reagan won the election of 1980, he was an effective speaker with a winning personality.

With Jimmy Carter dealing with high inflation and the Iranian hostage crisis, Reagan won the 1980 election.

He had conservative beliefs in less government, lower taxes, and traditional values.

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Reagan wanted to reduce the size and power of the federal government.

He cut deeply into spending on a wide range of domestic programs.

He persuaded Congress to agree to large tax cuts to free money for personal investment and great increased defense spending.

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Reaganomics was an economic policy of Ronald Reagan that associated with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free market.

The plan helped fuel economic growth. Tax revenues did not increase as much as had been expected.

So the government had to burrow huge sums, and the government debt more than doubled.

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Health issues arose to trouble Americans in the 1980's. The foremost among was AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).

AIDS are a viral disease that destroys the immune system.

Another issue was abortion. The Supreme court gave women the right to an abortion in a 1973 ruling later decisions allowed
states to limit that right.

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Reagan and bush declared a war on drugs that included tough law enforcement.

Education became an important issue especially after the 1983 report A Nation at Risk. The report was highly critical of the nation’s schools. People generally agreed that the nation’s public schools were not doing an adequate job.
They did not agree on solutions.

Also nation's cities were also in crisis, cities were increasingly home to the poor and unemployed.

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When women’s groups were unable to secure ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, they tried urging more women to run for political office.

The number of women in the

House doubled; the number of women senators tripled—from two to six.

In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro, a Democrat became the first woman candidate for vice president for a major party.

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The soviet union began to split up in the 1980's into 15 different republics.

Communists were swept out of power there and throughout power there and throughout of Eastern Europe. Germany became one nation again and The Cold War ended.

They approved when Communist Chinese leaders,
while still keeping tight political control, liberalized
the economy. However, they were horrified when student activists were slaughtered in Tienanmen Square.

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Foreign policy After the Cold War continued 

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Foreign policy After the Cold War continued 

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Before the Cold War had ended, conflict in Central America led to U.S. involvement. Communist guerrillas seized control of Nicaragua.

President Reagan supported the Contra's, a group trying to defeat the Communists.

Problems in the middle East began and terrorist Muslim groups held some Americans hostages. Hope to gain favor with Iran and then use its influence to win release of the hostages—the Reagan adminstration sold weapons to Iran.

Money from the sale was then used to aid the Contras fighting in Nicaragua. Revelation of the deal caused a scandal.

The Middle East was also the scene for a major
war in 1991. Iraq had seized oil-rich Kuwait in 1990. President Bush led a United Nations effort to
fight Iraq and liberate Kuwait. It was called
Operation Desert Storm.