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| Affirmative action means taking steps to increase the number of women and minorities in school/business |
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| acial policy in South Africa that assigned people to initially 3 racial groups, Black, White, & Mixed race |
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| Born on May 17, 1900 in the Iranian town of Khomein, Mr. Khomeini was elevated to the status of Ayatollah in the 1950s |
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| The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar El Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem on September 17, 1978. |
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| The US presidential election of 1976 followed the resignation of President Richard Nixon in the wake of the Watergate scandal. |
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| First proposed in 1923, it is not part of the US Constitution.When 3 more states vote yes, ERA might become the 28th Amendment. |
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| ederal-assistance program that provides help in purchasing food to low- and no-income people and families living in the U.S |
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| he Helsinki accord is an agreement between Soviet bloc and the West for economic, commercial, and scientific cooperation. |
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| The Iran/Contra affair was a 1980's political scandal in which the NSC sold weapons to Iran and gave to proceeds to the Contras. |
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| The Iranian Hostage Crisis began on November 4, 1979; the hostages were not released until 1981, 444 days after they were taken |
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| Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the US, serving from 1977 - 1981 |
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| Wrote a book about Watergate |
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| The sunbelt states comprise the 37th - 38th parallels.Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas |
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| place in US where there was a nuclear reactor leak |
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| Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 is the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in schools |
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| Nixon had to turn over the tapes |
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| Watergate" is a general term used to describe a complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974 involving Nixon |
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| The Yom Kippur War started with a surprise Arab attack on Israel on Saturday 6th October 1973 |
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| the space shuttle Challenger exploded |
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| The Democratic ticket for the 1980 presidential election was Jimmy Carter for president and Walter Mondale for vice president |
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| Reverand Jesse Jackson was the first serious Black candidate for President. Traditional role of the Democratic and Republican party were reversed, Dems attacking the Republicans for budget deficits, Dems calling for more tariff protection |
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| George H. W. Bush was elected to be President of United States in 1988 |
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| Soviet policy permitting open discussion of political and social issues and freer dissemination of news and information. |
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| developed by Bill Gates in 1975. |
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| The first conflict in the Persian Gulf involving the United States and Iraq was part of an multi-national United Nations force to push Iraqi armed forces out of the oil-rich country of Kuwait in 1991 |
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| Ronald Reagan was the United States 40th president. He was president when the Berlin wall was torn down |
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