ford, carter, reagan

• presidential retreat in maryland created by carter
• brought egypt and israel together for a peace treaty

stepped in when Shah was forced to leave

islamic leader of iran who was supported by the US but not by the iranians

• leader of egypt
• part of camp david accords

• americans were taken hostage at US embassy in iran
• release in 1981 when reagan became president
• *carter failed at a rescue attempt

• prime minister of israel who signed the camp david accords
• *made peace treaty with egypt

• no national level experience
• wanted to restore people's faith in the gov't

last communist leader of the soviet union

cut taxes, reduce gov't deficits, reduce inflation, balance budget and rebuild american defenses

economy is best stimulated by increase in the supply of goods rather than an increase in the demand for goods

• cutting taxes created a budget deficit
• felt he would never get congress to balance the budget
• **led to most unbalance budget in history

assissted guerilla groups who were fighting against communism or pro soviet groups

anti communist group that reagan sent aid to help fight the sandinistas secretly through CIA

group of rebels that overthrow a pro americans government in nicaragua

• policy to end cold war
• more freedom of religion and speech

• policy to end cold war
• political and economic restructuring of the soviet union

• 1st treaty to call for the destruction of nuclear weapons
• **beginning of end of cold war

• aka SALT II
• wanted to reduce the number of missiles that both sides had

• "Star wars"
• defense shield thta would intercept and destory nuclear missiles

• belief that as long as both sides could destroy each other with nuclear weapons, they wouldnt use them
• *reagan didnt believe in it

1st woman nominated to supreme court

• reagan won against walter mondale
• he focused on the economy and didnt argue over the issues