We took notes.
Jimmy Carter
Iran Hostage crisis
- Islamic revolution
- Ayatollah Khomeini became the leader
- strict government
- Us and Iran
- November 4th
- Iran took Americans hostage for 444 days
- 52 Americans hostage
- Attempted to rescue them- failed
- After "The Shaw"
- Iraq invaded Iran
Accomplishments
- boycotted summer Olympic games
- invasion of Afghanistan
- Energy crisis- where the gas was short
Ronald Reagan
- 40th president
- Radio broadcaster in Iowa, Actor, Governor of California
Elections
- 1980 election between Carter and Reagan
- Blow out
- 1984 election between Mondale and Reagan
Assassination Attempt
- John Hinckly Jr tried to kill him
- He was hardly in his presidency
- Was obsessed with Jody Foster
- John loved this movie, and was obsessed
- He was obsessed with Jody He thought he loved him
- He had to try to impress her, so he tried to kill the President of the United States
- John=crazy.
How did the Cold war end?
- Reagan supported anti-communist movement world wide
- Star Wars- Missile defense system
- Upsetting DeTant
- Reagan and Gorbachev- ended the cold war
- Met several times to talk things out.
Reasons
- We has close ties with our Allies and the USSR didn't
- China started sliding with us after 1972
- The Soviet economy was in shambles where as the US's was flourishing
- The strong anti-commnist presidency of Reagan
- Gorbachev's willingness for changing and reform
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