39th President of the US who ran as the "people's president" and established

a foreign policy based on the defense of human rights

Shah of Iran who was forced to flee his country and later sought cancer

treatment in the US, leading to the Iranian Hostage Crisis

fanatical Islamic extremist who took power when violence drove the existing

shah from power in 1979

US president who implemented sweeping domestic reforms with supply-side

economic policies and deregulation while renewing the Cold War

first female Supreme Court justice

last leader of the Soviet Union; implemented glasnost and perestroika

US president whose term was dominated by foreign events such as the First

Gulf War, collapse of the Berlin Wall, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union

Iraqi dictator who invaded Kuwait, leading to the First Persian Gulf War

cornerstone of President Jimmy Carter's foreign policy

an official pardon that can be granted to people who have been convicted of

political offenses

nickname for the Strategic Defense Initiative

economic approach aimed at lowering inflation and reducing unemployment

through implementing tax cuts and deregulation

peace agreement b/t Egypt and Israel, negotiated by President Carter, in which

Egypt agreed to recognize Israel as a nation in return for the Sinai Peninsula

agreement between the US and Soviet Union that eliminated nuclear and

conventional ground-launched missiles with intermediate ranges

proposed space-based defense shield intended to protect the US from nuclear

attack

diplomatic crisis that took place when a group of Iranian students took over

the US Embassy in Tehran & captured 53 Americans

political scandal in which senior officials sold arms to a terrorist country in

return for the release of U.S. hostages & to fund insurgents in Nicaragua

war waged by a US-led coalition against Iraq in response to their invasion

and annexation of Kuwait

defensive operation employed during the First Gulf War in which allied

forces were deployed in Saudi Arabia to prevent further Iraqi aggression

offensive operation employed during the First Gulf War in which massive

military assaults were waged on Iraqi military targets to liberate Kuwait