Remember Reagan Remember Reagan The 1980 US presidential campaign pitted Republican Ronald Reagan against Democrat Jimmy Carter. Why do you think Reagan beat Carter? Reagan inherited an economy that was in bad shape. The prime lending rate was like 15%‚ credit cards were 15-25%‚ there was gas rationing and soaring inflation that was 20%. He had an economic plan that was about cutting government size‚ taxes and building the US military back up. People got fed up with Carter and the government
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The shah‚ however‚ was widely unpopular in Iran‚ and America’s support fueled anti-American sentiments in Iran. These sentiments boiled over during the Iranian Revolution in 1979‚ and when the shah received cancer treatment in the U.S.‚ it prompted the storming of the U.S. embassy in Tehran and the capture of 53 Americans. Dubbed the Iranian Hostage Crisis‚ the captured Americans were not released until Reagan’s inauguration‚ 444 days later. Carter’s inability to free the Americans resulted in him
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Israel wanted the war with Iraq and Iran to continue so it would weaken them because they were both their enemies (Torr 75). Iran also had an influence in Lebanon where the American hostages were held. The U.S. also wanted to bribe Iran who was at war with Iraq to pressure Lebanese radicles to release American hostages (Craughwell
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent‚ intergovernmental Organization‚ created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14‚ 1960‚ by Iran‚ Iraq‚ Kuwait‚ Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. The five Founding Members were later joined by nine other Members: Qatar (1961); Indonesia (1962) – suspended its membership from January 2009; Libya (1962); United Arab Emirates (1967); Algeria (1969); Nigeria (1971); Ecuador (1973) – suspended its membership from December 1992-October
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Celiessa Pangan Period 2 11 - 14 - 14 I chose James Carter Jr. as my President because he is democratic and I like how the way that democrats treats the public people. James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and also in his term of presidency he created the Department of Education and Department of Energy that is really important because education helps people to be successful
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Pahlavi dynasty brought remarkable changes to the country. The revolution did not spare the tourism industry. Like many others‚ tourism declined to a comatose state during the 1970’s‚ whilst the Islamic rule replaced the westernized atmosphere. Hostage crisis‚ the lengthy Iran/Iraq war and poor diplomatic relations with the western countries affected tourism severely. No one could deny the huge economical loss that Iran has suffered despite its many opportunities. Iran boasts a diversity of climate
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Alicia Evans March 10‚ 2013 Review on Argo Mrs. Bornac MWF When the movie Argo began to play I thought to myself this movie may not have my interest. The Iran’s were very aggressive toward the Americans because they felt as if we were trying to harm them. I did not understand the language they were speaking. However‚ the film should have made the CC pop up at the bottom of the screen so we could at least read their conversations. When the Americans began to burn all of the files they had I started
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president with a man who took orders directly from Moscow. Following the invasion‚ America began supporting tactful efforts to attain a withdrawal of the Soviet Union. Additionally‚ Jimmy Carter throughout the 1970s had been continuously supporting the Iranian Shah’s regime‚ which by 1977 had accumulated negative publicity and received much opposition from liberal organizations. The 1979 Revolution‚ which replaced the pro-American Shah with the anti-American shah Ayatollah Khomeini‚ bewildered the American
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with Ben Affleck as a director and George Clooney as a producer. It’s a thriller (120min) full of surprises and unexpected events‚ so I would rate it 10/10 for the story. This thriller is about hostage extraction from Teheran in 1979 and it’s based on a true story about a fake movie. During the Iranian diplomatic crisis‚ the CIA rescued six US diplomats by passing them off as members of a Canadian film crew who were scouting locations for a nonexistent sci-fi film. It tells the true story of some
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President Richard Nixon was a man of many accomplishments who tarnished his reputation with a slip up. President Nixon was a conservative as he cared for the environment and the proof was with him passing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Endangered Species Act. EPA was founded to protect the environment from man made hazards such as oil spills and pollutions. The ESA was founded to protect certain animals and species that were low in numbers and had a possibility of being wiped out completely
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