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Reagan re-elected
In the presidential election of 1984, incumbent Republican Ronald Reagan defeated Democratic challenger Walter Mondale with a record 525 electoral votes to Mondale’s 13.
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Reagan Recession
Following the passage of the 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act, the United States experienced what came to be known as the Reagan Recession—worse than the economic crisis of the Carter years and in fact the worst recession since the Great Depression. Unemployment peaked at nine million and 17,000 businesses failed. The economy began to recover in 1983.
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Reagan urged removal of Berlin Wall
At a speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall, Ronald Reagan called on the Soviet Union to open the Eastern Bloc: “Mr. Gobachev, tear down this wall!”
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Reagan’s Supreme Court nominee rejected
The US Senate voted down Ronald Reagan’s nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court as Senate Democrats considered Bork far too conservative on social issues.
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Reagan’s “Morning in America”
Reagan’s presidential re-election campaign introduced its “Morning in America” theme, promoting an image of America as hopeful and moving toward a better future. One of the campaign’s advertisements asserted, “It’s morning again in America, and under the leadership of President Reagan, our country is prouder and stronger and better. Why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years ago?”
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Rehnquist became chief justice
Nominated by President Reagan to replace Warren Burger, William Rehnquist became cChief justice of the Supreme Court.
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Ronald Reagan elected president
Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter for the presidency. Reagan’s campaign was aided by the poor economy and Carter’s failure to successfully put an end to the Iranian hostage crisis.
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Space shuttle Challenger disaster
NASA’s space shuttle Challenger exploded just after lift-off, killing all seven crew members aboard, including Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from New Hampshire.
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Supreme Court ruling against sexual discrimination
In Hishon v. King and Spalding, the Supreme Court ruled that law firms could not sexually discriminate when promoting lawyers to partnership positions.
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Supreme Court ruling on sexual harrassment
In Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, the Supreme Court ruled that “‘hostile environment’ sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination.”