P.O.T.U.S.

        40.  Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989

    Republican
    VP - George Bush
    Major Items:

• Hostages returned
• Falkland Islands Crisis, 1982 (U. S. supports England)
• 1500 Marines sent to Beirut, 1983; withdrawn in 1984
• Grenada, October 1983
• Nicaragua, 1984
• Sandra Day O'Connor, first woman appointed to the Supreme Court
• "Supply-side economics"
• Iran-Contra Hearings, Summer 1987 (Oliver North)

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