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Camardella, Michele L. America in the 1980s (2005) For students in middle school. Collins, Robert M. Transforming America: Politics and Culture During the Reagan Years, (Columbia University Press; 320 pages; 2007). Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig, eds. American environmentalism: The US environmental movement, 1970–1990 (2014) Ehrman, John.
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
The 1980 United States presidential election in Texas took place on November 4, 1980. All 50 states, and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1980 United States presidential election . Texas voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president of the United States.
The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
February 2–3 – The New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot takes place; 33 inmates are killed and more than 100 inmates injured. February 2 – Abscam: FBI personnel target members of the Congress of the United States in a sting operation. [1] February 13 – The XIII Winter Olympics open in Lake Placid, New York. [2]
The book helps the Arizona Senator reignite the conservative movement which rallies behind the charismatic Arizona Senator. [69] Fall: Frank S. Meyer's article, "Freedom, Tradition, Conservatism", is published in Modern Age, argues that traditional conservatism and libertarianism share a common philosophical heritage.
Cruz grew up in Texas -- but he was born in Calgary. The Constitution states that in order to run for president one must be 35 years old, have lived in the United States for fourteen years, and be ...
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