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Idea House: Clinton Administration Challenges Vertical Mergers

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from 1999 defining "vertical merger" which explains the difference between Clinton's treatment of such mergers as compared to George H.S. Bush and Ronald Reagan in their administrations.
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A&E Television

History.com: How Aids Activists Used "Die Ins" to Demand Attention to the Growing Epidemic

For Students 9th - 10th
As the AIDS crisis took hold in the 1980s, killing thousands of Americans and ravaging gay communities, the deadly epidemic went unaddressed by U.S. public health agencies -- and unacknowledged by President Ronald Reagan -- for years. In...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: October Is Learning Disabilities Month

For Teachers 9th - 10th
October was designated LD Month in 1985 through a proclamation by President Ronald Reagan. Each year the celebration is used to educate the public about learning disabilities.
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)

For Students 9th - 10th
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) was the United States response to possible nuclear attacks set up to develop an advanced anti-ballistic missile system to enable the United States to prevent missile attacks from the USSR and other...
Article
Siteseen

Siteseen: American Historama: Glasnost

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the policy of Glasnost that was used by Mikhail Gorbachev to bring reforms to the Soviet Union.