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//What caused it?// //Why is it important?// //How did it help shape the US?//
 * Soviets Invasion of Afghanistan (1978) - Tirthna**
 * Soviet support in the new Afghan government
 * Soviet-style reforms were not received well by a population that was deeply influenced by Islamic culture
 * Virtual civil war
 * Beginning of first battles and Soviet occupation in Afghanistan
 * Presence of troops did not have the desired effects that the Soviets wanted in order to pacify the country
 * Some fighting between the Afghan government and other nations was supported by the United States
 * Weapons for the invasion made available by the US



//What caused it?// //Why is it important?// //How did it help shape the US?//
 * Three Mile Island accident (March 28, 1979) - Tirthna**
 * Cooling malfunction causing part of the core to melt in the TMI-2 reactor (whatever that means)
 * The TMI-2 reactor got destroyed
 * Science happened
 * Oh also some radioactive gas was released
 * 140,000 people had to be evacuated from the area
 * Less than 50% of the American public was satisfied with how the crisis was handled
 * Turning point in the international development in nuclear power
 * More opposition to nuclear plants
 * Stricter federal requirements for nuclear plants
 * Inspiration for Charles Perrow's Normal Accident Theory



//Why is she important?// //Why is she significant to US history?//
 * Sandra Day O'Connor - Tirthna**
 * American jurist, first female member of the US Supreme Court
 * Appointed by Reagan in 1981
 * Received criticism by Conservatives
 * Worked on cases involving minorities (voted against the litigant in all but 2 of the 42 cases)
 * Criticized Roe v Wade
 * May I repeat that she was the first woman to be a member of the Supreme Court



//Why is he important?// //Why is he significant to US history?//
 * Mikhail Gorbachev - Tirthna**
 * Head of State of the Soviet Union
 * Won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990
 * Attempts to reform with Reagan and his reorientation of Soviet strategic aims contributed to the ending of the Cold War
 * Actions led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union
 * Had it not been for his policies, thawing of the relations between the US and the USSR may not have occurred
 * Eased nuclear tensions worldwide

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