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Koosh Review
Camp David Accords Kent State Massacre Stagflation Counterculture John Wilkes Booth
The Conservatives – then the END!!
Time for a Change…
Conservative Republicans / R_____ Wanted ___________
govt-Less regulations Traditional _________
Taxes to ___________ Affirmative Action…
Liberals Democrats / L_____ Govt should be active
in peoples _________ Social Programs
More _____________
•The Moral Majority – Religious and Political group fighting to get __________ back in school, overturn ______________
•1980 Election – Reagan v Carter – did it work?
Trickle Down Economics Reganomics
1. Budget Cuts Mainly ___________
programs Deregulation
2. Tax Cuts Lower taxes = __________
= __________ Would create Supply-side
economics3. Increased ___________
Star Wars Program Strategic Defense
Initiative
Reagan & Bush cont…
Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor ______1st Woman – appointed other conservativesSavings and Loan Crisis –
84 Election – Reagan v Mondale what’s special?
88 Election – Bush wins – “Read my lips no new taxes!” but…
Domestic Problems in the 80’s
AIDS / Abortion / Drug Use Civil Rights
L. Douglas Walker – first AA _____Jesse Jackson – first AA _____Latinos appointed to ______ level
Foreign Issues of the 1980’s
Reagan – funded Mujahadeen in _______ Why did he want to help them?Again in Grenada, and El S_______
In Russia – Mikhail Gorbachev startedGlasnost and perestroika – results…Berlin Wall – Other communists nations fall then USSR -
Foreign Issues Continued… Iran – Contra Affair : US sold weapons to get
prisoners ________, then sent the money to ________ why is that bad?
Troops sent to Panama to arrest Noriega – why? Tiananmen Square in ______
Students protesting what happened? Used _________ power to end Apartheid in
South Africa – results…
Persian Gulf War
August 2nd 1990 – Iraq invaded _______We get UN support and send _________Called Operation Desert Storm
25,000 Iraqis killed _____ American’s UN wouldn’t allow what?
What events mark What events mark and have a lasting and have a lasting
effect on the effect on the Presidencies of Presidencies of
William Jefferson William Jefferson Clinton and George Clinton and George
W Bush? W Bush?
The Clinton Presidency – The good stuff!
William Jefferson ClintonGov of _________Called himself a “New _________”92 Election – Clinton v Bush v Perot (who?)
PresidencyFamily Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – gives what?Wanted to reform Healthcare – but…93 passed the _______ Bill limited guns NAFTA – allowed for trade where?
Now the bad stuff…
93 – Al Qaeda exploded a bomb _______ 95 – With help from UN we bomb ______ 95 – Oklahoma City – bomb blew up ____ 99 – Columbine – Two students killed ___ Newt Gingrich – Congressman from GA
Issued the Contract with ________ said: Balance the Budget, Reform _________ , tax cuts,
make government ________, and term limits Results : Republican’s take control of Congress
More Bad stuff…
ScandalsSexual Harassment suitsWhitewater Real Estate
Originally Clinton cleared but a 2nd investigation lead by Ken _________ recommended _________
Results : Clinton acquitted but what do people remember about the trial?
“W” How he got to the Presidency
2000 Election – Bush v Gore v NaderCandidates very similar – Election VERY
____Florida so close it had a _______ which said
the winner was _______Gore sues and the Supreme Court says -
“W” Once he is there…
01 – Cut taxes by 1.3 trillion 9/11/01 – 1st time since 12/7/__ that the
US was attacked!Two planes went into the WTT, another the
Pentagon, another ______Results : US goes after Osama bin Laden in
Afghanistan and the ________We get many of the leaders but not _______
9/11/01 cont…
We create the followingPatriot Act :Department of Homeland Security : The we go after ______Results of that? But not without problems…
Why do we do all this?
Because in 2002 congress – Passed _____________So now you better study hard!!