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1 Koosh Review Camp David Accords Kent State Massacre Stagflation Counterculture John Wilkes Booth

2 The Conservatives – then the END!!

3 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?

4 Trickle Down Economics Reganomics 1. Budget Cuts  Mainly ___________ programs  Deregulation 2. Tax Cuts  Lower taxes = __________ = __________  Would create Supply-side economics 3. Increased ___________  Star Wars Program  Strategic Defense Initiative

5 Reagan & Bush cont… Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor ______  1 st Woman – appointed other conservatives  Savings and Loan Crisis – 84 Election – Reagan v Mondale what’s special? 88 Election – Bush wins – “Read my lips no new taxes!” but…

6 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

7 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 started  Glasnost and perestroika – results…  Berlin Wall –  Other communists nations fall then USSR -

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9 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…

10 Persian Gulf War August 2 nd 1990 – Iraq invaded _______  We get UN support and send _________  Called Operation Desert Storm 25,000 Iraqis killed _____ American’s UN wouldn’t allow what?

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12 What events mark and have a lasting effect on the Presidencies of William Jefferson Clinton and George W Bush?

13 The Clinton Presidency – The good stuff! William Jefferson Clinton  Gov of _________  Called himself a “New _________”  92 Election – Clinton v Bush v Perot (who?) Presidency  Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – gives what?  Wanted to reform Healthcare – but…  93 passed the _______ Bill limited guns  NAFTA – allowed for trade where?

14 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

15 More Bad stuff… Scandals  Sexual Harassment suits  Whitewater Real Estate Originally Clinton cleared but a 2 nd investigation lead by Ken _________ recommended _________ Results : Clinton acquitted but what do people remember about the trial?

16 “W” How he got to the Presidency 2000 Election – Bush v Gore v Nader  Candidates very similar – Election VERY ____  Florida so close it had a _______ which said the winner was _______  Gore sues and the Supreme Court says -

17 “W” Once he is there… 01 – Cut taxes by 1.3 trillion 9/11/01 – 1 st 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 _______

18 9/11/01 cont… We create the following  Patriot Act :  Department of Homeland Security :  The we go after ______  Results of that? But not without problems…

19 Why do we do all this? Because in 2002 congress – Passed _____________  So now you better study hard!!


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