1. Period 9 Presidents

2. Issues of the 1980s Middle East violence
Vestiges of the Cold War / spread of Communism
Domestic social revolution versus fundamentalism
Domestic high interest rates
Globalization

3. Growth of the ‘New Right’
Originated in 1970s
Rise of fundamentalist Christianity
Growing public distrust in government
Belief that social programs did more harm than good
Moral decay? Misguided foreign policy?
Growing populations in south and west

4. President Jimmy Carter
1977 – 1981
Democratic peanut farmer from Georgia
Reaction to corruption under Nixon (and by association Ford)

5. Carter on Foreign Policy
Camp David Accords (1977)
Iran Hostage Crisis (1979 – 80)
Panama Canal Treaty (1977)

6. Ronald Reagan 1981 – 1989 ‘A New Morning in America’
Perhaps response to radical 1960s
Brought together three groups – corporate backers, neoconservaties, and the ‘new right’
Advocated against social programs of Johnson’s Great Society
Republican – fiscal conservatism and stern on foreign policy

7. Reagan continued….
Added more debt to the US than all previous administrations combined.
Increased the Department of Defense’s arsenal

8. Reagan on Foreign Policy
Increased spending on military
Reagan Doctrine
Active support of anti-communist forces
Nicaragua (82), Grenada (83)
Fall of Soviet Union and collapse of communism
Berlin Wall torn down in 1989

9. George H.W. Bush 1989-1993 Continuation of many Reagan policies
Inherited struggling economy of as a byproduct of the deficit and Reagan’s deregulation of banks
Iraq War
Operation Desert Storm

10. Bill Clinton 1993-2001 Al Gore – VP ‘New Democrat’
Advocated socialized health care plan (ultimately failed)
‘Republican Revolution’ of 1994
Balanced budget
Scandals – Whitewater, Lewinsky

11. George W. Bush Election of 2000 September 11th, 2001 Iraq War
Deadlocked election - Florida
September 11th, 2001
Iraq War
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Subprime mortgages