1. – Carter ran for president as an outsider. 1

2. Carter Administration Human rights central to foreign policy Panama Canal in 2000 The Iran Crisis – The Iranian revolution Ayatollah Komeini creates an Islamic Republic 1979 U.S. Embassy Hostage Crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-Wu1jYY9U 2

3. Participation #5 Answer the following question: Analyze the success of Regan’s administration in both domestic and foreign policy. Explain why he left office popular with the public, despite leaving behind him an enormous national debt. 3

4. Freedom Reagan made conservatism seem progressive. Reaganomics – Reagan’s tax cuts Reagan and Labor The Problem of Inequality Map 26.1 The Presidential Election of 1980 4

5. A family of affluent “yuppies” Young Urban Professional 5

6. The Second Gilded Age Savings and Loan scandal – During Reagan’s presidency, the national debt tripled to $2.7 trillion. Conservatives and Reagan – Reagan disappointed conservative Reagan and the Cold War – In foreign policy Reagan denounced the Soviet Union as an “evil empire” and sponsored the largest military buildup in American history. 6

7. Hollywood joined enthusiastically in the revived Cold War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_I4WgBfETchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_I4WgBfETc 7

8. Map 26.2 The United States in the Caribbean and Central America, 1954–2004 8

9. The Iran-Contra Affair – Reagan denied knowledge of the illegal proceedings, but the Iran-Contra affair undermined confidence that he controlled his own administration. Reagan and Gorbachev – In his second term, Reagan softened his anticommunist rhetoric and established good relations with Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev. Glasnost and perestroika 9

10. Reagan’s Legacy – Reagan’s presidency revealed the contradictions at the heart of modern conservatism. – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4BvgTKQIE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz4BvgTKQIE The Election of 1988 – The 1988 election showed politics sinking to new lows. 10