QOTD 4/18 “Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”

Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama

The Conservative Tide New Right Conservative Coalition Moral Majority Focused on social issues Roe v. Wade Conservative Coalition Business leaders, middle-class, Southern Dems, fundamentalist Christians Moral Majority Conservative religious organization that pushed social agenda

Reaganomics Reaganomics Budget Cuts Tax Cuts Increase defense spending Mostly social programs Tax Cuts Supply-side economics (Less taxes gives people more money which spurs economy) Mostly for wealthiest Americans (job creators, “trickle down”) Increase defense spending Doubled National debt doubles by 1984

Iran Contra Scandal 1986 Americans learn Reagan had authorized sale of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages Many officials later pardoned

Social Issues AIDS Epidemic Many falsely attributed to homosexuals causing fear America becoming more diverse Surge of gay rights activism in late 80’s and 90’s Cold War Ends 1992

New Democrats More “conservative liberals” Reforms welfare Balances the federal budget NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Free trade between U.S., Mexico, and Canada Cheaper goods, but transfer of jobs Can’t have both

Impeachment Lied under oath about having an inappropriate relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky Impeached in 1998 Acquitted by the Senate

2000 Election Florida forced to recount votes Goes to Supreme Court who stops recount in Bush v. Gore handing election to Bush; loses popular vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEB9 hWYMpA0

9/11 How The Day Unfolded Nearly 3,000 killed War against Afghanistan begins October 2001 War against Iraq begins 2003

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