The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary Essential question #4: To what extent did government intervention internationally, socially, technologically, economically, and politically (ISTEP) influence the American way of life from the 1980’s to the recent past?

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” 8 Questions Although this happens to a large percentage of Americans, Reagan is the only president who has done this, prior to President Trump.

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Status of the United States, 1980 Inflation at 15%, unemployment at 9% Continuing “energy crisis “ Iranian hostages still being held Soviet Union occupying Afghanistan

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” “Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.” - Ronald Reagan

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary Essential question #4: To what extent did government intervention internationally, socially, technologically, economically, and politically (ISTEP) influence the American way of life from the 1980’s to the recent past?

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reagonomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Supply side economics: The belief that economic growth can be most effectively created by lowering barriers for people to produce (supply) goods and services. Government encourages producers by lowering taxes and putting less regulations on business.

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Federal budget actions under Reagan: 25% tax cut over 3 years Higher pay for the military Reduced social welfare spending

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary Essential question #4: To what extent did government intervention internationally, socially, technologically, economically, and politically (ISTEP) influence the American way of life from the 1980’s to the recent past?

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” 8 Questions Although this happens to a large percentage of Americans, Reagan is the only president who has done this rior to President Trump.

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Moral Majority agenda: Restriction or elimination of abortion Insertion of school prayer and religious groups in public schools 3. anti-gay policy (economic rights, AIDS as a moral problem) 4. Less government spending especially in social programs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” "One problem that we've had, even in the best of times, is people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless who are homeless, you might say, by choice." – R. Reagan

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary Essential question #4: To what extent did government intervention internationally, socially, technologically, economically, and politically (ISTEP) influence the American way of life from the 1980’s to the recent past?

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” “Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.” - Ronald Reagan

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” “The Soviet Union is an Evil Empire, and Soviet communism is the focus of evil in the modern world.” - R. Reagan

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution”

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs “In spite of the wildly speculative and false stories of arms for hostages and alleged ransom payments, we did not, repeat, did not, trade weapons or anything else for hostages. Nor will we.” R. Reagan, November, 1986

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs “A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not . . .This runs counter to my own beliefs, to administration policy, and to the original strategy we had in mind.“ - R. Reagan, March, 1987

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” IV. Foreign Affairs

The ‘80’s: the “Reagan Revolution” Outline Reagan and the 1980 Election Reaganomics Domestic Agenda Foreign Affairs Summary Essential question #4: To what extent did government intervention internationally, socially, technologically, economically, and politically (ISTEP) influence the American way of life from the 1980’s to the recent past?

fight the power https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZX71jgSV8E Sorta Reagan clip 2:36 – 13:14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dBkAvxPsJ8 Drug store drivin

When summer rolls around Well he don't like resistance I know He told me one night on his big TV show He's got him a medal he won in the war Weighs five hundred pounds and sleeps on his floor He's a drug store truck drivin man He's the head of the Ku Klux Klan When summer rolls around He'll be lucky if he's not in town He's been like a father to me He's the only DJ you can hear after three I'm an all night musician in a rock 'n' roll band And why he don't like me, I can't understand