Warm Up 5. What social issues does Run-D.M.C mention in their song, “Its Like That”? What might be the cause of those issues, why? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsTbMrUMDqU
Reagan: Foreign and Domestic
I. US Involvement in Nicaragua 1981: Reagan charged that Nicaragua was a Soviet outpost, Sent aid to Contras fighting the Sandinista government Congress banned military aid when CIA officials acted without approval of congress
II. End of the Cold War Reagans decision to expand defense spending pushed the economy of the Soviet Union to the brink of collapse INF Treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty) Arms-control treaty allowed both nations to conduct inspections of the other https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjWDrTXMgF8
III. Urban Crisis White flight continued through the 1970s and 1980s Poor people and racial minorities dealt with unemployment, deteriorating schools, and crumbling infrastructures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWKo8CLL3ks
Planet Rock: The Story of Hip Hop and the Crack Generation How did Reaganomics impact inner city communities? Why did young African Americans turn to selling drugs in the 1980s? Who did the media demonize when discussing the problem of crack cocaine in America?