APUSH UNIT 9 1980-Present
KEY THEMES TO UNIT 9 Ronald Reagan Conservatism Devolution September 11th Internet Changing Federal Budget Great Recession of 2007
Key Terms for Unit 9 Election of 1980 Conservatives and Liberals Technological Innovations End of the Cold War U.S. Military World Trade Center and Pentagon (9/11) Afghanistan and Iraq Middle East
Reagan’s ATTEMPTED Assassination 3/30/1981
Changes in govt spending (1960 –80) Federal budget went from primarily national defense to entitlement programs Reagan wants fiscal discipline and leaner federal government: end entitlement growth and spending “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.”
Trickle-Down Theory in Reality
Bringing Democracy to Nicaragua
U.S. supported Contra Special Forces 1983
Reagan Admits Staff Traded Arms for Hostages with Iran and Funneled Profits to the Contras 1987
Student Protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989, Demanding Greater Freedom of Speech and Democracy
Tank Man Blocks the Path
Bill Clinton and Al Gore
Deficits into Surpluses 1992 - 2000
Percentage on Welfare, 1960–2000
NAFTA
Anti-WTO Protests in Seattle, Washington 1999
The impeachment trial began in January 1999.
George W. Reversal of Clinton’s policies $1.3 Trillion tax cut War On Terror
September 11th, 2001
Great Recession and Recovery
Contemporary American Issues