1. (In brief topics that may seem random )

2.  Also called Reaganomics!  Tax cuts and reduced government spending should increase private investment  Trickle-down economics  Impact  Left money in the hands of investors  BUT:  Created huge deficits

3.  Recession and Recovery  1982- recession  Banks failed  Unemployment went up  But!  Inflation finally went out of the double digits!  1983- recession over  Long recovery road

4.  Sandra Day O’Connor  1 st woman on the Supreme Court  William Rehnquist  Scaled back affirmative action  Limited Roe v. Wade  Minors must notify parents of potential impending abortion.

5.  Sell Iran’s government arms  Give money to the contras in Nicagura

6.  China 1989  Prodemocracy  Crushing of protestors (literally)

7.  Berlin Wall falls  Eastern Europe no longer all Commies  Oct 1990  East and West Germany Reunited!  OTHER:  Balkans

8.  The First Gulf War  Operation Desert Shield  Operation Desert Storm

9.  START I  Strategic arms reduction treaty  NAFTA  North American Free Trade Agreement

10.  1998  Impeached by the House  Acquitted by the Senate