1. Chapter 31: From the “Age of Limits” to the age of Reform
APUSH UNIT TWELVE
Chapter 31: From the “Age of Limits” to the age of Reform

2. Gerald Ford 38th President Pardons Nixon…
Appoints George H. W. Bush to reform CIA…

3. Election of 1976 Gerald Ford (R) “WIN” Jimmy Carter (D)
“A Leader, For A Change”

5. Jimmy Carter
39th President

6. Carter’s Foreign Policy
Human Rights…
Panama Canal…
Camp David Accords (1978)…

7. Iran Hostage Crisis Ayatollah Khomeini…
Nov American Embassy in Teheran…

8. Carter and the Cold War 1979 China…. SALT II (never ratified)…
1979 Soviets invade Afghanistan…

9. Carter’s Domestic Policy
Gas “crunch” continues… Inflation 13% Interest rates up to 20% Unemployment… Taxpayers unhappy… Federal Deficit…

10. Carter’s popularity….
“National Malaise” speech…

11. The Changing Face of America”

12. Rise of the Sunbelt

13. Rise of Conservatism Barry Goldwater… Nixon & Ford …
William F. Buckley Jr….
Milton Friedman…

14. Conservative Issues CA Proposition 13
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)

15. Moral Decay Televangelism “Moral Majority” Pat Robertson Oral Roberts
Jim Bakker
“Moral Majority”
Jerry Falwell

16. Election of 1980 Ronald Reagan
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?”
Jimmy Carter

19. Two Months Later…

20. Ronald Reagan – 40th President
Regan Revolution
Lower Taxes
Buildup Military
Conservative Courts
Reduce Government Spending

21. Reaganomics (Supply Side Economics)
Tax Reduction…
Spending Cuts…
Deregulation…
Opposite of Keynesian Economics
Critics charged “Trickle Down” Method (1920’s)

22. Recession and Recovery
Reaganomics…
Inflation rate falls to 4%
1983 Recovery
“Yuppies”…

23. Election of 1984

25. Reaganomic’s Critics: National Debt and Trade Deficits

26. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

27. “Star Wars”
Military Spending …
Unknown at the time…

29. Central America
Nicaragua…
Sandinistas
Contras
El Salvador…
Grenada…

30. Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Orlando 1983 – Declared Soviet Union “the evil empire”

31. 1986 Attack on Libyan dictator & terrorist Quadafi

32. Middle East Beirut, Lebanon 1983
PLO Yassir Arafat recognizes Israel’s right to exist…

33. “Mr. Gorbachev: Tear Down This Wall”

34. Mikhail Gorbachev 1985 Glasnost… Perestroika… INF Treaty
Pulls out of Afghanistan
He later becomes…

35. Iran – Contra Affair
“Ollie” North

36. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan

37. Election of 1988 George H.W. Bush (R) “Read my lips – no new taxes!”
Michael Dukakis (D)

39. George H.W. Bush – 41st President

40. 1989-Tiananmen Square - Beijing

41. Communism begins to Crumble
Lech Walesa – Solidarity - Poland

42. Nov. 9, 1989 Berlin Wall “Falls”

43. U.S.S.R. Dissolves
Baltic States began to break away from Soviet Union…
Failed Coup against Gorbachev…
Gorby resigns December 25, 1991
Boris Yeltsin forms Commonwealth of Independent States

44. Bush and Foreign Policy
December 1989 invasion of Panama
Manuel Noriega
“Rock n Roll” at the Vatican Embassy

45. Persian Gulf War Aug. 1990 Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait
Upsets the “New World Order”
Bush builds a coalition.

47. Jan. 1991 – Operation Desert Storm
“Stormin” Norman Schwarzkopf…
Colin Powell..

48. Bush’s Domestic Policies
The Good
Americans with Disabilities Act -1990
Education
“kinder, gentler, America”

49. The Bad The Ugly Tough fight for Clarence Thomas Recesssion
Savings & Loans…
Raised taxes

50. Election of 1992
George H.W. Bush (R)
Bill Clinton (D)

51. H. Ross Perot – Reform Party

53. Chapter 32: The Age of Globaization
APUSH UNIT TWELVE
Chapter 32: The Age of Globaization

54. Bill Clinton – 41st President
Early Setbacks
Universal Health Care-Hillary
Whitewater
Early Accomplishments
Family Medical Leave Act (1993)
“Motor Voter” Law
Deficit Reduction

55. NAFTA

56. Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Somalia 1993
Haiti 1994
Middle East
Asia

57. Contract With America
Republicans win both houses of Congress in 1994 first time since 1957
Newt Gingrich

58. Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh

59. Election of 1996

61. Clinton’s Second Term Good economy Internet develops Budget Battles
Scandals…

62. Clinton’s Scandals Blamed on a “vast right-wing conspiracy”
“Whitewater”
“Travelgate”
“Filegate”
Alleged sexual harassment cases while Governor of Arkansas

63. Monica Lewinsky

65. Impeached First time since 1868 Perjury, Obstruction of Justice
Republicans lose seats in fall elections and Gingrich resigns
Senate refuses to convict

66. Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Somalia 1993
Haiti 1994
Middle East
Asia

67. Balkan Genocide 1990’s Slobodan Milosevic dictator of Serbia…
U.S./NATO bombing of Bosnia and Kosovo

68. Election of 2000

71. Vote hinges on Florida
Democrats ask for a recount
“Hanging Chads”
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Closest election since 1876

73. George W. Bush – 42nd President
“Solid South” now firmly Republican…
2001 Tax Cuts…
2001 Recession…

74. September 11, 2001 al Qaeda hijacks 4 commercial jets
2 are crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in NYC one at 8:46am and one at 9:03am.
Both buildings collapse within 2 hours
2,974 people die in these attacks

76. Jet #3 crashes into the Pentagon at 9:37am
Jet #4 was headed for the U.S. capitol………………………………………………………………………………Shanksville, PA 10:03 am

77. Al Qaeda
Khalid Sheik Mohammed
Osama Bin Laden

78. Global War on Terror

79. Afghanistan: October 7, 2001- Present
U.S. led coalition …
“Bush Doctrine”…

81. Problems: Failed to capture Osama bin Laden….
Continued opium production…
Resurgence of Taliban activity in remote areas…
Obama has stated that more troops will be sent to Afghanistan

82. Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
“Enemy combatants” who have been captured during the War on Terrorism…
Allegations of human rights abuses…
President Obama…

83. Iraq: March 20, Present
U.S. led multinational force invades Iraq…
“Shock & Awe” tactics….

84. “Shock & Awe”

85. Saddam Hussein’s government is toppled quickly ….

86. Captured in Dec. 2003
Placed on trial by the govt. of Iraq for “crimes against humanity” – murder, torture, illegal arrests, etc.
Executed by hanging in Dec. 2006

89. Election of 2008

92. War On Terror? “Overseas Contingency Operation” “Enemy Combatants”
“Man Caused
Disasters”

93. Election of 2012

95. Science & Technology – New Economy

96. A Changing Society

97. Globalization