1. APUSH UNIT 9
1980-Present

2. KEY THEMES TO UNIT 9 Ronald Reagan Conservatism Devolution
September 11th
Internet
Changing Federal Budget
Great Recession of 2007

3. 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

4. Reagan’s ATTEMPTED Assassination 3/30/1981

5. 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.”

7. Trickle-Down Theory in Reality

8. Bringing Democracy to Nicaragua

9. U.S. supported Contra Special Forces 1983

10. Reagan Admits Staff Traded Arms for Hostages with Iran and Funneled Profits to the Contras 1987

12. Student Protesters in Tiananmen Square 1989, Demanding Greater Freedom of Speech and Democracy

13. Tank Man Blocks the Path

14. Bill Clinton and Al Gore

15. Deficits into Surpluses 1992 - 2000

16. Percentage on Welfare, 1960–2000

17. NAFTA

18. Anti-WTO Protests in Seattle, Washington 1999

19. The impeachment trial began in January 1999.

20. George W. Reversal of Clinton’s policies $1.3 Trillion tax cut
War On Terror

21. September 11th, 2001

22. Great Recession and Recovery

23. Contemporary American Issues