1. Jimmy Carter’s Presidency, 1977 - 1981
“Stagflation”
High unemployment
And
High inflation
Slow economic growth

2. OPEC – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
** 1973 – Arab-Israeli War

3. Jimmy Carter’s Presidency, 1977 - 1981
Camp David Accords (1978)
Iranian Revolution (1979) & Hostage Crisis
Soviet Union Invasion of Afghanistan, 1979-’89
“Mujahedeen”

4. The Conservative Movement
1940 – 1950’s political consensus …
[1] Erosion of people’s trust in the federal government …
[2] Rise of the “Moral Majority …

6. 1980 Presidential Election
Reagan
Carter

7. Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, 1981 - 1989
“Reaganomics” and the “Reagan Revolution”
“Star Wars” and Defense Spending
Iran Contra Affair

8. Side One: “What were the positives and negatives of Reaganomics?”
** Supply-side Economics
** If taxes were lower, businesses and consumers would have more $$$$ and spend & invest more in the economy, causing the economy to grow
Side One: “What were the positives and negatives of Reaganomics?”

9. Read pages 818 - 823 (1) Strategic Defense Initiative …
(2) Reagan & Gorbachev relationship …
(3) Fall of
Communism…
(4) Iran-Contra
Affair …

10. “Star Wars”
Why were defensive weapons systems in the world of international politics seen as a threat to the status quo?

11. Iran-Contra Affair

12. Ronald Reagan & His Presidency
Rise of Mikhail Gorbachev (1985-’91)
- Attempts to reform …
Perestroika
Glasnost
1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall

13. Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987

14. Times of Change
(1) End of “Eastern Block”
(2) Expansion of NATO

15. The actual “Charlie Wilson”
“Charlie Wilson’s War” (2007)
** Depicts United States efforts to assist Afghan “mujahedeen” fighters against the Soviets in the 1980’s.
** In 1989, the “mujahedeen” fighters win, motivating “global jihad.”
Soviet-Afghan War – 1979 to 1989
The actual “Charlie Wilson”

16. Persian Gulf War, Aug. 2, 1990 – Feb. 28, 1991
Purpose: (1) Push Iraq out of Kuwait
(2) Prevent an invasion of Saudi Arabia
** Impact upon “Mujahedeen”
Side Two: “Why did we not invade Baghdad?”

17. 1992 Presidential Election
How did this election change the Republican Party?
Economic Downturn
“New Democrat”

18. Bill Clinton & His Presidency
“Tech stocks & rise of the Internet”
NAFTA (agreed under George H. W. Bush), implemented under Clinton

19. Bill Clinton & His Presidency
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993

20. Bill Clinton & His Presidency
Health care effort dies
Sex scandals
Monica Lewinsky
Paula Jones
Impeachment