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Koosh Review Camp David Accords Kent State Massacre Stagflation Counterculture John Wilkes Booth
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The Conservatives – then the END!!
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Time for a Change… Conservative Republicans / R_____ Wanted ___________ govt-Less regulations Traditional _________ Taxes to ___________ Affirmative Action… Liberals Democrats / L_____ Govt should be active in peoples _________ Social Programs More _____________ The Moral Majority – Religious and Political group fighting to get __________ back in school, overturn ______________ 1980 Election – Reagan v Carter – did it work?
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Trickle Down Economics Reganomics 1. Budget Cuts Mainly ___________ programs Deregulation 2. Tax Cuts Lower taxes = __________ = __________ Would create Supply-side economics 3. Increased ___________ Star Wars Program Strategic Defense Initiative
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Reagan & Bush cont… Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor ______ 1 st Woman – appointed other conservatives Savings and Loan Crisis – 84 Election – Reagan v Mondale what’s special? 88 Election – Bush wins – “Read my lips no new taxes!” but…
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Domestic Problems in the 80’s AIDS / Abortion / Drug Use Civil Rights L. Douglas Walker – first AA _____ Jesse Jackson – first AA _____ Latinos appointed to ______ level
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Foreign Issues of the 1980’s Reagan – funded Mujahadeen in _______ Why did he want to help them? Again in Grenada, and El S_______ In Russia – Mikhail Gorbachev started Glasnost and perestroika – results… Berlin Wall – Other communists nations fall then USSR -
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Foreign Issues Continued… Iran – Contra Affair : US sold weapons to get prisoners ________, then sent the money to ________ why is that bad? Troops sent to Panama to arrest Noriega – why? Tiananmen Square in ______ Students protesting what happened? Used _________ power to end Apartheid in South Africa – results…
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Persian Gulf War August 2 nd 1990 – Iraq invaded _______ We get UN support and send _________ Called Operation Desert Storm 25,000 Iraqis killed _____ American’s UN wouldn’t allow what?
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What events mark and have a lasting effect on the Presidencies of William Jefferson Clinton and George W Bush?
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The Clinton Presidency – The good stuff! William Jefferson Clinton Gov of _________ Called himself a “New _________” 92 Election – Clinton v Bush v Perot (who?) Presidency Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – gives what? Wanted to reform Healthcare – but… 93 passed the _______ Bill limited guns NAFTA – allowed for trade where?
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Now the bad stuff… 93 – Al Qaeda exploded a bomb _______ 95 – With help from UN we bomb ______ 95 – Oklahoma City – bomb blew up ____ 99 – Columbine – Two students killed ___ Newt Gingrich – Congressman from GA Issued the Contract with ________ said: Balance the Budget, Reform _________, tax cuts, make government ________, and term limits Results : Republican’s take control of Congress
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More Bad stuff… Scandals Sexual Harassment suits Whitewater Real Estate Originally Clinton cleared but a 2 nd investigation lead by Ken _________ recommended _________ Results : Clinton acquitted but what do people remember about the trial?
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“W” How he got to the Presidency 2000 Election – Bush v Gore v Nader Candidates very similar – Election VERY ____ Florida so close it had a _______ which said the winner was _______ Gore sues and the Supreme Court says -
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“W” Once he is there… 01 – Cut taxes by 1.3 trillion 9/11/01 – 1 st time since 12/7/__ that the US was attacked! Two planes went into the WTT, another the Pentagon, another ______ Results : US goes after Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan and the ________ We get many of the leaders but not _______
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9/11/01 cont… We create the following Patriot Act : Department of Homeland Security : The we go after ______ Results of that? But not without problems…
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Why do we do all this? Because in 2002 congress – Passed _____________ So now you better study hard!!
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