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Section 1
Reagan’s Conservative Goals -Reagan easily defeated Carter in 1980 -4 goals as president: -Lower taxes -Supply-side economics (Trickle down economics) -Deregulation -Ease restrictions on industries -Fewer government programs -Appoint conservative judges -Sandra Day O’Connor -By 1983, inflation and unemployment down -Economy going up -Problem: Increased national debt
Reagan and Communism -Reagan increased the size of military -$2,000,000,000,000 -Took a tough stance against communism -“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” -Missile defense system (Star Wars program) -Reagan aided El Salvador and Nicaraguan anti-communist rebels -Contras -Iran-Contra Affair -We sold weapons to Iran in exchange for some American hostages in the Middle East (not in Iran) -Money from sales went to Contras -Illegal -Reagan claimed he did not know
George HW Bush -Bush was Reagan’s VP for 8 years -Was Ambassador to UN -Was Director of CIA -During WWII, youngest Navy pilot -Shot down, survived -1989àMany eastern European countries ended their Communist govts -1991àBoris Yelstin becomes leader of Russia -End of Cold War -Persian Gulf War -In 1990, Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait -US and UN demand Iraq leave -Saddam refuses -January 1991, US begins air war -February 1991àGround troops invade Iraq -Lasted about 6 weeks -First use of Stealth fighter -First major use of Patriot missiles -HUGE SUCCESS for US (and Bush) -Bush loses reelection in 1992 to Bill Clinton -Ross Perot leads 3rd party run
Events of the 1980s -1981 -Regan fires all air traffic controllers who went on strike -MTV first appears -Reagan shot by John Hinckley, Jr. after giving a speech in DC (3/30) -Pope shot but survives -First woman appointed to Supreme Court -1982 -Vietnam War Memorial is built (opens in 1984) -First artificial heart transplant -Ozzy Osborne bites off head of live bat at concert -Cardinals win World Series -E.T. phones home -Tylenol tamper scare/murders -1983 -USSR shoots down Korean Airliner -US invades Grenada -US embassy in Beirut is bombed, killing 40 -CDs first introduced -1984 -Reagan trounces Mondale and Ferraro in reelection -Olympics held in Los Angeles -1985 -Wreckage of Titanic found -Nintendo introduced -I-70 World Series -New Coke introduced, fails -1986 -Challenger explodes -Chernobyl accident -Iran Contra scandal -US bombs Libya -1987 -Huge drop in stock market (Black Monday—Oct. 19) -Robert Bork was “borked” -1988 -Seoul Summer Olympics (Ben Johnson—steroids) -Pan Am Flight 103 crash -US shoots down Iranian airliner on accident -Bush defeats Dukakis for president; announces he doesn't like broccoli -1989 -Exxon Valdez -Tiananmen Square -San Francisco Earthquake -Fall of Berlin Wall
William Jefferson Clinton -Born in Hope, Arkansas -Tried to reform health care system -Named his wife Chair of committee -Developed plan -Opponents said it cost too much -Congress never voted on it -NAFTA passed in 1993 -Waco/Branch Dividians and Janet Reno -1994àContract With America leads to Republican takeover of Congress -Did not work well together -Government shut down twice in 1995 -Welfare Reform -Major changes in 1996 -Clinton reelected in 1996, defeating Bob Dole -Vince Foster scandal -Travelgate -Whitewater scandal -Monica Lewinsky scandal -Lied under oath -Impeached but not convicted -First impeachment of elected president -War in Kosovo -Ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia -1999àNATO begins bombing Serbia -US troops (under UN/NATO command) still there
Election of 2000 -Al Gore selected by Democrats -George W Bush selected by Republicans -Very close race -Gore wins popular vote -Bush barely wins electoral vote (needed 270, gets 271) -Florida and “hanging chads” -Bush won the popular vote in Florida by about 300 votes -Gets all electoral votes of Florida September 11, 2001 -US attacked by Al-Qaeda -Osama bin Laden responsible for attacks -3,000 died -WTC -Pentagon -Shanksville, PA -All flights grounded, cancelled for 3 days -US calls on NATO for assistance -British fighter jets patrolled NYC -War on Terror -Afghanistan -Iraq |