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The Conservatives – then the END!!

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?

Trickle Down Economics Reganomics

1. Budget Cuts Mainly ___________

programs Deregulation

2. Tax Cuts Lower taxes = __________

= __________ Would create Supply-side

economics3. Increased ___________

Star Wars Program Strategic Defense

Initiative

Reagan & Bush cont…

Appointed Sandra Day O’Connor ______1st Woman – appointed other conservativesSavings and Loan Crisis –

84 Election – Reagan v Mondale what’s special?

88 Election – Bush wins – “Read my lips no new taxes!” but…

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

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 startedGlasnost and perestroika – results…Berlin Wall – Other communists nations fall then USSR -

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…

Persian Gulf War

August 2nd 1990 – Iraq invaded _______We get UN support and send _________Called Operation Desert Storm

25,000 Iraqis killed _____ American’s UN wouldn’t allow what?

What events mark What events mark and have a lasting and have a lasting

effect on the effect on the Presidencies of Presidencies of

William Jefferson William Jefferson Clinton and George Clinton and George

W Bush? W Bush?

The Clinton Presidency – The good stuff!

William Jefferson ClintonGov of _________Called himself a “New _________”92 Election – Clinton v Bush v Perot (who?)

PresidencyFamily Medical Leave Act (FMLA) – gives what?Wanted to reform Healthcare – but…93 passed the _______ Bill limited guns NAFTA – allowed for trade where?

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

More Bad stuff…

ScandalsSexual Harassment suitsWhitewater Real Estate

Originally Clinton cleared but a 2nd investigation lead by Ken _________ recommended _________

Results : Clinton acquitted but what do people remember about the trial?

“W” How he got to the Presidency

2000 Election – Bush v Gore v NaderCandidates very similar – Election VERY

____Florida so close it had a _______ which said

the winner was _______Gore sues and the Supreme Court says -

“W” Once he is there…

01 – Cut taxes by 1.3 trillion 9/11/01 – 1st 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 _______

9/11/01 cont…

We create the followingPatriot Act :Department of Homeland Security : The we go after ______Results of that? But not without problems…

Why do we do all this?

Because in 2002 congress – Passed _____________So now you better study hard!!