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Agenda • Reflection worksheet check—Ford & Carter • Reagan and Bush presidencies and video reviews • The Persian Gulf War history short • HW—reflection writing on Reagan/Bush
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Agenda. Reflection worksheet check—Ford & Carter Reagan and Bush presidencies and video reviews The Persian Gulf War history short HW—reflection writing on Reagan/Bush *I have very little voice. Please help and be quiet! . Ronald Reagan. "Star Wars" or SDI. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Agenda• Reflection worksheet check—Ford & Carter• Reagan and Bush presidencies and video
reviews• The Persian Gulf War history short• HW—reflection writing on Reagan/Bush
• *I have very little voice. Please help and be quiet!
Ronald Reagan
"Star Wars" or SDI• “Strategic Defense
Initiative”- a proposed defense system intended to protect the U.S. against missile attacks.
Reaganism• Term used to describe
Reagan’s New Conservatism policies.
• Focused on:– Shrinking the size of the
federal government– Tax cuts for citizens and
businesses– Deficit spending for defense.
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Reagan wanted to make government smaller
Supply-Side Economics• Idea that a reduction of
tax rates will lead to increases in jobs, savings, and investments, and therefore to an increase in government revenue.
If I pay less in taxes, I am
going to hire more workers and start new businesses!
Money “Trickles Down”
Less wealthy benefit from new jobs and opportunities
provided by richHow does it
work?
Iran Contra Affair• The United States sold
weapons to Iran (illegal) and used to profits to illegally fund the Anti-Communist Contras in Nicaragua.
• The arrangement was discovered by Congress who launched an investigation into the Reagan Administration.
• Oliver North took the blame to avoid another “crook” scandal.
What message is the message of this Political cartoon about the Iran Contra Affair?
End of Cold WarFall of the Berlin Wall Newscast- ABC News
Collapse of Soviet Union Newscast- CNN
• With reforms in the Soviet Union, came a relax of totalitarian rule in Eastern Europe. • Many people view the symbolic end of the Cold War to be the fall of the Berlin Wall, while others say it was the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
George H.W. Bush
Persian Gulf War• Conflict between
Iraq and Coalition forces led by the United States to liberate Kuwait and protect Saudi Arabian independence.
• One-sided victory by U.S. led forces, who had air superiority and better supplies.
NAFTA
• North American Free Trade Agreement – 1993 agreement that
• lowered tariffs • Created a free trade zone
between Mexico, U.S., and Canada.
According to this cartoonist’s opinion, who does NAFTA
benefit? Who does it hurt?
