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The Rest of American History
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America Torn Apart• The Watergate scandal broke Americas trust with the
government • Gerould Ford became president and was ineffective
because of his association with Nixon
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Jimmy Carter
• From Georgia• First southern president since Civil War• Democrat • 1977-1980• Overwhelmed by the Presidency and Politics • Iran Crisis
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1980 Election
“Are Better you better off than you were 4 years ago”
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Ronald Reagan• Republican• From CA• 1981-1988• Great Speaker• VP: George H Bush• Tough to political
enemies, gentle towards public
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Economics
• Supply Side Economics- “Reaganomics”• If you lower taxes than it will encourage
people to produce more goods thus have to hire more people• A good Economy
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Domestic Issues
• Lower Taxes• Air traffic controllers' strike• Air traffic controllers wanted more $• They are government employees• If they do not work planes are grounded, that
will kill the economy• Reagan gives them 48 hours to end the strike,
they do not• He fires 12,000 people
• Against major Environmental changes
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Budgets
• Cut a lot of Public Spending • Infrastructure • Entitlements • Etc• Increases
defense spending
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Foreign Policy
• USSR•Wanted to end Communism• Breaks the USSR by forcing them to keep
pace in military spending causing their eventual demise • Star Wars
• Iran• Hostage Crisis ends because of the threat
of having to deal with Reagan
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Ethics
• Emphasized Christian Values •Opposed Roe v Wade •Wanted to pass an Amendment to
allow Public Pray in School
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Values
•Conservative•Wanted to preserve a traditional America
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End of Reagan Years
•Reagan developed dementia after his presidency was over• Legacy•Restored respect to the presidency
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George H Bush
•Reagan’s Vice President• From Texas•Republican•1989-1993• Elected by the Success of Reagan•Moderate Republican
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Economics
• cut government spending• Promised to never raise taxes• “Read my lips, no new taxes”• Deficit forced him to raise taxes• Broken Promise
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Domestic
• Large Budget Deficits• Bad Economy • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990•Made it illegal to discriminate based on
disability • Clean Air Act• Prevent Acid Rain
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Budget
•Large Debt Increase•Late in his term increased taxes to limit deficit
•Different than Reagan?
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Foreign policy• Panama • Manual Noriega
• Leader of Panama• Trafficked drugs and laundered money • US captured and imprisoned him
• Soviet Union • Ceased to be on December 25, 1991• Many countries were created out of the Soviet Union (Russia,
Poland, etc• Iraq • Persian Gulf War
• Saddam Hussein(Iraq) invaded Our ally Kuwait • We ran them out of Kuwait and stopped at the border of Iraq • Mistake?
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• Generational values
•Moderate •A mixture of conservative and
liberal ideas
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George H Bush
• In the Election of 1992 Conservatives (Republicans) were unhappy with the bad economy and the fact that he raised taxes •Many supported a third party candidate named Ross Perot •Bush vs Perot vs Clinton
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Presidential candidate Party Home state
Popular voteElectoralvote
Running mate
Count PctVice-presidential candidate
Home state Elect. vote
Bill Clinton Democratic Arkansas 44,909,806 43.01% 370 Al Gore Tennessee 370
George H. W. Bush
Republican Texas 39,104,550 37.45% 168 Dan Quayle Indiana 168
Ross Perot Independent Texas 19,743,821 18.91% 0 James Stockdale
California 0
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Bill Clinton• From Arkansas• Democrat• 1993-2000• Strong Suit: Ability to Connect• Strong Speaker
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Economics
•Economic boom•Balance Budget•budget surplus•Cut taxes on middle class
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Domestic• Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993• People cannot be fired because they take off for illness of
themselves or family• Brady Bill• Background checks on all firearms
• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy• Sexual Orientation cannot be a factor In military as long as it is
not discussed • Healthcare reform• Free Healthcare • Fails to pass in congress
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Foreign policyAnalyze the advantages and disadvantages of increased
global trade and competition on the U.S. economy• NAFTA• (pros) world’s largest trade area; increase in trade; increase in US
Agricultural exports; increase in foreign direct investment• (cons)- loss of US jobs, loss of US wages, worker exploitation, Mexican
farmers out of business
• Import quotas- • (pros)- limit on quantity of goods imported in to a county• (cons)- corruption, smuggling, higher prices
• Free trade agreements- • (pros)- trade goods without taxes• (cons)- domestic industries have reduction in profits due to lower
prices of imported goods
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Foreign Policy
• Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia• Army helicopter shot down • 18 men killed by insurgence
• NAFTA• Operation Desert Fox • Bombing of Iraq• Limit Iraq’s ability to make Weapons of Mass
Destruction
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Ethics
• Impeachment • Lied under Oath about an Affair he had
in 1994; Monica Lewinski • House passes impeachment charges• Senate did not remove him
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Generational Values
• Liberal • Believe in changing America in a major way
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Bill Clinton
• After Impeachment Clinton was ineffective • Importance• Balanced Budget