reagents presidency/post cold war

US response to Afghanistan taken by USSR

Backed rebels righting USSR and US and others boycotted 1980 Olympics. Many modern day terrorists gained distrust and hatred for US.

1980 olympics-

held in Moscow, Russia, so US and many other boycotted

modern terrorists

gained distrust & hatred for US during Afghanistan conflict, West became target energy. Example: Bin Laden and 9/11 attacks

Ronald Reagan

Former actor and governor of California elected President in 1980.

Reaganomics

New economic policy that called for lowering taxes to build economy. Often called "supply side" economics or "trickle down".

Modern Liberals

Believe in government regulation to protect from corporations and wealthy elites. They support social programs to help disadvantaged. They oppose government regulation of social behavior (anti-monopolies).

Modern Conservatives

Distrust government regulation of economy and want to limit social programs. They want to spend more on defense and believe social problems result from morality and character.

Deficit spending

Spending more money than what is collected.

Reagan's budget

Included huge tax cuts for mostly the wealthy and businesses, cuts to a variety of social programs, and huge increases in military spending. This resulted in historic debt for the US government.

Discount Retailers

Sam Walton (Wal-Mart) became richest American by 1985.

WTBS

Ted Turner's Atlanta based television station that sold low cost programming via satellite to cable companies.

MTV

Began broadcasting in 1981. Music videos of popular entertainers.

VCR

Videotapes of movies helped spread American culture around the world.

Video Games

It started with Pong (1972). By the 1980s it was $3 billion industry with Pac Man and Asteroids

War on Drugs

Reagan's tough program with harsh sentences for violators. By the late 1980's, 25 of the African American men between 20-29 were in some sort of supervision.

Phil Knight

Co-founder of Nike

Fall of Communism

Reagan's major increases in military spending forced the USSR to try to keep up. They ultimately collapsed under the weight of spending as they tried to keep up.

Mikhail Gorbachev

Soviet leader that ushered in the democratic reform in E. Europe and then the USSR

Lech Walesa

Leader of Polish Solidarity Union that fought and successfully brought about the fall of Communism in Poland. This was the first domino to fall in the collapse of communism.

Panama

The dictator, Manuel Noriega, was assisting in drug smuggling. 1989 invasion arrested him and new elections were held.

Persian Gulf War

Iraq invaded neighboring Kuwait. U.S. led coalition set up in Saudi Arabia and liberated Kuwait.

Rodney King

African American arrested for DUI in LA. Video was released of him being severely beaten by multiple cops on the side of the road. Video went viral. Officers found not guilty and sparked nationwide riots.

Tiananmen Square

1989 pro democracy rally in China. Chinese troops were killed in and killed hundreds of protestors.

Computer People

Steve Jobs, Wozniak- Apple

Gates, Paul Allen- Microsoft

.coms

huge expansion of online corporations in the 90s.

Oklahoma City Bombing

April 19, 1995. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols exploded a home made bomb in a rental truck outside the Federal building in OK city, They were far right extremist, sympathetic of anti-government movements.

1992 Election

Bush v Clinton v Perot

1992 election results

Clinton wins by 5%. Bush lost due to "No New Taxes" quote and Perot.

Bill Clinton Presidency

Globalized trade; Peacemaking in Middle East; impeachment over purgury over relationships with Monica Lewinski

2000 election

George W. Bush vs Al Gore vs Raph Nader

Butterfly Ballots

Many issues with incorrect votes, supreme court ordered stop to recount and declared Bush the winner.

Florida significance

2000 election decided by legally contested Florida results

Bin Laden

Founded Al-Qaeda terrorist organization

War on terror

Taliban refused to hand over Bin Laden after 9/11

Iraq

Fear over possibility of Weapons of Mass Destruction led to invasion and overthrew Saddam Hussein.

Axis of Evil

Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as they posed a severe threat. Labeled the "bad guys" because they sponsored terrorism and were developing WMD.

Katrina

Hurricane hit New Orleans. Many were critical of Bush's response.

Recession

Housing boom busts. Many banks gave bad loans due to incorrect stock assumptions. Unemployment over 10%.

2008 election and resutls

Obama v Senator John McCain. Obama wins

Occupy Wall Street

Protest movement calling attention to widening income gap and corporate greed.

Obamacare

Affordable Care Act. Federal government attempt to provide healthcare for millions who could not afford it.

Tea Party

Partly in response to Obamacare that passed without a single republican vote. They felt that taxes were too high.

Arab Spring

Unrest in the Middle East led to a series of revolutions. Started in Turisia and spread to Lybia, Egypt, and Syria.