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Reagan Revolution
* reduced role of US govt + support for traditional social values
- Reaganomics
- Social values - more conservative
Reaganomics
- Supply side economics
. - Tax cuts (ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT)
. - Reduced government spending
. - Deregulation of business
. - Free trade
- Mixed results - recession then growth but lots of inequalities and govt budget deficits
Reagan Revolution Conservatism
Sandra Day o Connor: Supreme Court justice
- undos Burger's: no more Affirmative Action, restriction no abortion
Military Build up
Reagan's strategy in Cold war
- Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
. - Defense lasers and beams to destroy missiles
. - STARWARS
Soviet response to military build up
- build more missiles despite soviet economy struggling (socialism, military spending, Afghanistan)
- GORBACHEV makes "western" reforms
Gorbachev's "Western" reforms
A. Glasnost - political freedom
B. Perestroika - capitalism
- Reagan sees this as chance to build relations and challenge soviets
End of cold war important events
1989 - collapse of berlin wall
1990- reunification of two germanys
1991 - collapse of soviet union
Challenges in Post cold war world
1. Gulf War
Iraq (Saddam Hussein) invades Kuwait for oil
- US helps remove Iraq from Kuwait
2. Ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia
The End of History
an idea by Francis Fukuyama that the spread of democracy had brought an end to the struggle among nations for equal recognition
START I AND START II
treaties between US and russia limit nuclear weapons
Technology and economy in 1990s
(Bill Clinton)
A. Internet
B. Globalization
- free trade
- North American Free Trade Agreement (US, Mexico, Canada)
Changes to the US economy in 1990s
1. Enhanced economic productivity
2. Increase in jobs in tertiary sector
3. Decrease in jobs in secondary sector
4. Decline in union membership
5. Stagnation of wages for most americans
6. More economic inequality
Immigration trends in the 1990s and 2000s
- Massive increase in immigration from asia and latin america (ever since 1960s fourth wave of us immigration)
- Lots of illegal -> Illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act
Illegal immigration reform and immigrant responsibility act
Border control
No legal reentry
Expedite process of removing
Migration trends in the 1990s and 2000s
- 60% americas in south or west
- Results: more representatives in congress (electoral college), more economic growth than others in us, more diversity
George W Bush War on Terror
9/11 by Al Qaeda on World trade center in NYC and pentagon in DC
RESPONSE
1. Invasion of Afghanistan (Taliban helped Al Qaeda)
2. Usa PATRIOT ACT
3. Department of homeland security
4. Iraq war (Claims Saddam Hussein has weapons of mass destruction) - protected under Bush Doctrine
Bush Doctrine
America's right to attack (offensive) any nation that has weapons of mass destruction that might be used against U.S. to avoid future threats
Reflection on war on terror
Afghanistan and Iraq both ended poorly for US
- Afghanistan back in taliban control 2021
- Iraq under iran influence
- Detracted from: Rise of china, Climate change, Dependency on fossil fuels
Obama Key Events
2007-2009 - the Great Recession and Recovery (started by bush)
2010 Affordable care act - Obama Care
2011 - kill Osama Bin Laden
2015 - Obergefell v. Hodges same sex marriage legalization
2015 Every Student Succeeds Act
2016 Paris Agreement
Trump Key Events
2017 Tax cuts and jobs act
Withdrawal from iran nuclear agreement
Withdrawal from paris agreement
IMPEACHED
2020 Covid
Jan 6 capitol attack
Second impeachment
Joe Biden Key Events
2021 back into paris agreement
American rescue plan act
Withdrawal from afghanistan
Infrastructure investment and jobs act
