USH Unit 9: Modern Times

ronald reagan

ronald reagan

republican president

“it’s morning again in America”

support from moral majority

north American free trade agreement

1994

come under scrutiny recently because of outsourcing

great recession

deregulation resulting in near collapse

reaganomics

economic agenda that included slashing taxes, eliminating social programs, repealing business regulations, removing government oversight, and undermining labor unions

adopted by modern conservatives

obergefell vs hodges

legalized same-sex marriage

mujahideen

financed and armed by the Reagan administration in the afghan-soviet war

iran-contra

serial violations of a federal embargo on weapon sales to Iran + Reagan officials used cash to illegally arm Nicaraguan contras

intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty

reagan and Gorbachev treaty to settle inf

war on terror

usa as a “world police” damaging its reputation as a global good faith actor

rust belt

industrial midwest, declined severely during shift from industrial to service sectors

american dream

beacon of hope for people wanting middle class (home ownership, self-sufficiency, disposable income)

real wages

wages after adjustment for inflation

automation, globalization, and privatization have negatively impacted these in america

millennial generation

born 1980-1995

hit hardest by wage stagnation and econ inequality

george w bush

leveraged public anger after 9/11 to attack Afghanistan and iraq

war in afghanistan

longest war in American history

forced Taliban into strategic retreat

al-qaeda, Taliban, Osama bin laden

iraq war

bush officials purposefully gave Congress, un , and media false info to frame Saddam hussein for weapons of mass destruction

Americans quickly occupied the country, but local resistance left to sectarian insurrection

authorization for use of military force

2001, only opposed by Barbara lee

aftermath of 9/11, war on terror

patriot act

expand war on terror into digital spaces, monitor conversations of suspected terrorists to protect homeland

edward snowden

national security agency (NSA) contractor who leaked evidence of domestic surveillance

proved bush and Obama official’s denial to be false

9/11

galvanized war on terror