APUSH unit 9

Reasons for conservatism

• Decrease in trust in government

• Economic problems-stagflation and oil embargo

• political scandals- watergate, pentagon papers

• Foreign Policy failures- Iran hostage situations

Reduced taxes- Reganomics, tax cuts under President Bush

Reganomics- cutting federal income taxes, cutting the U.S. government spending budget, cutting programs, scaling down the government workforce, maintaining low interest rates

Post 9/11

• War on terrorism

• Patriot Act

• Department of Homeland Security

• Conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan

NAFTA- trade agreement with the US, Mexico, and Canada