Unit 10: Changing

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Unit 10 Changing Enduring Issues
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• Element SSUSH25.d
• Describe domestic and international events of
  Ronald Reagan's presidency including Reagonomics,
  the Iran-contra scandal and the collapse of the
  Soviet Union.
• Element SSUSH25.e
• Explain the relationship between Congress and
  President Bill Clinton including the North
  American Free Trade Agreement and his impeachment
  and acquittal.
• Element SSUSH25.f
• Analyze the 2000 presidential election and its
  outcome emphasizing the role of the electoral
  college.
• Element SSUSH25.g
• Analyze the response of President George W. Bush
  to the attacks of September 11, 2001 on the
  United States, the war against terrorism, and the
  subsequent American interventions in Afghanistan
  and Iraq.

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Political DifferencesRepublicans/ Democrats/
Conservatives Liberals

• Past presidents?
• Why might they be on the rise?
• Characteristics?

• Past presidents?
• Why might they be on the downfall?
• Characteristics?

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Republicans Democrats

• Economy
• Limited govt involvement to stimulate economic
  growth
• Reduce taxes
• Decrease regulation of industry

• Economy
• More govt involvement to lessen extreme economic
  inequalities
• Social programs
• Govt regulation of industry

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Republicans Democrats

• Foreign policy
• Favored relying on our own national defense and
  actively fighting against communism in other
  countries
• Social

• Foreign policy
• Favored international diplomacy to combat
  communism in other countries
• Social

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The Late Cold War Era
SSUSH25.d Describe domestic and international
events of Ronald Reagan's presidency including
Reagonomics, the Iran-contra scandal and the
collapse of the Soviet Union.
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Ronald Reagan, 401981-1989

• Ronald Reagan defeats Carter in 1980.
• How?
• Ronald Reagan united economic and cultural
  conservatives to win the White House in 1980
• Other Republican helpers
• Anti-bussing
• Moral Majority Jerry Falwell
• Sun Belt population movement to the South

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Government was the problem, not the solution

• Congress slashed support for the poor (food
  stamps, school lunches, Medicaid)
• Biggest tax cut in the nations history (25 over
  three years)
• Major increase in military spending

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Supply-Side Economics

• AKA Reaganomics, trickle-down economics, voodoo
  economics
• If taxes are reduced, people will work more
  have more to spend, and the economy will grow!
• Wealthy got the most tax cuts.

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Economic results were mixed

• Inflation dropped sharply
• People in poverty increased unemployment rate
  grew to over 10
• The economy did recover and unemployment dropped
  however, many of these jobs were low-paying with
  few fringe benefits
• The national debt soared with the combination of
  tax cuts and military increases
• Lots of legal immigration (7.3 million from L.A.)
  and some undocumented.

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The U.S. in the 1980sSociety

• Yuppies or young urban professionals were
  concerned with their private lives rather than
  public issues.
• Upper-middle-class standard of living depended on
  both husband and wife holding full-time jobs
• Cocaine addiction crime and AIDS were a problem
• Campaigns were started against drunk driving and
  tobacco smoking

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Reagan Re-Elected in 1984

• Economy was better.
• Attempted assassination in 81.
• Appointed 3 justices to the Supreme Court
  including the first woman, Sandra Day OConnor.

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Reagan and Foreign Policy

• 1. Built up military
• Peace should come through strength
• 2. Support the anti-communists
• EX supported Anit-Soviet rebels in Afghanistan
  and Contras in Nicaragua Grenada
• 3. Met with Gorbechov
• Gorbechov wanted less govt controlled economy
• Reduced number of nuclear weapons in the world

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Soviet Union Collapses Cold War Ends

• Reagans speech 1089
• Berlin Wall came down
• President Bush Sr. Yeltsin
• Poland, Czechoslovakia Hungary democratic
  elections
• Soviet Union disintegrated into separate
  republics (ex Russia)
• Communists fell from power

• August 1991

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Not all is well, especially in the Middle
EastThe Iran Contra Affair

• Issues with Lebanon, Libya, Iran.
• 1985 US sold weapons to Iran Iran promised to
  pressure terrorists in Lebanon to release USA
  hostages.
• Not effective
• Went against our policy of negotiating with
  terrorists

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Watch Reagan Assassination Attempt Video
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41 George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)Not
in the standards poor guy
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George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)

• Major Political Events
• 1. No New Taxes Pledge Read My Lips, No New
  Taxes!
• He broke his central promise by agreeing to a
  compromise with Congress in 1993, that included
  increases in the gasoline tax, Medicare premiums,
  and the top income tax rate.

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George Herbert Walker Bush (1989-1993)

• 2. Persian Gulf War In August 1990, Iraqi troops
  invaded the Persian Gulf nation of Kuwait, known
  as Operation Desert Storm.
• Kuwait controlled 10 of the worlds oil
  reserves.
• Using the UN, Bush build a coalition to oppose
  Saddam Hussein.
• After six weeks of bombing military
  infrastructures, more than 100,000 bombing
  missions, the ground war began.
• It only took 100 hours under Gen. Norman
  Schwarzkopf to overwhelm the Iraqi army and
  liberate Kuwait.

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42 William Jefferson Clinton(1993-2001)
SSUSH25.e Explain the relationship between
Congress and President Bill Clinton including the
North American Free Trade Agreement and his
impeachment and acquittal.
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William Jefferson Clinton(1993-2001)

• Major Political Events
• 1. Dont Ask Dont Tell Gays in the military.
• 2. NAFTA Trade Agreement North American Free
  Trade Agreement, removed all trade barriers among
  the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

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Major Political Events

• 3. Tax cuts for Middle America yeah right
• Democrats lost control of Congress 2 years in
• Impeded a lot of legislation
• 4. Impeachment for perjury on the stand during
  the Congressional hearings into the Monica
  Lewinski situation.
• He was found not guilty of perjury (AQUITTED) and
  was not removed from office.

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43 George W. Bush (2001-2009)
SSUSH25.f Analyze the 2000 presidential election
and its outcome emphasizing the role of the
electoral college.
SSUSH25.g Analyze the response of President
George W. Bush to the attacks of September 11,
2001 on the United States, the war against
terrorism, and the subsequent American
interventions in Afghanistan and Iraq.  
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Election, 2000

• Closest election in history.
• Al Gore Democrat
• George W. Bush Republican incumbent
• Winner of popular vote?
• Florida?
• Electoral College?

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George W. Bush

• September 11th, 2001
• War on Terrorism Afghanistan and Iraq
• Re-elected in 2004
• Proposed two amendments
• Banning gay marriage
• Banning flag burning

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Barack Obama (2009-present)

• Not in the standards yet what do we know?

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Accomplishments

• Repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell
• Removal of troops from Iraq
• Passage of a controversial health care plan
• Successful re-election in 2012
• More to come