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RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS

RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS. Gerald Ford. Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter – Domestic Affairs. Three Mile Island. Nuclear reactor began to break down b/c the cooling system failed. Stagflation. Combination of high inflation , high unemployment , and very little production Causes

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RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS

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  1. RECENT ADMINISTRATIONS

  2. Gerald Ford

  3. Jimmy Carter

  4. Jimmy Carter – Domestic Affairs

  5. Three Mile Island • Nuclear reactor began to break down b/c the cooling system failed

  6. Stagflation • Combination of high inflation, high unemployment, and very little production Causes • Increased oil prices • Higher social security payments • Defense spending • Increase in unemployment • Trade deficit was growing

  7. Decline of Labor Unions • Overseas

  8. Immigration

  9. Population Shift Sunbelt • Shift in movement of the population to the Southeast & Southwest U.S.

  10. Jimmy Carter Foreign Policies

  11. Panama Canal • U.S. agrees to turn over all of the Canal Zone to Panama except for certain military & naval installations • U.S. will keep control of the canal until Dec. 31, 1999 • U.S. retains right to defend neutrality of the canal

  12. SALT II • Limit offensive weapons production

  13. Soviets Invade Afghanistan • Détente ends when Soviets invade Afghanisgtan • Referred to as the “Soviet’s Vietnam War”

  14. Moscow Olympics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_Summer_Olympics_boycott

  15. Camp David Accords • Peace agreement between Egypt & Israel • Ended 30 years of war

  16. 1979 – Ayatollah Khomenini

  17. Ronald Reagan

  18. Moral Majority • A Political Action Group (PAC) • Evangelical & fundamentalist Protestants who accepted Jesus personally, interpreted the Bible literally, & believed in absolute moralism • Wanted prayer & teaching of creationism in public schools, opposed the ERA, homosexual rights & abortion

  19. Reaganomics / Supply-side Economics • Cut taxes • Deregulate the economy • Reduce spending for social programs • Increase defense spending

  20. Tax Cuts & Deregulation Supply-side Economics • Promote economic growth by encouraging businesses to increase the supply of goods and services • Went more to a laissez-faire approach

  21. Spending Cuts • 10% cut in government spending on social programs • Cuts fell heavily on households with incomes under $10,000.

  22. Strategic Defense Initiative • A defensive system that would make Americans safe from enemy missiles

  23. American-Soviet Relations • Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the USSR • Encouraged glasnost (openness) & perestroika (economic restructuring)

  24. Iran-Contra Affair Sandinistas – socialist rebel group in Nicaragua Contras – group of right-wing rebels

  25. Urban Crisis Develops • Middle class move out of cities • More poor & racial minorities inhabit cities • Slums grew larger • Increase in street crime and drug use

  26. AIDS • Acquired Immune Deficiency

  27. Space http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwLlzUSOW_E http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdETXRvFaew

  28. George H.W. Bush

  29. Environment

  30. Urban Violence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhYmb1sANM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OauOPTwbqk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkn0P6oLoj4 CNN Documentary

  31. Manuel Noreiga The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States removed him from power; he was captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. Noriega was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering, and money laundering in April 1992. Noriega's U.S. prison sentence ended in September 2007; pending the outcome of extradition requests by both Panama and France. France was granted its extradition request in April 2010, and the former dictator arrived in Paris on April 27, 2010

  32. USSR COLD WAR

  33. Persian Gulf War • Operation Desert Storm • A 1991 military operation in which UN forces, led by the U.S., drove Iraqi invaders from Kuwait

  34. William Jefferson Clinton

  35. Family Leave Act • Guarantees workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for medical emergencies and births

  36. Anti-Crime Brady Law • Established a 5-day waiting period for the purchase of handguns • Banned 19 different kinds of military assault weapons

  37. Health Care Reform • Hillary Rodham Clinton tried to get a form of national health care established in the U.S.

  38. Other Notables • Balanced the federal budget by 2002 • Reformed Welfare • Columbine High School Shooting • 1993 World Trade Center bombings • 1995 Oklahoma City bombing 9 (Tim McVeigh) • Put troops in Haiti, Bosnia, and Somalia

  39. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement • Pact between U.S., Canada, and Mexico designed to gradually eliminate trade and investment barriers among the 3 nations.

  40. Clinton Impeached • Accused of improperly using money from a land deal with the Whitewater Development Company to fund his 1984 gubernatorial reelection campaign • Also lied under oath about having sex with Monica Lewinski

  41. George W. Bush

  42. 9/11 & War in Iraq

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