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The Reagan Era

The Reagan Era. TERMS Roe v. Wade The Moral Majority Reaganomics Sandinistas Iran-Contra Glasnost. Nixon’s Downfall: Watergate. Economic Crisis. Decline of Manufacturing “Stagflation”. The Oil Crisis (1973). The Misery Index. President Jimmy Carter & the Economy.

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The Reagan Era

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  1. The Reagan Era TERMS Roe v. Wade The Moral Majority Reaganomics Sandinistas Iran-Contra Glasnost

  2. Nixon’s Downfall: Watergate

  3. Economic Crisis • Decline of Manufacturing • “Stagflation”

  4. The Oil Crisis (1973)

  5. The Misery Index

  6. President Jimmy Carter & the Economy The 1979 accident at Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania

  7. Carter’s Human Rights Politics Celebrating the signing of the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt

  8. The Iran Crisis • US Support of the Shah • The 1979 Revolution • The Hostage Crisis • The Impact on Carter Ayatollah Khomeini The deposed Shah and his wife Carter and the Shah Some of the 66 Americans held hostage for 444 days Street protests against the Shah

  9. Afghanistan • Soviet invasion (1979) • The Carter Doctrine • The Taliban Soviet invasion troops Mujahideen fighters, 1985

  10. Gender Issues of the 1970s • The Sexual Revolution: “counterculture” and liberation • Title IX • The Gay and Lesbian Movement Oral contraceptives, invented in the 1960s

  11. The Rise of the New Right • Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan: Champions of the Right • Conscience of a Conservative • Grassroots Conservatives • A Three-Legged Stool • Anti-communism (increase military spending) • Free-market economics (reduced government, taxes, and regulation) • Religious moralism (anti-abortion; pro-school prayer, creationism)

  12. The Religious Right • The Abortion Debate: Roe v. Wade (1973) • The Moral Majority Women demonstrating in support for abortion rights. A 1979 anti-abortion rally The Reverend Jerry Falwell

  13. The Election of 1980 • The Reagan Image • Carter’s low popularity: 21% • The Reagan Coalition • Mass nonvoting: 53% voting rate (enthusiasm gap)

  14. Conservatives in Power • Reaganomics: “trickle-down” • Reduce govt spending (social not defense) • Cut taxes (especially on the wealthy and corporations) • Growing deficit (revenue cuts exceed spending cuts) • Deregulation (and conservative leadership in govt agencies) “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.”

  15. Deficit Economics

  16. “It’s Morning in America” • Election of 1984 • Return to Prosperity

  17. The Problem of Inequality A homeless Los Angeles family The drug crack being openly sold

  18. The Second Gilded Age A family of affluent “yuppies”

  19. The End of the Cold War • US-Soviet Relations in a New Era • Reagan’s Cold War Revival • Sandinistas and Iran-Contra • Gorbachev and Soviet Reform: glasnost and perestroika

  20. Reagan’s Legacy • Economic Legacy • Wider wealth gap • Unprecedented budget deficits and debt ($2.6 trillion) • Legacy of Conservative Ideals: • “liberal” a dirty word • Virtues of the free market • Evils of “big government” • Undermining the New Deal welfare state: Public aid recipients a taxpayer burden

  21. The Election of 1988 • George H. W. Bush, Reagan’s successor • 50% voter turnout (2/5 of nonvoters under 30) “Read my lips: no new taxes”

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