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HISTORY OF THE U.S. (1980 - 1988) (Background: the 70's (Changing…
HISTORY OF THE U.S. (1980 - 1988)
Background: the 70's
Changing demographic and growh of the Sun Belt
The rise of the Sun Belt has been producing a change in the nation's political climate, strengthening conservatism
The Rust Belt remained more committed to social programs and more interested in regulated growth
Industries moved their plants and headquarters from the inner cities and urban centers to the suburbs
Because of with lower tax and looser regulatory environments
Many saw a contraction of their economic base
The Recovery (after 1982)
Tight-monetary policy and expansionary
fiscal policy combined
Reagan and the world
Intervention and diplomatic relations in Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia
With Reagan's promises to restore the nation's military strength, the 1980s saw massive increases in military spending
The Reagan administration favored a hawkish approach to the Cold War, especially in the Third World arena of superpower competition
The Arab-Israeli conflict
In Afghanistan, Reagan massively stepped up military and humanitarian aid for mujahadeen fighters against the Soviet proxy government
U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
Israel invaded Lebanon to destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
The Reagan administration's pretext for the invasion was the protection of 500 U.S. and Western medical students from Coard's government
U.S. forces moved into Beirut
The end of the Cold War
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
East-West tensions eased rapidly after the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev
Focused on perestroika
Soviet policymakers increasingly accepted Reagan administration warnings that the U.S. would make the arms race a huge burden for them
The result in the Soviet Union was a dual approach of concessions to the United States and economic restructuring (perestroika) and democratization (glasnost) domestically
Popularly dubbed "Star Wars" at the time, SDI was a multibillion dollar research project for a missile defense system
Reagan's Revolution
Rejection of U.S. / Soviet détente
The 1970s inflicted damaging blows to the American self confidence
The Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal
Made economic planning difficult and raised fundamental questions over the future of American prosperity
the fall of South Vietnam in 1975, the Iran hostage crisis in 1979, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The energy crisis, high unemployment, and very high inflation and escalating interest rates
The Soviet Union improved living standards by doubling urban wages and raising rural wages by around 75%
the Soviet Union became the world's largest producer of oil and steel
Pro-Soviet governments were making great strides abroad, especially in the Third World
The Soviet Union seemed committed to the Brezhnev Doctrine, sending troops to Afghanistan
The Afghan invasion of 1979
Neoconservatives
Aligned themselves with Ronald Reagan and the Republicans, who promised to confront pro-Soviet communist expansion
Détente with the Soviet Union was their immediate target, with its aims of peace through negotiations, diplomacy, and arms control
Ronald Reagan and the elections of 1980
Ronald Reagan, former governor of California, won the Republican nomination in 1980
He promised an end to "big government" and to restore economic health by use of supply-side economics
REAGAN ADMINISTRATION
Reagonomics andThe 1981 federal budget
He proposed to achieve this goal by cutting taxes and reducing the size and scope of federal programs
The recession of 1982
The nation had entered the most severe recession since the Great Depression
Culture and Language 2
Reagan's presidency
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