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CA 12 Review
Energy Crisis
The embargo created by OPEC – the oil producing
countries of the Middle East leads to …
--price of gasoline rising
--the speed limit was lowered to 55 mph
--long lines at gas stations
--conservation measures encouraged.
Star Wars Program
Reagan proposed the
Strategic Defense
Initiative (SDI) a
missile defense
system that “killed
weapons and not
people.”
Helps lead to the end
of the Cold War.
Glasnost - policy of
openness and more
freedom for the soviet
people.
President Reagan set
aside our differences
with The Soviet Union
to find common
ground.
Iran-Contra Scandal
• Terrorist groups loyal to Iran
took a number of Americans
hostage in Lebanon
• Publicly Reagan said that
“America will never make
concessions to terrorists”
• Privately he approved the sale
of arms to Iran in exchange
for the release of hostages
– Money from the sale was
sent to the contras in
Nicaragua
Moral Majority
• Evangelical and
Fundamentalist
Christians
• Wanted to
include prayer
in schools
Our First War with Iraq
President Bush
sent ground
troops into this
In 1990 Iraq
war
now
called
invaded Kuwait.
Operation Desert
Storm to liberate
Kuwait from Iraqi
occupation.
NAFTA
North American Free Trade
Agreement
Criticized for
potentially
moving
American jobs
abroad.
Environmental Protection Agency
Founded through
the efforts of
Rachel Carson,
author of Silent
Spring. Concerned
that use of
insecticides and
aerosols was
damaging the
earth.
Environmental Protection Agency
Balance the protection of the
environment…
…with the practical costs of
business
Title IX
Equal Funding in school
sports programs…
…for Boys and Girls
Immigration
Reform
Creation of a
guest worker
program would
help the issue
of
unauthorized
residents.
Bill Gates
Important
business
leader in the
transformation
of technology
Sam Walton
His Wal-Mart
stores made it
difficult for
individual
retailers to
compete with
his discounted
pricing.
21st
International
Events
•Focus on science
and computers
•Training in counterterrorism
•Alternative energy
sources
•Expanding free
trade agreements
Patriot Act of
2001
Concerned
that American
civil liberties
and individual
rights war
being
compromised
.
Watergate – the break-in at
the Democratic National
Headquarters
Lead to the
resignation of
President
Richard
Nixon
.
Computers
Increased
competition
leads to
innovation
and price
reductions.
Detente
The U.S & Russia
entered a period
of detente: a
lessening of
military and
diplomatic tension
This limited the
number of
intercontinental
missiles both
countries had.
Nixon and
China
Reestablished
diplomatic
relations with
this major
world power.
President
Carter
Negotiates a
peace accord
between
Israel and
Palestine.
National Rifle
Association
Goal is to
protect citizens
constitutional
rights
2008 Presidential
Election
Outcome
effected by
young and
minoritiy
voters