Homework #13 (Due 4/5/2016): Reagan & Bush
- Read and outline pages 576-578, 583--589 in the copied pages.
- Learn the following key terms (and include them in your outline):
Reaganomics
supply-side economics Sandra Day O’Connor MADD AIDS |
Stonewall Riot
AARP Tiananmen Square Manuel Noriega Saddam Hussein |
Operation Desert Storm
capital gains tax Bill Clinton Ross Perot |
3. Answer the following reading questions:
- Describe Reagan’s economic policies. What were his goals and why was he criticized?
- What social changes occurred in the 1980s?
- What role did the U.S. play in the world after the collapse of the Soviet Union? (Consider China, Panama, the Persian Gulf)
- Why did George H. W. Bush lose the election of 1992?