Vocabulary (Quizlet), Videos: Apartheid, Reaganomics, Fall of Berlin Wall,
Panama Invasion, Desert Storm,
Panama Invasion, Desert Storm,
Introduction
- What was the political climate like in 1979, and who were suffering?
- What was needed?
- What are the two American traditions?
A Little Bit to the Left
- What good things did Carter do?
- Why did American want to end apartheid in S. Africa?
- What bad things did Carter do?
- What did Carter need to do?
Wealth and Poverty in America
- What did the Reagan and Bush administrations do?
- How did Reagan pay for his bloated military and what were the effects?
- Explain why most Americans thought spending too much money on welfare was bad, but helping poor people in need was good?
- What was the effect on the gap between the rich and poor during Reagan?
Desert Storm
- What happened in 1989?
- Why did the fall of communism make such a panic for American elites?
- What did the Bush administration do?
- What did the Bush administration tell the American people was the reason for Desert Storm?
- What were the real reasons for Desert Storm?
- If Saddam Hussein was so bad why did the US keep him in power?
