A Young People’s History, Chapter 21, “Politics as Usual”

Vocabulary (Quizlet), Videos: Apartheid, Reaganomics, Fall of Berlin Wall,
Panama Invasion, Desert Storm,

Introduction

1. What was the political climate like in 1979, and who were suffering?
2. What was needed?
3. What are the two American traditions?

A Little Bit to the Left

1. What good things did Carter do?
2. Why did American want to end apartheid in S. Africa?
3. What bad things did Carter do?
4. What did Carter need to do?

Wealth and Poverty in America

1. What did the Reagan and Bush administrations do?
2. How did Reagan pay for his bloated military and what were the effects?
3. Explain why most Americans thought spending too much money on welfare was bad, but helping poor people in need was good?
4. What was the effect on the gap between the rich and poor during Reagan?

Desert Storm

1. What happened in 1989?
2. Why did the fall of communism make such a panic for American elites?
3. What did the Bush administration do?
4. What did the Bush administration tell the American people was the reason for Desert Storm?
5. What were the real reasons for Desert Storm?
6. If Saddam Hussein was so bad why did the US keep him in power?