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Ch. 28.2. Road to the White House. I. Road to the White House A. Entertainment Industry 1. Screen Actors Guild a. HUAC during Red Scare -motivational speaker B. Politics 1. 1966 Gov. of California a. Election of 1980 -cut taxes -increase defense spending
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Road to the White House I. Road to the White House A. Entertainment Industry 1. Screen Actors Guild a. HUAC during Red Scare -motivational speaker B. Politics 1. 1966 Gov. of California a. Election of 1980 -cut taxes -increase defense spending -ban abortion
Reagan’s Domestic Policies II. Domestic Policies A. Reaganomics 1. monetarists a. increase interest rates 2. supply-side economics a. cut taxes B. Program Cuts 1. Social Programs – welfare, food stamps, medicare, unemployment 2. Deregulation – Gov. away from business
Shifting Judicial Balance C. Judicial Balance 1. strict constructionist a. Sandra Day O’Connor -1st female justice b. William Rehnquist c. Antonin Scalia
Reagan Doctrine III. Reagan Doctrine A. Afghanistan 1. $570 to mujahadeen -stop Soviets B. Nicaragua & Grenada 1. Nicaragua a. Sandinistas-pro Soviet/Cuban - contras(counterrevolutionaries) 2. Grenada