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Resurgence of Conservatism

Resurgence of Conservatism. Chapter 22. Social Concerns in the 1980s. Health, Education and Cities in Crisis. One of the most troubling issues was AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Ways to contract the disease Transfer of bodily fluids Sharing needles unsafe sex

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Resurgence of Conservatism

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  1. Resurgence of Conservatism Chapter 22

  2. Social Concerns in the 1980s

  3. Health, Education and Cities in Crisis • One of the most troubling issues was AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) • Ways to contract the disease • Transfer of bodily fluids • Sharing needles • unsafe sex • Blood transfusions

  4. AIDS • Why was Earvin Johnson (Magic Johnson) important to AIDS? • Famous NBA basketball player contracted HIV and became the face of Aids awareness

  5. Abortion • Had been legal since 1973 • Pro-Life movement grew throughout the 1980s

  6. Drug Abuse • Reagan Administration launched a war on drugs • Supported moves to prosecute users as well as dealers • “Just Say No” campaign – Nancy Reagan

  7. Drunk Driving • Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) • Founded to stop underage drinking and driving

  8. Education • American students lagged behind students of industrialized nations • 23 million could not fill out a job application • What were some of the proposed solutions? • More homework, longer school days and longer school year

  9. The Urban Crisis • Crisis in education closely connected to crisis in the cities • 1970s the US became increasingly suburbanized • More families responded to lure of the suburbs • Poor people and racial minorities left in the cities • Divided into wealth and poor neighborhoods

  10. The Urban Crisis • Police raided nightclub because of sexual orientation • Led to an uprising of gays and lesbians • Gay Liberation Front organized • What was the name of the riot? • 1969 Stonewall Riot

  11. Foreign Policy After the Cold War

  12. The Cold War Ends • March 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev became the secretary of the Communist party in the Soviet Union • Ushered in new era in the USSR

  13. Gorbachev Initiates Reform • He allowed open criticism of the government and reforms • Glasnost= openness in discussing social problems • Perestroika= Restructuring of Russian Economy

  14. Gorbachev Initiates Reform • As Reagan built up US military • Gorbachev knew the USSR could not keep up • Offered to reduce the Soviet military • INF treaty 1987 began the reduction of weapon systems

  15. The Soviet Union Declines • Gorbachev introduced democratic ideals and the Soviet military became less feared • Many Soviet republics declared their independence • Gorbachev resigned as Soviet president Boris Yeltsin took over • When did Yeltsin and Busch declare the Cold War was over? • February 1987

  16. The Collapse of the Communist Regime • Impoverished Soviet Union could not support unpopular regimes in Eastern European satellite nations • November 9, 1989 East Germany opened the Berlin Wall • Allowed free passage for the first time in 28 years

  17. The Collapse of Communist Regimes • Which Soviet satellite, when freed, had a lot of ethnic problems? • Yugoslavia

  18. Communism Continues in China • Early 1980s reform began in China • Communist government loosened grip on business • Eliminated some price controls

  19. Communism Continues in China • In April 1989, university students hold pro-democracy marches in Beijing's Tiananmen Square • How did the government react to this? • The Chinese government ordered the military to crush the protestors

  20. Central America and the Caribbean Policy • US opposed socialists government in these regions • Nicaragua • Between 1977-79 there was a civil war • US supported Somaza government and the Sandinistas (communist backed) won • Reagan supported the Contras to overthrow the Sandinista government

  21. Grenada • Reagan sent 2000 US troops to overthrow pro-Cuban government • Also protect US students on the island (big success)

  22. Panama • 1989 President Bush sent 20,000 soldiers and marines to overthrow and arrest General Manuel Noriega • Why? • Noreiga was helping drug smugglers get illegal drugs into the US

  23. Middle East Trouble Spots • The Iran-Contra Scandal • 1983 terrorists groups loyal to Iran took a number of US hostages in Lebanon • Reagan said he would never deal with terrorists • What were the three parts of the scandal? • Sales to Iran • Iran get US hostages freed • Money from sale to the Contras

  24. Middle East Trouble Spots • Summer of 1987 special committee of both houses of Congress conducts an inquiry • Colonel Oliver North (member of national Security Council) give testimony, but not against Reagan

  25. Persian Gulf War • August 2, 1990 Iraqi troops invade Kuwait and threaten Saudi Arabia • With support of Congress President Bush launched Operation Desert Storm to liberate Kuwait • There was a six week air war followed by a 100 hour ground war

  26. Bush’s Domestic Policy • Despite great achievements inn the Persian Gulf, Bush not successful on home front • Billionaire from Texas ran as an independent, stressed need to end deficit spending • H. Ross Perot

  27. Bush’s Domestic Policy • What two chances hurt his chances for reelection? • Economic Recession • Broken promise of not raising taxes

  28. Election of 1992 • Bill Clinton wins the election with 43% of the vote and Democrats keep control of Congress • Bush 37%, Ross Perot 19%, most since 1912 • First president born after World War II • First person of the Baby Boom generation • His task to revive the economy and guide US in rapidly changing world

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