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Key Events in Modern American Politics: Reagan to Clinton

This overview covers significant political events in modern America, focusing on the presidencies of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Reagan's policies included supply-side economics and the Strategic Defense Initiative, along with notable foreign affairs like the INF Treaty and support for Nicaraguan contras. Bush's leadership saw the end of the Cold War and the Gulf War against Saddam Hussein. Clinton’s tenure featured health care debates, impeachment proceedings, and the establishment of NAFTA. These events shaped the political landscape of the late 20th century.

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Key Events in Modern American Politics: Reagan to Clinton

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  1. Modern America Reagan – George Bush

  2. Ronald Reagan • Calif. Gov. – Conservative Republican • Signed INF Treaty with Gorbachev, promising to destroy 2,500 missiles in Europe • Believed in supply side (trickle down) economics. • Offer businesses tax cuts • Businesses would, in turn, hire more workers and produce more goods

  3. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) • Often called “Star Wars” • Planned to have lasers in space shoot down nuclear missiles launched at the U.S. by other countries • Nicaragua • Aided the contras (counterrevolutionaries) of Nicaragua • Fought the Sandinistas, the ruling Marxist group of Nicaragua

  4. George Bush • Cold War ended • Berlin Wall came down • Boris Yeltsin became 1st elected President of Russia • 1991 – Bush and Gorbachev signed Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)

  5. Persian Gulf War • Persian Gulf War / Operation Desert Storm • Dictator Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait • The U.S. entered the war when Hussein refused to withdraw • Led by Collin Powell and Norman Schwarzkopf • 700,000 troops from US, Britain, France, Egypt, Saudi Arabia • 5 day ground war.

  6. Bill Clinton • Arkansas DemocraticGov. • Lost a battle with Congress over universal health care. Opponents said it would be too expensive and was “big government” • Republicans, under Newt Gingrich, called for a CONTRACT WITH AMERICA… a pledge to end big government

  7. Impeachment • August 1994, prosecutor Kenneth Starr and Att. Gen. Janet Reno investigate Whitewater investments by the Clintons • Affair with WH intern emerges • Lying under oath • Impeached by House but not convicted by Senate

  8. Clinton battled Congressional Republicans through his entire Presidency • Arranged the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) which ended trade restrictions with Canada and Mexico

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