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The Conservative Revolution, Part II

The Conservative Revolution, Part II. Ch. 26, Sec. 3, 4. Reagan’s Second Term. Ran against Democrat ________________ and VP _________________ (1 st female nominee). RR won ____ of popular vote, and _________. Mondale got home state Minnesota & D.C. RR promoted patriotism in 2 nd term.

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The Conservative Revolution, Part II

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  1. The Conservative Revolution, Part II Ch. 26, Sec. 3, 4

  2. Reagan’s Second Term • Ran against Democrat ________________ and VP _________________ (1st female nominee). • RR won ____ of popular vote, and _________. • Mondale got home state Minnesota & D.C. • RR promoted patriotism in 2nd term. • 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles. • US won lots of medals, partially due to Communist boycott of games. • 1986-US celebrated ____________________’s centennial, after total refurbish. • 1987-200th anniversary of ________________.

  3. Many social issues affected by Conservative movement. • Push to end some affirmative action programs. • Equal Rights Amendment failed ratification. • Backlash against abortion rights granted in Roe v. Wade. • RR passed law making _____________________ birthday a national holiday. • RR also appointed 4 new Supreme Court Justices. • William Rehnquist made Chief Justice; ____________; _______________(1st woman Supreme Court Justice). • Attempted to appoint Robert Bork, Congress denied, RR appointed Anthony Kennedy instead.

  4. Reagan was a delegator; he told his people what he wanted, and they did it. • Occasionally, this led to problems. • Banks called ______________________ were deregulated, allowing them to make riskier, but more profitable loans. • Many S & L bosses exploited rules to make very risky investments in booming real estate market. • When market cooled, S & L’s went bankrupt & closed, losing $__________ in depositors’ money. • Gov’t had to bail out banks, costing taxpayers billions; many bank bosses went to jail.

  5. 1979-Communist gov’t called ____________took power in _______________. • Fear Communism would spread throughout S. America. • CIA began arming & training Nicaraguan guerrillas called ______________ to overthrow gov’t. • Violated laws on US intervention in other countries. • 1984-Congress banned aid to Contras. • Administration continued to fund Contras through secret arms sales to _________. • Arms sales to buy release of US hostages in Lebanon. • 1986-__________________ exposed; _________ ___________________ took blame, resigned. • Reagan claimed no knowledge of events.

  6. RR also started new relationships with USSR. • Still wanted them to fall, but wanted to help Soviet people. • Met multiple times with Soviet Premier ____________________________. • Led to new USSR policies ____________ (political openness) and _______________ (restructuring). • More open communication with US, limited free enterprise in USSR. • Led to _______________________ – destruction of 2,500 US & USSR missiles in Europe. • Reagan left office with 60% approval ratings, goodwill of American people.

  7. George H. W. Bush • 1988-VP _____________________ ran against Democrat _________________________. • Bush seen as much more moderate than Reagan, many conservatives didn’t like him. • Dukakis started out very popular; as __________ _____________, had helped end economic slump. • Contest was nasty, lots of attacks on both sides. • Bush won, but Democrats controlled Congress, no mandate.

  8. Under Bush, Iron Curtain fell. • Gorbachev’s perestroika, glasnost encouraged anti-Communist movements in E. Europe. • Started in ______________. • _______________was worker in Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk. • Helped organize trade union _________________. • Communist gov’t cracked down on union, jailed leaders. • Later released. • 1988-New waves of strikes, protests caused gov’t to negotiate. • 1989-Poland held free elections, Lech Walesa became President.

  9. Anti-Communist movement spread throughout USSR. • Czechoslovakia-Poet _____________________ led _______________________, elected 1st President. • Bulgaria, _______________, Albania became free. • 1989-East Germans began protesting for open borders with West Germany. • E. German President ______________________ caved, open borders. • Citizens tore down _______________________. • 1990-East & West Germany unified under democracy.

  10. Gorbachev had hoped to reform Communism, keep it going, but freedom movement spiraled out of control. • August 1991-Hard-line Communists held Gorbachev captive, tried to make him resign; refused. • Caused more Soviet satellites to break off. • ____________________-Gorbachev resigned, USSR ceased to exist. • Russian President __________________ took over, helped ease transition to democracy. • With the end of the Cold War in 1991, USA was world’s only superpower.

  11. Bush hoped end of Cold War would bring peace; WRONG. • Due to collapse of USSR, Chinese students gathered to push for ____________________ in China. • 1 million protestors gathered in _______________ ________________ in Beijing. • Gov’t sent in troops to break up protest; hundreds, maybe thousands died. • Big crackdown on democracy movement-many imprisoned/executed. • Bush didn’t say much about events in China; upset many around the world.

  12. Dictator of _______, ____________________ ____________ was smuggling cocaine into US. • Dec. 1989-US invaded Panama, quickly took over. • Jan. 1990-Noriega surrendered; later found guilty, serving life in prison in Florida. • August 1990-________ invaded ___________ to gain control of Kuwaiti oil. • Threatened to invade ______________________. • Bush viewed Kuwait & Saudi Arabia vital to US security. • Bush organized coalition of 28 nations to go after Iraq’s dictator, _____________________.

  13. Jan. 16, 1991- __________________________ began with weeks of airstrikes. • US & coalition ground troops invaded, fought for 100 hours before Saddam surrendered. • Only _________________________, tens of thousands of Iraqi troops dead. • Bush chose not to chase Saddam back into Iraq, expecting Iraqis to overthrow him; they didn’t. • Bush came out of war with 89% approval rating.

  14. 1991-Bush appointed ___________________ to Supreme Court to replace retiring Thurgood Marshall. • Thomas was black conservative; appointment angered Democrats; confirmation hearings were UGLY against Thomas before he was approved. • Facing rising deficits, recession, Bush hiked taxes despite promising not to. • Angered US. • To limit gov’t spending, Bush cut defense spending deeply. • Doing this on top of a recession drove unemployment to 7%, highest since mid-80s.

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