Unit 9 specific events

ran for president in 1964, he defined the new conservatism by emphasizing traditional values and the protection/revamp of america.

1973, this is technically a unit 8 thing but it aligns with the themes of unit 9.

gay riots 1969. it happened.

this is a 70s/unit 8 thing, but Its important context for the start of Reagan’s presidency and Reaganomics.

trickle down inflation. reagan pulled the government out of regulating business, which theoretically would promote the economy and create new jobs. he favors the supply side of the supply and demand equation

1979-1980, individuals stormed the american embassy in Tehran, Iran, and took 52 americans hostage. The Carter administration unsuccessfully tried to negotiate their release. they were released after 444 days.

founded by Jerry Falwell to promote traditional christian values. this group was against abortion, gay rights, feminism, etc. major linchpin in bringing the conservative evangelicals into politics.

reagans administration attempted to build space lasers to shoot down missiles in case of war with the soviet union.

the united states would supply aid to any country that opposed communism.

Nicaragua was taken over by the sandanistas, a socialist group who America labeled as communist. because of the reagan doctrine, america then had to do something about it. America trained a group called the contras to take down the government, but they ended up being absolutely horrible and killed civilians often.

Reagan illegally sold arms to Iran when they were at war with Iraq, and then took that money to aid the Contras in Nicaragua. this is bad because lots of reasons but the president doesn’t have the power to handle money.

first appeared in the US in 1981. acquired immune deficiency syndrome. At the time, no known cure (there are treatments today). Most vulnerable groups: drug addicts & homosexuals. By 1993: 102, 780 deaths in US. new social and cultural developments from early 80s. People would just die and reagan did nothing.

Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe.

Glasnost was the attempt to bing more political freedom to soviet citizens. this took the form of de-censoring books and being more open as a government.

Gorbachev pushed the soviet union into a more free market type structure, attempting to revamp the country after a massive era of stagnation.

1991, marked by the tearing down of the berlin wall, various european countries emergence from under communism, etc.

he made a ton of speeches painting the cold war as a battle between good and evil, saying that america is open to peace but it is the soviets who keep the conflict going.

united states and russia agreed to reduce nuclear weapons down to 10,000 and then later down to 3,000. Win!

US gave funds to russia to assist their unstable economy after the soviet union collapsed. 

manufacturing is increasingly outsourced to other countries, leading to rising unemployment and declining union membership at home. additionally, reagan was a big union buster. resultantly, theres a big shift to service sector jobs like teaching and medicine.

Bush v gore. bush won according to supreme court, gore conceded.

it happened.

post 9/11, bush demanded that the taliban government hand over Bin Laden who was responsible for the attacks. They refused and bush sent troops into Afghanistan.

dubious evidence that Saddam Hussain had played a part in 9/11. This was later disproven. There was also dubious evidence that he was hoarding weapons of mass destruction. This was also later disproven. anyway the US sends even more troops in.

got rid of Hussain, but afterwards the united states military couldn’t figure out what to do with the country. eek. the full withdrawl happened under biden in 2021 with consequences.

2001 and 2003. these made it legal for the government to spy on people through phones and emails and stuff.

Cabinet-level agency created in 2003 to unify and coordinate public safety and antiterrorism operations within the federal government. basically prevent the next 9/11

yeah. it happened.

cut income taxes by 25% over the next three years. Cut taxes in lots of other areas too. Basically way less taxes for the rich specifically. 1981.

reagan and gorbachev agree to get rid of all medium range missiles, and soviet troops leave afghanistan. 1987.

Fuck ass internet invented. Apple. Ibm. email. Napster. Music industry reformed. Amazon. Sigh. 

the united states is running out of natural resources. we found rivals in OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), and they kept prices high as conflict happened in the region. the this means that we have more motivations for getting involved in the middle east. oil<3333.