• Liberalism
• Conservatism
William F. Buckley
Barry
Goldwater
 Sunbelt – Southern states
 Rustbelt – Northeastern
states where manufacturing
in decline
 Proposition 13 – referendum
in California that greatly
reduced property taxes
• The Religious Right
 Televangelists – evangelical
ministers who reached large
numbers through TV
 “Moral Majority” – large segment of
population who were religious /
middle class
• Ronald Reagan
• Election of 1980
 Reaganomics
“trickledown”
 Supply-side economics – low
taxes would encourage
businesses to invest and
create jobs
 Budget deficit – spending
more than revenue
 Deregulation
• Economic boom
O’Connor
Ferraro
Sandra Day
Geraldine
military
buildup
 Arms race
• The Reagan Doctrine
Afghan mujahedeen
 Supported anti-Communist
rebels (Contras)
Sandinista
 Iran-Contra Affair
• Strategic Defense Initiative
(Star Wars)
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Yuppies (Young Urban
Professionals)
discount retailers
 Ted Turner
CNN
 Robert Johnson
BET
Mothers Against
Drunk Driving (MADD)
 AIDS
 Stonewall Riot
 The Sierra Club
 The space shuttle
 Sally Ride
Challenger
• Election of 1988
George Bush Sr
• Gorbachev reforms
 Perestroika
 Glasnost
• Revolutions in Eastern Europe
Solidarity
“Velvet
Revolution”
 Romania – violent uprising
Berlin Wall
• Collapse of Soviet Union
 Russian President Boris Yeltsin
 Coup collapsed –Yeltsin outlawed
the Communist Party in Russia
• Pro-democracy protest
held by Chinese in
Tiananmen Square
• Panama
Manuel Noriega
• Persian Gulf War
 Iraqi Army invaded Kuwait
(Operation Desert Storm)
 Recession began in 1990 partly
caused by end of Cold War
downsizing –
laying off workers / becoming
more efficient
Americans with Disabilities Act
• 1990 Election
Bill Clinton
George Bush
Sr.
H. Ross Perot