Unit 17: Final Exam!

1970s

Nixon Administration

  • New Federalism-
  • Revenue Sharing-
  • Welfare reform
  • Family Assistance Plan (FAP)-
  • House approved, Senate vetoed-
  • New Federalism has 2 faces
  • Nixon supports some ______to get support from the Democrat filled ______
  • Increased ______, ______, and ______payments and made ______more available
  • Nixon dismantles other federal programs
  • Tried to eliminate ______
  • Vetoed a bill to…
  • ______(withheld) $15 billion affecting health, housing, and education
  • Gaining voters
  • Southern Strategy-
  • Slows ______of schools
  • Opposed the ______of the Voting Rights Act 1965
  • Tried to stop ______for school districts
  • Replaced 4 justices with ______judges
  • Graphic Organizer (Stagflation)
  • Nixon tried to alleviate stagflation with ______
  • Foreign Policy
  • Kissinger and Realpolitik
  • Kissinger-
  • Realpolitik-
  • Eases cold war ______
  • Nixon visits China-
  • Nixon visits Moscow-
  • Watergate and Nixon’s Downfall
  • Nixon ______the power of the executive office
  • Wants ______
  • Committee to Reelect the President break into…
  • Watergate Scandal-
  • Nixon is ______
  • Congress investigates, Nixon eventually______

Ford and Carter Years

  • New President-
  • ______Nixon, wants the country to move past Watergate
  • Tried to combat ______
  • ______government spending
  • Urges higher ______to restrict ______
  • Triggers a ______

  • Ford
/
  • Carter

  • Continues negotiations…
  • Signs Helsinki Accords-
  • South Vietnam surrenders after…
/
  • Defeats ______by narrow margin
  • Congress joins together to…
  • Confronts energy crisis-
  • Fights for ______, at home and abroad

  • Carter allows Panamanians…
  • Camp David Accords-
  • -Forge…
  • Iran Hostage Crisis-
  • -Carter supports ______
  • -Students seize…
  • Rachael Carson-
  • Focus on…
  • First…
  • Clean Air Act-

Carter

  • More Nuclear Problems
  • Arguments over nuclear energy, some say ______l, some say ______
  • Three Mile Island-
  • Low-level ______escapes
  • Creates Nuclear Regulatory Commission-

Conservative Tide

  • Graphic Organizer (Conservative Movement)

Reagan Administration

  • Served 2 terms as California______
  • Called “Great Communicator”-
  • Wants to ______the size of government
  • ______- less industry regulation ->
  • US is in a recession and the National Debt is growing
  • National Debt ______by the end of Reagan’s first term
  • Graphic Organizer (Reaganomics)
  • Appoints first female to Supreme Court, ______
  • Wins 1984 ______easily
  • 1988 Election
  • ______stresses conservatism
  • People are ______with how things are going, attribute that to…
  • _____ wins election

Social Concerns of the 1980s

  • ______epidemic
  • Abortion-
  • Drug Abuse
  • Users and dealers are ______
  • Nancy Reagan starts “______!” campaign
  • Education
  • Studies show the U.S.______behind students in other nations
  • Bush begins using ______money for school of ______
  • Urban Crisis-

Equal Rights Struggle

  • Women Struggle
/
  • Women’s Gains

  • ______not ratified
  • Women…
  • Reagan cut ______for daycare
  • Seek…
/
  • ______names 2 women to cabinet
  • Increased number of women in ______
  • Geraldine Ferraro-

  • African American Gains
/
  • Latino American Gains

  • Many cities have African American ______
  • More African Americans are being elected to…
  • Wilder-
/
  • Latino’s elected ______
  • Lauro Cavazos-
  • Dr. Novello-
  • Bilingual Education…

More Struggles and Gains

  • Native Americans
  • Reagan cuts _____ to Native Americans for…
  • Many tribes open ______for money
  • Asian Americans-
  • Cited as an example of ______
  • Have high ______and ______
  • Gay Americans
  • Setbacks from ______opposition and ______
  • More activism calls for end to ______

End of the Cold War

  • Soviet Union______in 1991
  • Gorbachev-
  • Call for better ______with U.S.
  • Plans for some ______enterprise and a move toward democracy
  • Collapse of Communist Regimes
  • Berlin Wall…
  • Grenada-
  • China loosens ______

More Problems Abroad

  • Iran-Contra Scandal
  • American ______held in ______by terrorists loyal to ______
  • Reagan will not negotiate, but sells arms for the hostages
  • Reagan staffers are ______for violating…
  • Bush ______them
  • Persian Golf War
  • _____ is in debt and invades ______to take _____
  • ______U.S. oil supply
  • Bush organizes international ______
  • Kuwait ______

Bush’s (Sr.) Domestic Policies

  • Bush caught with rising ______and ______
  • Must ______taxes, breaks ______promise
  • Approval rating ______

The World Today

Clinton Years

•Election of 1992

▫Public is ______with Bush Sr.

▫3rd Party candidate ______runs

▫William J. Clinton-

Creates “______” Democrat

Moves away from ______Democratic policies

Wants ______growth

Modernize ______

______both liberal and conservative programs

Clinton Reform Measures

Heath Care Reform

-

-

Reforming Welfare

-

-

Balance the Budget

-

-

-

New Challenges for Clinton

At Home / Abroad
•______shootings
•Terrorists bomb…
•Federal office building… / •U.S. Embassies and military…
•Sends troops to…
•Negotiate…
•U.S. and NATO bomb…

Clinton and the Global Economy

•North American Free Trade Agreement (______)-

▫Critics worried jobs will be lost to ______

•People protest ______worldwide

Clinton and Partisan Politics

•______take over the Congress

•Clinton clashes with them over ______issues, both sides refuse to ______

•Federal Government is…

•Election of 1996-

Clinton and Impeachment

  • Accused of improperly using ______for 1984 governor race
  • Accused of ______about an improper relationship
  • Impeachment articles-
  • Senate ______the president

Election of 2000

•Gore vs. Bush (Jr.)

▫Bush wins ______vote

▫Gore wins ______vote

▫Votes disputed in ______

▫______becomes new president

September 11th, 2001

•Terrorist hijack…

•Department of ______created

Afghanistan / Iraq
•Troops sent to…
•Mission______
•First ______elected Afghan leader / •Charged with…
•Fears Saddam Hussein will…
•Troops sent to oust…
•No ______found
•Troops still ______

Bush Administration

•Domestic Agenda

▫No Child…

▫______tax cut

Democrats say it will mostly benefit the ______

•Changing Economy

▫Decline in ______and ______

Low-paying, part-time, and temporary jobs

Increase in ______jobs

▫High-tech industries take off

______

______rise and fall

International Realm

•U.S. trade with other countries = ______of our economy

•Businesses take their ______jobs to other countries

•U.S. needs to pay ______wages to compete with the ______market

Changing Populations

•______is up

•People live ______

•______in immigrant population

▫Produce problems about…