Entitlement programs: Program provide certain benefit for certain groups.

This cost 300 billions dollar

annually and caused a lot of resentment for tax payer

Affirmative action: remedy effects of the past discrimination. Many considered this “reverse
discrimination” and an assault to traditional value.

Moral Majority: Christian conservative group try to restore traditional values. They intepreted the Bible
literally and believe in absolute standard of right and wrong.

Ronald Reagan: 40th president of the US. He used to be an actor and therefore master the tool of media.
He is relaxed and charming.

Supply side economic: lowering tax and decreasing regulation to promote economic growth. Less tax>
People would save more money> They would give that to the bank> the bank then loan money to
business> supply will increase> price will went down

Geraldine Ferraro: She is the first women to run for president

AIDS: the deadly virus that the White House make fun of. It become wide spread through out the world,
start with homosexual and drug users who share needles and then to many more.

Gorbachev: last president of the Soviet, known for the openness and reconstructing policy.( glasnost and
perestroika)

Contras: the guerilla group America support in Nicaragua. They overthrew the socialist regime in
Nicaragua

1. The counter-culture movement like the hippies caused America to turn to more conservative
way.
2. Reagan win due to his master of the media (and also he survive an assassination, make him
some how the Chosen One), and Carter failed to reelect since a lot of people hate him for being
too nice and his christian supporter also find him not doing enough conservative stuff.
3. Reagan cut down on tax (to promote supply-side economics) decreased social spending (many
social programs and the Congress cut down on almost everything: urban mass transit, food
stamps, welfare benefits, job training, Medicaid, school lunches, and student loans), increased
military spending (by a lot)(they made Star Wars not fiction anymore), and deregulated the
domestic markets.
4. Also known as New Federalism, its remove the central government power from the industries
and prevent intervention. It increase competition and lower prices for consumers. He also cut
down on EPA budget and urge people to cut down tree for money and sell land for oils.
5. They face the conservative wave and a lot of people considered affirmative action reverse
discrimination. Many entitlement program are also dismissed due to the reagan’s policy.
Women also failed to put the ERA into the constitution. Abortion faced restriction in certain
states. While latinos support billingual education, many feared it would be mainstream.
Homosexual also face the AIDS desease.
6. They gain abortion right and almost got the ERA into the constitution.
7. They failed to keep other countries together and they spend too much on the arm race with the
US. Even though, glasnost and perestroika policies were official, they were to little to late and
other countries turned into democrative institution. The Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS) took the place of the Soviet Union.
8. They responsed with Operation Desert Storm. They launch both massive air and ground force
againts Iraq from Feb 23 to 28, until President Bush anounced the cease fire and Kuwait was
liberated.