USH Module 8 Introduction #1 Bellwork

What was the main goal of Reaganomics during the 1980s?

• Increase government spending on social programs

• Reduce taxes to encourage economic growth

• Nationalize major industries

• Increase tariffs on imported goods

Match each leader or policy to its associated action or goal.

• George H.W. Bush

• Persian Gulf War

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Reagan Doctrine

• Support anti-communist insurgencies

• Ronald Reagan

• Glasnost and Perestroika

​ (a)   aimed to boost economic growth by cutting taxes, while ​ (b)   was a space-based defense system proposal.

• Reaganomics
• Strategic Defense Initiative
• Moral Majority
• Perestroika
• Clinton’s Budget
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

Categorize each action as either Cold War Era or Post-Cold War Era.

Groups:

(a) Cold War Era

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(b) Post-Cold War Era

• Reagan Doctrine

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Operation Enduring Freedom

• Persian Gulf War

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• 9/11 Attacks

• Persian Gulf War

• Fall of the Soviet Union

“They preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man...”

President Ronald Reagan, "Evil Empire" speech

What idea is most reflected in this excerpt from Reagan?

• Nuclear disarmament

• Environmental regulation

• Isolationism

• Anti-communism

What was the immediate U.S. response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks?

• Launching Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan

• Withdrawal from all Middle Eastern countries

• Formation of the European Union under UN control

• Signing the Kyoto Protocol to form an alliance with Japan

Match each law or act to its effect.

• Patriot Act

• Increased school accountability

• War Powers Act (1973)

• Expanded surveillance powers

• No Child Left Behind

• Limited presidential military power

• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Expanded health insurance access

What was one of the major criticisms of NAFTA?

• It created trade barriers between Canada and Mexico

• It led to job losses in American manufacturing

• It caused widespread inflation in the U.S.

• It ended immigration from Latin America

Match each economic change to its cause or effect.

• Service sector growth

• Dominance of tech and healthcare

• Decline of manufacturing jobs

• Growth of suburban economies

• Decline of labor unions

• Rise of globalization

• Migration to Sunbelt

• Shift to white-collar jobs