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.

• Ronald Reagan

• Glasnost and Perestroika

• George H.W. Bush

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Support anti-communist insurgencies

• Reagan Doctrine

• Persian Gulf War

​ (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

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Persian Gulf War

• Operation Enduring Freedom

• Reagan Doctrine

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• 9/11 Attacks

• Fall of the Soviet Union

• Persian Gulf War

“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

• Expanded surveillance powers

• War Powers Act (1973)

• Expanded health insurance access

• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Limited presidential military power

• No Child Left Behind

• Increased school accountability

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.

• Migration to Sunbelt

• Dominance of tech and healthcare

• Decline of labor unions

• Rise of globalization

• Decline of manufacturing jobs

• Shift to white-collar jobs

• Service sector growth

• Growth of suburban economies