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Ronald Reagan
March 31st 2017
 OBJ: Provided Notes and an activity SWBAT Use economic indicators
to evaluate the effectiveness of state and national fiscal (i.e.,
government spending and taxation) and monetary (i.e., interest rates)
policies. Evaluate the role of religion on cultural and social mores,
public opinion, and political In addition Analyze the conflicting
ideologies and actions of political parties regarding spending priorities,
the role of government in the economy, and social reforms decisions.
 Agenda:
 Finish Stations
 Do Now
 Notes
 Activity using political cartoons
Ronald Reagan
 Born Feb. 6, 1911
 Attended Eureka College
 President of the Screen Actors Guild
 Governor of California 1966-1974
 Oldest President ever to be elected at 69 years of age
Ronald Reagan
 Used his story telling ability to me a point, deflect
criticism, and win over doubters
 Ronald Reagan envisioned a smaller government, a
greater America
 Known as the Great Communicator
 Ronald Reagan capitalized on the
public's frustration.
The Reagan Revolution
 When he ran for the presidency against
Carter in 1980, he asked Americans,
"Are you better off than you were four
years ago?“
 With annual inflation at 18 percent, the
answer was a resounding "No."
 Reagan won a landslide victory, carrying 43 states and almost 51 percent of the
popular vote compared to Carter's 41 percent.
1980 Election
 In addition, the Democrats lost the Senate for the first time since 1954
Reagan drew strong support from white
The
New Right
Southerners,
suburban Roman Catholics,
Evangelical Christians, and particularly, The New
Right. Religious conservatives included many
different faiths, with the largest being Evangelical
Protestant Christians
The new conservative coalition of voters shared
the belief that American society had lost its way.
Americans had lost faith in their government, lost
confidence in the economy, and longed for
stability and a return to a better time.
The New Right
 Tactics included:
 Making the political, personal
 Identity politics- exclusive political stance for people of the
same race or religion
 Small group sessions to raise consciousness
Concerns Included:
 Homosexuality
 Abortion
 Affirmative Action
Reaganomics“supplyhe
side
To stimulate the economy,
persuaded
economics”
Congress to slash tax rates.
 Conservative Southern Democrats also supported the slash in tax rates,
they were nicknamed “Boll Weevils”
 Strengthened the nation's defenses, doubled the defense budget--to
more than $330 billion by 1987
 Plans to deregulate the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
Reagan questioned the legitimacy of the agency as an independent
authority
Reaganomics “supply side
 A combo of budget & tax reduction would
economics”
 Stimulate new investments
 Boost productivity
 Foster dramatic growth economically
* Essentially, the goals were: dismantle the welfare state and shrink the size
of the federal government
*First Results: Sharp recession and rise in unemployment
Break down of Reaganomics
 Dramatic Tax Reductions
 Trim the size of the federal government
by limiting its role in welfare, education
& housing.
 Deregulation of businesses and
industries
 Against federal labor unions such as
PATCO (Professional Air Traffic
Controllers Organizations)
Issues with Reaganomics
 Consequence of High Deficits and High Interest rates
was a soaring value of a dollar
 Expansion of the federal debt led to: The impossibility
of social spending both politically and practically
 The gap between Rich and Poor expanded
Reaganomics
Achievements
Economy was in the midst of its
longest post-World War II expansion.
Economy was growing faster, with less
inflation, than at any time since the
mid-1960s.
 Adjusted for inflation, disposable
personal income per person rose 20
percent after 1980.
POLITICAL
CARTOONS
April 4th 2017
 OBJ: Provided notes and a video SWBAT Use economic
indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of state and
national fiscal (i.e., government spending and taxation)
and monetary (i.e., interest rates) policies. Evaluate the
role of religion on cultural and social mores, public
opinion, and political In addition Analyze the conflicting
ideologies and actions of political parties regarding
spending priorities, the role of government in the
economy, and social reforms decisions.
 Agenda:
 Do-Now
 Notes
 Portfolio’s
Do Now
 VIDEO
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWrJGWkK
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Reagan and the Evil Empire
 Reagan described the Soviet Union as "an evil
empire" and called for a space-based missile defense
system, known as the Strategic Defense Initiative
(SDI)
 Soviet money and Cuban troops came to Grenada
 U.S. troops invaded Grenada, killed or captured 750
Cuban soldiers, and established a new government
Reagan Doctrine of American
Activism in the Third World
 MOST EXERCISED IN GRENADA AND NICARAGUA
 Broke doctrine of “Containment”, Reagan’s foreign policy was that the United
States would actively push back the influence of the Soviet Union.
 The Reagan administration focused much of its energy on supporting armies to
reduce or eliminate Soviet influence.
 Examples of the Reagan Doctrine’s application:
 In Afghanistan, the United States was provided aid to anti-Soviet freedom
fighters (mujahadeen) ultimately, helping to force Soviet troops to withdraw
 In Nicaragua, the United States sponsored the contra movement in an effort
to force the leftist Sandinista government from power.
.
Iran Contra
August 1985 – March 1987
 Sandinistas (Radicals) had overthrown Nicaragua's military
dictatorship and were threatening to do the same in El
Salvador.
 The Contras were a coalition of paramilitary groups that
opposed the Sandinistas.
 Fearing the spread of communism in the Western
hemisphere, Reagan dubbed the Contras “freedom
fighters” and channeled weapons and C.I.A. support to
them.
 Congress remained skeptical, though; in 1984, it passed
the Boland Amendment banning U.S. military aid to the
Contras. Administration officials did not give up their
support of the Contras, they looked for new sources of
funds to send to Nicaragua.
Iran Contra
August 1985 – March 1987
 National security advisors hatched a plan to fund the
Contras with money brought in by the sale of weapons to
Iran.
 Officials also hoped the weapons sales would make Iran
more favorable to helping the U.S. negotiate with Islamic
radicals who had taken several Americans hostage in
Lebanon.
 The proposed sale of weapons, however, was illegal; the
U.S. had passed an embargo since the Iran hostage crisis
in 1979.
 In order to hide U.S. actions, Reagan officials sold millions
of dollars worth of weapons secretly
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Iran Contra
August 1985 – March 1987
 Profits from this illegal arms trade, were then used to fund
the Contras in their war against Nicaragua’s radical
Sandinista government.
 Several officials went to jail, and much evidence
suggested that Reagan had allowed the illegal acts.
 It is clear that he supported the sale of weapons to Iran
for the release of hostages and he supported the covert
aid to the Contras.
 No one ever testified that he approved the weapons
sales in order to fund the Contras.
 This showed Reagan planned elaborate foreign policy
moves
Ending the Cold War
 Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the new Soviet leader
 called for sweeping political liberalization (glasnost) and
economic reform (perestroika)
 Reagan’s SDI plan forced Gorbachev to admit that the USSR
could not keep up with the arms race
 Gorbachev withdrew Soviet tank divisions from the communist
nations in Eastern Europe
 Reagan was able to work with Gorbachev to reduce Cold War
tensions
 Gorbachev’s reforms helped bring an end to communism
 Eastern European nations broke from Soviet control & created
democracies
Berlin Wall
 On June 12, 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave an
historic speech to the people of Berlin. It was here that
Reagan spoke the famous phrase: "General Secretary
Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for
the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek
liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev,
open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
 After Reagan had left office in 1988, In November of
1989, the Berlin Wall came down
Reagan’s Legacy
 He helped inflation rates
 Restored public confidence in government
 Presided over the beginning of the end of the Cold
War.
 Doubled the defense budget
 Named the first woman to the Supreme Court
 Launched a strong economic boom
 Created a heightened sense of national unity.
Video
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc7OSLoICw