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From “The Age of Limits” to the Age of Reagan
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate The Ford Custodianship
Nixon Pardoned
Gerald Ford (Library of Congress)
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate The Ford Custodianship
Nixon Pardoned Economic Problems 1976 Election
The Election of 1976
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate The Trials of Jimmy Carter
Soaring Inflation
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Jimmy Carter (Library of Congress)
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate Human Rights and National Interests
Panama Canal Treaty Camp David Accords SALT II
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Politics and Diplomacy After Watergate The Year of the Hostages
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Afghanistan Invaded
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The Rise of the New American Right The Sunbelt and Its Politics
Rise of the
“Sunbelt”
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Growth of the Sunbelt, 1970-1990
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The Rise of the New American Right The Sunbelt and Its Politics
Rise of the “Sunbelt” Growing Opposition to Government Regulation Sagebrush Rebellion
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The Rise of the New American Right Religious Revivalism
Surging Evangelicalism Christian Coalition
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"This country does not belong to the ACLU, the radical left or the communists. It belongs to God and his people. I frankly am tired of us being second-class citizens in a land our forefathers founded and claimed for the Lord.“
- Pat Robertson
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The Rise of the New American Right The Emergence of the New Right
Barry Goldwater
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“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice.”
- Barry Goldwater
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The Rise of the New American Right The Emergence of the New Right
Barry Goldwater Ronald Reagan
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Ronald Reagan (Library of Congress)
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The Rise of the New American Right The Tax Revolt
Proposition 13 Taxes Attacked
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The Rise of the New American Right The Campaign of 1980
1980 Election
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The Election of 1980
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The “Reagan Revolution” The Reagan Coalition
Free-Market Conservatives “Neo-Conservatives”
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The “Reagan Revolution” Reagan in the White House
Reagan’s Personal Appeal
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“I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.”
- Ronald Reagan
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The “Reagan Revolution” “Supply-Side” Economics
Reaganomics Tax Cuts
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“We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.”
- Ronald Reagan
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The “Reagan Revolution” “Supply-Side” Economics
Reaganomics Tax Cuts Deregulation
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“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.”
- Ronald Reagan
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The “Reagan Revolution” “Supply-Side” Economics
Reaganomics Tax Cuts Deregulation Economic Recovery
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The “Reagan Revolution” The Fiscal Crisis
Growing Budget Deficits
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Federal Budget Surplus/Deficit, 1940 to 2000
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The “Reagan Revolution” Reagan and the World
“Star Wars”
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“What we need is Star Peace and not Star Wars.”
- Mikhail Gorbachev
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The “Reagan Revolution” Reagan and the World
“Star Wars” Reagan Doctrine Terrorism
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The “Reagan Revolution” The Election of 1984
Reagan Reelected
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The Election of 1984
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev
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“It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.”
- Mikhail Gorbachev
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev Glasnost and Perestroika
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“More socialism means more democracy, openness and collectivism in everyday life.”
- Mikhail Gorbachev
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Fall of the Soviet Union
Mikhail Gorbachev Glasnost and Perestroika Tiananmen Square Collapse of the USSR
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Fading of the Reagan Revolution
Savings and Loan Crisis Oliver North
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“I thought using the Ayatollah's money to support the Nicaraguan resistance was a neat idea.”
- Oliver North
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Election of 1988
Bush’s Negative Campaign
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The Election of 1988
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Bush Presidency
Arms Reduction 1990 Recession
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George Bush (Library of Congress)
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Gulf War
Saddam Hussein General Norman Schwartzkopf
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America and the Waning of the Cold War The Election of 1992
Ross Perot Clinton Elected
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The Election of 1992
