Week+33+Reading

__Mon 4/16__

No reading

Ch. 31 - Reagan, the 1980s, and the end of the Cold War
AMSCO Ch. 30

__Tues 4/17__

p. 1226, pp. 1230-1231

Donald Trump, Paul Volcker, 1980 presidential election, Reagan's Hollywood background, George Herbert Walker Bush, Reagan's appeal in the south

__Weds 4/18__

pp. 1238-1249

"Government //is// the problem," Reagan's supply-side economics aka "trickle down," Reagan's spending cuts, John Hinckley Jr's assassination attempt, 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act (tax cuts), Reagan recession, deregulation, 1980s savings and loan crisis, Sandra Day O'Connor and William Rehnquist, Robert Bork's failure to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, 1984 presidential election, former Carter VP Walter Mondale, VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro

Reagan's hard line on USSR and defense buildup, B-1 bomber, neutron bomb, INF and START talks, Korean Airlines Flight 007 shot down, the "evil empire," Strategic Defense Initiative/Star Wars, Mikhail Gorbachev, //perestroika// and //glasnost//, Reagan-Gorbachev summits, INF Treaty, Reagan vs. Latin American "communism," Nicaragua's Sandinistas, anticommunist "contras" (//contrarevolucionarios//) and covert CIA aid, Boland Amendment, invasion of Grenada, Iran-Contra Scandal, bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon, Muammar Qaddafi "the mad dog of the Middle East" and Reagan's retaliation, Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, Iran-Iraq War, Robert McFarlane, Col. Oliver North, independent prosecutor Lawrence Walsh

__Thurs 4/19__

Presidential inaugurals activity:



Procedure:

1. Complete the analysis chart by filling in three components of each president's vision for America and for the world.

2. On the back of the analysis sheet, set up and complete a new chart for presidential actions and policies:

2. 3. || 1. 2. 3. || //How successfully did the president's listed actions/policies make his vision a reality?// || 3. Develop a thesis statement for the presidents you deem MOST and LEAST effective at implementing their vision for America and the world.
 * President || Domestic policies/actions || Foreign policies/actions || Vision vs reality evaluation ||
 * Truman || 1.
 * Truman || 1.
 * LBJ || etc ||  ||   ||
 * Carter ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Ike ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Nixon ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Reagan ||  ||   ||   ||

//Although Kennedy sought to get the country moving towards a New Frontier, his administration's domestic policies largely failed to achieve his goals of A and B, while his foreign policies actually contributed to Cold War tensions rather than increasing America's national security.//

Write your thesis statements below the action chart on the back of your analysis sheet.