GLOBAL PASSAGES What war-fighting role was the B-52 originally designed to carry out? How as the B-52 been used in regional conflicts since the 1950s? OUTLINE Backlash An Accidental President The Politics of Limits and Malaise A Dangerous World, 1974–1980 America Held Hostage Democratic Decline and the Rising Tide on the Right The Crisis of the Democrats Rising Tide on the Right The Religious Right and Neoconservatism Morning Again in America It’s The Rise of Reagan Economic Realities Conservative Justice Social Transformation and the Technology Revolution The Rise of the “Non-Traditional Family” Gay Rights and the AIDS Epidemic A Health-Conscious America High Technology Challenging the “Evil Empire” A New Arms Race Global Passages: Bombs Away: The B-52 and Global Military America’s Footprint Interventions Cold War Thaw WHO? C. Everett Koop WHAT? James A. Baker III Beverly LaHaye Contras Menachem Begin Robert McFarlane Equal Rights Patrick Buchanan Walter Mondale Amendment Jimmy Carter Mohammed Mossadeq (ERA) Robert Dole Oliver North Helsinki Accords Jerry Falwell Mohammed Reza Pahlavi monetarists Geraldine Ferraro Muammar Qaddafi Moral Majority Mikhail Gorbachev William Rehnquist Mujahideen Billy Graham Pat Robertson Neoconservatives Anthony Kennedy Anwar Sadat Political Action Edward Kennedy Antonin Scalia Committees “Ted” Ruholla Khomeini Phyllis Schlafly (PACs) Margaret Thatcher Roe v. Wade Paul Volcker Boris Yeltsin REVIEW QUESTIONS What domestic and foreign problems overwhelmed the Carter Administration? What was sunbelt conservatism? What was Ronald criticism of liberal economic and social Reagan’s programs and how did he propose to alter their course? In what ways were domestic policies successful? In what Reagan’s ways did they fail? Why did Reagan charge that the Soviets were the Cold “winning” War? Did foreign policies alter Soviet behavior or were other Reagan’s factors responsible for winding down the Cold War? NOTES: TO FOLLOW UP / QUESTIONS TO ASK IN CLASS
GLOBAL PASSAGES What war-fighting role was the B-52 originally designed to carry out? How as the B-52 been used in regional conflicts since the 1950s? OUTLINE Backlash An Accidental President The Politics of Limits and Malaise A Dangerous World, 1974–1980 America Held Hostage Democratic Decline and the Rising Tide on the Right The Crisis of the Democrats Rising Tide on the Right The Religious Right and Neoconservatism It’s Morning Again in America The Rise of Reagan Economic Realities Conservative Justice Social Transformation and the Technology Revolution The Rise of the “Non-Traditional Family” Gay Rights and the AIDS Epidemic A Health-Conscious America High Technology Challenging the “Evil Empire” A New Arms Race Global Passages: Bombs Away: The B-52 and America’s Global Military Footprint Interventions Cold War Thaw WHO? James A. Baker III Menachem Begin Patrick Buchanan Jimmy Carter Robert Dole Jerry Falwell Geraldine Ferraro Mikhail Gorbachev Billy Graham Anthony Kennedy Edward “Ted” Kennedy Ruholla Khomeini C. Everett Koop Beverly LaHaye Robert McFarlane Walter Mondale Mohammed Mossadeq Oliver North Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Muammar Qaddafi William Rehnquist Pat Robertson Anwar Sadat Antonin Scalia Phyllis Schlafly Margaret Thatcher Paul Volcker Boris Yeltsin WHAT? Contras Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Helsinki Accords monetarists Moral Majority Mujahideen Neoconservatives Political Action Committees (PACs) Roe v. Wade REVIEW QUESTIONS What domestic and foreign problems overwhelmed the Carter Administration? What was sunbelt conservatism? What was Ronald Reagan’s criticism of liberal economic and social programs and how did he propose to alter their course? In what ways were Reagan’s domestic policies successful? In what ways did they fail? Why did Reagan charge that the Soviets were “winning” the Cold War? Did Reagan’s foreign policies alter Soviet behavior or were other factors responsible for winding down the Cold War? NOTES: TO FOLLOW UP / QUESTIONS TO ASK IN CLASS