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.

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Support anti-communist insurgencies

• Reagan Doctrine

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Ronald Reagan

• Glasnost and Perestroika

• George H.W. Bush

• 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

• Reagan Doctrine

• Persian Gulf War

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Operation Enduring Freedom

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• 9/11 Attacks

• Fall of the Soviet Union

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• 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.

• War Powers Act (1973)

• Expanded surveillance powers

• No Child Left Behind

• Expanded health insurance access

• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Limited presidential military power

• Patriot Act

• 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.

• Decline of labor unions

• Rise of globalization

• Decline of manufacturing jobs

• Dominance of tech and healthcare

• Service sector growth

• Shift to white-collar jobs

• Migration to Sunbelt

• Growth of suburban economies