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.

• Reagan Doctrine

• Persian Gulf War

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• Support anti-communist insurgencies

• George H.W. Bush

• Glasnost and Perestroika

• Ronald Reagan

• Strategic Defense Initiative

​ (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

• Operation Enduring Freedom

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Persian Gulf War

• Reagan Doctrine

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• Persian Gulf War

• Fall of the Soviet Union

• 9/11 Attacks

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

“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)

• Limited presidential military power

• Patriot Act

• Expanded surveillance powers

• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Expanded health insurance access

• No Child Left Behind

• 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.

• Service sector growth

• Shift to white-collar jobs

• Decline of manufacturing jobs

• Growth of suburban economies

• Decline of labor unions

• Dominance of tech and healthcare

• Migration to Sunbelt

• Rise of globalization