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.

• George H.W. Bush

• Persian Gulf War

• Reagan Doctrine

• Support anti-communist insurgencies

• Ronald Reagan

• Glasnost and Perestroika

• Mikhail Gorbachev

• 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

• Reagan Doctrine

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Persian Gulf War

Arrange the events in chronological order.

• Operation Iraqi Freedom

• 9/11 Attacks

• Persian Gulf War

• Fall of the Soviet Union

“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.

• Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

• Expanded health insurance access

• No Child Left Behind

• Limited presidential military power

• War Powers Act (1973)

• Increased school accountability

• Patriot Act

• Expanded surveillance powers

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 manufacturing jobs

• Shift to white-collar jobs

• Decline of labor unions

• Dominance of tech and healthcare

• Migration to Sunbelt

• Growth of suburban economies

• Service sector growth

• Rise of globalization