final 3

federal labor union, wanted to renegotiate contract, law prohibits federal union from striking, reagan orders them back to work or they will get fired, calls in military to work in their place----- union membership declined

peace trhough strength, massive military spending, high budget deficit and national debt

the plan to have a space based, anti missile system, problem-- tecnnology didnt exist, it was unilateral and wouldnt be effective

if you attack US we attack you, Reagan didnt like this becaus eit assumed enemy had good sense

closer to 12, closer to nuclear war

nuclear debris after nuclear war causing long winter, killing everything

Reagan ordered CIA to make rebel army in Nicaragua, army was called contras, us provided the funding

president could not use money to support contras, reagan didnt accept this

reagan sold missiles for hostages, gave money from sales to contras

October 1982 suicide bomber killed 241 American marines, reagan withdrew troops, 48 hours later us invaded grenada

reagan stated government instability was endangering american students there. labeled the great distraction

secratary of the SU, differed from previous leader, didnt like stalin's tactics or policies

allowing greater freedom of speech and press

effort to give soviets capitalism and democracy

meeting with su in iceland october 1986, su had one condition- do not deploy SDI, Reagan said no even though sdi didnt work, conference ended in failure

1960's east berlin thrived while west berlin didnt, west germans were escaping east so soviets buil wall. November 1989 gates were opened between east and west. ovtober 1990 germany was reunited

ends the su coo

gather to encourage chinese government to liberalize, government called in military, citizens went into the streets to prevent military from getting into the square, chinese government are secrative about news coverage because of these events

uncertain what to do after the cold war

international order after WW2 was not given a chance to work becuase of cold war mentality, now time to allow un to work

Us convinced countries to join in stopping the aggression

• 1-economic sanction against iraq
• 2- massive air campaign against iraq boming lasted 6 weeks
• 3- operation desert storm invasion lasted 100 hours

sadam remained in power

the golden age for islam and the formation of al qaeda

era of clinto

bush sr. bad economy

southern democrat, new kind of democrat, 1st baby boomer president, made use of tv

not as ideological, fiscal responsibility, strong defese

problem for bush sr. ran for president, spent his own money, most successful 3rd party candidacy; support was drawn away from republican

north american free trade agreement

clinton wanted this, barry goldwater supported, couldnt overcome congress opposition' dont ask dont tell- made every one mad

mid term elections revolutionized politics

leader of republican party, 1- nationalized congressional elections, 2 contract with america 3- said the party had to win the war on words,

cut taxes, balanced budget, budget surplus, reformed welfare

november 1995 employees told not to come to work, lasted 3 weeks

• 1st impeachment since 1868
• senate equited him
• most popular presidency since WWII

• intel- 1st microprocessor
• personal cpu
• windows
• internet

economy was booming. .com bubble. athletic advertising endorsments