1980's
Years Reagan was president
What is 1980-1988, 1981-1989
What did Bush do before becoming president?
What year was President Clinton elected?
What is 1992
How many terms did President Bush have?
What is 2
What legislation kept not getting updated in the 1990's and early 2000's?
What is immigration
Reagan economics included what major idea?
What is trickle down
How did the structure of the welfare state change during the 1980's
In the 1980s, the structure of the welfare state changed
Funding of programs changed to a block grant system
States assumed responsibility to administer social welfare programs and received greater discretion in determining how the money is spent
What was one major reform Clinton wanted to pass?
What is health care?
EXTRA Points: was it passed or defeated?
What happened in 2001 that changed our nation?
Terrorist attack on 9/11/2001:
◦Two hijacked commercial jet planes slammed into and toppled the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City on the morning of September 11, 2001.
◦Another plane crashed into the Pentagon.
◦A fourth crashed in a Pennsylvania field after passengers thwarted hijackers who wanted to hit either the White House or the Capitol Building.
What year was president Clinton impeached?
What is 1997
Name one thing Reagan was obsessed with
Lowering taxes
Increasing defense
Reducing social spending
What year did the Immigration Reform and Control Act pass?
What was most memorable about Clinton's presidency?
What is the Monica Lewinsky scandal
Bush was more known for his _________ policies accomplishments.
What is international/abroad
What legislation was passed due to 9/11?
USA PATRIOT Act
What is Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) 1981
Eliminated 57 social programs and folding them into 7 block grants
What population grew in size during Reagan and Bush's presidencies?
What is homeless
Who won the control of both houses of congress in 1994?
What is republicans
Who was disproportional affected by the failure of the government surrounding Hurricane Katrina?
What is people of color
What bill was passed in 1994 about anticrime?
Define give an example of ascendancy of conservatism
Ascendancy of conservatism
Promoted the concept that social programs had not solved poverty
Did not favor social programs to aid the poor
Social spending was incompatible with economic growth
Did not support federal civil rights
Did Reagan and Bush increase or decrease the deficit?
Increased to 4.5 trillion
What is The Contract with America
What is a series of policies promised during campaign
What was one goal of Bush's?
George W. Bush promised to restore traditional values, which had great appeal in the wake of Clinton’s scandals.
He wanted to avenge his father’s defeat by Clinton in 1992.
He wanted to restore traditional and religious values to the United States, downsize the federal government, rebuild the military, and transfer many programs from the federal government to the states.
He wanted to achieve the realignment that Reagan had begun by ushering in a Republican era that might last for decades.
Who most benefits from tax cuts?
What is affluent Americans