Gerald Ford
Election of 1976
Jimmy Carter
Carter’s Foreign Policy
Iran Hostage Crisis
Carter and the Cold War
Carter’s Domestic Policy
The Changing Face of America
Rise of the Sunbelt
Rise of Conservatism
Conservative Issues
Election of 1980
Two Months Later…
Election of 1984
Reaganomic’s Critics: National Debt and Trade Deficits
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
“Star Wars”
Central America
Reagan’s Foreign Policy
Middle East
“Mr. Gorbachev: Tear Down This Wall”
Mikhail Gorbachev
Iran – Contra Affair
The Legacy of Ronald Reagan
Election of 1988
1989 -Tiananmen Square Beijing
Communism begins to Crumble
Nov. 9, 1989 Berlin Wall “Falls”
U. S. S. R. Dissolves
Bush and Foreign Policy
Persian Gulf War
Bush’s Domestic Policies
Election of 1992
H. Ross Perot – Reform Party
NAFTA
Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Contract With America
Oklahoma City - 1995
Election of 1996
Clinton’s Second Term
Clinton’s Scandals
Monica Lewinsky
Impeached
Clinton’s Foreign Policy
Balkan Genocide 1990’s
Election of 2000
September 11, 2001
Al Qaeda
Global War on Terror
Problems:
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
“Shock & Awe”
Election of 2008
War On Terror?
Election of 2012
Science & Technology – New Economy
A Changing Society
Globalization