1980s and 1990s

1
1980s and 1990s

• Election of 1980 Carter vs. Reagan
• Reaganomics Recovery of economy but also huge
  deficit recovery of self-confidence but also
  heightened Cold War tension
• Emergence of new technologies computer,
  internet, biotechnology

2
End of Cold War

• Two main theories conservative view--American
  defense policy, especially Star Wars, raced
  Soviet Union to bankruptcy Liberal viewProblems
  within Soviet system and the reform policy of
  Gorbachev led to end of Cold War
• 1989 Tiananmen incident in China German
  unification fall of the Berlin Wall Soviet coup
  and dissolution in 1990-1991

3
Bush and Clinton Years

• Gulf War of 1991
• Recession of 1991-93
• LA Riot of 1992
• Election of 1992 Its the economy, stupid.
• New Democrat
• Global warming
• Genetic engineering
• New economy Its making and crash