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| CHAPTER 36 | A CONSERVATIVE INSURGENCY | OVERVIEW |
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CHAPTER TIMELINE |
| 1966 |
Ronald Reagan elected governor of California |
| 1973 |
Roe v. Wade |
| 1980 |
Ronald Reagan elected president |
| 1981 |
Economic Recovery Tax Act |
| 1981 |
Air traffic controllers’ strike |
| October 19, 1981 |
Stock market collapsed |
| 1983 |
Reagan authorized Strategic Defense Initiative |
| October 1983 |
Invasion of Grenada |
| October 1983 |
Marine headquarters in Beirut bombed |
| 1984 |
Reagan reelected |
| 1986 |
Tax Reform Act |
| November 1986 |
First Iran-Contra revelations |
| 1987 |
Iran-Contra congressional hearings |
| December 1987 |
INF Treaty signed |
| 1988 |
George H. W. Bush elected |
| November 1989 |
Berlin Wall came down |
| December 1989 |
Invasion of Panama |
| August 2, 1990 |
Iraq invaded Kuwait |
| August 22, 1990 |
Desert Shield began |
| January 17, 1991 |
Desert Storm started |
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CHAPTER OBJECTIVES |
After you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should be able to: |
- Evaluate the economic policies of the Reagan and Bush administrations.
- Discuss the U.S. role in Central America in the 1980s and its connections to
the Middle East.
- Understand the causes and results of the Gulf War.
- Explain Ronald Reagan’s political success and the failure of George Bush.
- Trace the development of the modern computer.
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