Ronald Regan and Conservative Ascendency Flashcards
(12 cards)
Jimmy Carter Policies
Department of education/energy
Toxic waster superfund
Deregulate airline/trucking industry
Increased federal spending + cut taxes
Camp David Accord: peace isreal + egypt
-suez canal secured
Carter 2 middle east crisis
USSR invade afghanistan: CIA give weapons and we boycott olympics
Iran Hostage Crisis: Iranian take hostage at Embassy
Freeze Iran assets
Operation Eagle claw (rescue) failed bad weather
What COOKED carter
“Crisis of Confidence” speech blame US consumerism after Iran cut off our gas
High inflation
Conservative Ascendency supporters
Sun belt (south) population boom
Religious right start school and mega churches
Moral Majority by televangelist
Phyillis Schlaftly and STOP (giving womans rights)
Consevative think tanks
Regans Win condition
Asked if carter improved the nation
John andersan was a liberal who took 7% from carter
Regans Aura
Served in army, hollywood acter, football player
got iran hostages released
survived assassination attempt
Reganomics and outcome
supply side
Cut federal spending
slashed income tax
bro it fucking worked and brought unemployment down
-richest benefit the most
Republican shit regan did
Economic Recovery tax act and then Tax reform act
-lower highest tax rate
Tax Equity and fiscal resposability act (TERFA)
Millitary build up: B-2 bomber
Fired PACO memebers in illegal strike
Strategic Defense initiative (SDI): laser from sky
Reagan and Lebanon
Palestine liberation Organization use Lebanon as base to attack Israel
Israel invade and kill PLO
Reagan sent marines and got suice bombed
Nicaragua and Contra Affair
Cia train contras and fueled civil war
Boland Amendemt passed by congress to stop this shit
Reagan wants to free 6 hostages in lebanon
US trade missiles for hostages
-violates boland amendement
Regans Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
stipulated destruction of all medium and short range missiles with USSR
Culture in 1980s
Live-aid was their endgame
Rambo: first blood part 2: glory
Platoon: realism
MTV: highlighted sex
