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PEGS political: 1 Clinton Elected 1992 2 George W Bush elected 2000 3 US-Soviet relations under Mikhail Gorbachev 4 Soviet Union breakup 5 Iran-Contra affair: serious blunder/scandal of Regan's presidency ECONOMIC 1 The US enjoyed a period of unrivaled economic growth and technological innovation during the Clinton years 2 Economy suffers under Bush administration 3 Supply-Side Economics (Reganomics): wealthy Americans prospered and some increased spending was to "trickle down" and benefit middle class/poor 4 Regan administration spent billions to build new weapons systems 5 W Bush favors drug and insurance companies, pushes tax cuts for the wealthy, and runs up huge federal deficits geographic: 1marxist regimes like sandinistas took over nicaragua 2US supported salvadoran government against coalition of leftist guerrillas in El Salvador 3 The war on terrorism in Iraq 4 war in afganistan 5 bombimg of the world trade center in New York City social: 1Regents of the University of California v. Bakke- college admissions cant be based off of race alone 2 Roe v. Wade- leagalization of abortion - caused pro-life movements joining together catholics and fundamentalist protestants 3Sandra Day O'Connor = first woman on supreme court 4William Rehnquist scaled back affirmative action and limited Roe v. Wade by allowing states to impose certain restrictions on abortion 5Changing foreign policy

CHRONOLOGY- This is how it went down!

1992 Clinton defeats Bush for Presidency 1998 Clinton-Lewinsky scandal US and Britain launch military strikes against Iraq Clinton impeached by House of Representatives 2001 Terrorists attaack New York and Washington DC on Sept 11 US invades Afganastan 2002 Congress passes "No Child Left Behind" Bush labels Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil" 2003 US invades Iraq Saddam Hussein captured in Iraq

MNEMONIC: Relations improved between US and the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev

Election of 2000 = totes controversial

Sandra Day O'Connor = first woman on supreme court; set precedent for women

UN security council demands Iraq comply with weapons inspection 2002

Reganomics changed the debate issue of what government programs to cut and by how much

Gay marriage controversy erupts in 2004

Election of 1980, Reagan

New Century, the 21st century

Contras = antileftist rebels in nicaragua who fought the sandinistas in an attempt to seize power

End of the Cold War (George H. Bush)