P.E.G.S.+RB30+(Kristen,+Emily,+Heather,+Justin)

__RB 30 Political:__ 1. Ronald Reagan gained fame among Republicans as an effective political speaker in the 1964 Goldwater campaign. -Emily 2. Reagan received 51% of the poplular vote and almost 91% of the electoral vote.-Kristen 3. Reagan attacked the Democratic party's big-government solutions to problems and the loss of the U.S. prestige abroad. -Emily 4. During the 2000 and 2002 elections a rise in southern republicans help George W. Bush 5. In the election of 1984, Reagan received two thirds of the white male vote.-Heather

__Economic:__ 1. Keynesian economics relied on government spending to boost consumer income and demand. -Emily 2. Reagan asked for several Federal tax reductions all were granted with some including a 25% decrease in personal income taxes over 3 years 3. The Republicans cut over $40 billion from domestic programs.- Heather 4. Investors were allowed to invest up to $2,000 a year in Individual Retirement Accounts without paying taxes on this money.-Kristen 5. During Reagan's two terms, the national debt tripled to $2.7 trillion.-Kristen __Geography:__ 1. In 1982, Israel invaded southern lebanon to stop PLO terrorists from raiding Israel. -Emily 2. Persain Gulf War started by Saddam Hussein invading Kuwait and threatening Western oil sources 3. India and Pakistan tested nuclear weapons for the first time in 1998 4. The Reagan administration spent nearly $5 billion to support the Salvadoran gov. against a coalition of leftist guerrillas.-Heather 5. On a small Caribbean island of Grenada, a coup led to the establishment of a pro-Cuban regime.-Kristen __Social:__ 1. The unemployment rate fell from 7.5 percent in 1992 to a 30-year low of 3.9 percent in 2000. -Emily 2. According to the 2000 census the United States was the 3rd most populous nation in the world 3. In 2002 President Bush signed a bipartisan education bill, the No Child Left Behind Act. - Heather 4. The number of families headed by a female with no husband soared from 5.5 million in 1970 to 12.8 million in 2000.-Heather 5. The deadly cycle of Palestinian terror-bombings and Israeli reprisals killed hundreds of innocent people.-Kristen