United States History, Part 18

Question 1: Outline the most important events of the Carter administration.

Answer 1: Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976. Faced with a budget deficit, high unemployment, and continued inflation, Carter also dealt with numerous matters of international diplomacy including: Panama Canal TreatiesCamp David Accords—negotiations between Anwar el-Sadat, the president of Egypt, and Menachem Begin, the Israeli Prime Minister, leading to a peace treaty between the two nations.Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and resulting agreements and treatiesIran Hostage Crisis—when the Shah of Iran was deposed, an Islamic cleric, the Ayatollah Ruholla Khomeini, came into power. Fifty-three American hostages were taken and held for 444 days in the US Embassy. Jimmy Carter was the first American president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Question 2: Summarize the Ronald Reagan presidency.

Answer 2: Ronald Reagan, at 69, became the oldest American president. The two terms of his administration included notable events such as: Reaganomics, also known as supply-side or trickle-down economics, involving major tax cuts in the upper income bracketsEconomic Recovery Tax Act of 1981First female justice appointed to the Supreme Court, Sandra Day O’ConnorMassive increase in the national debt—increased from $600 billion to $3 trillionReduction of nuclear weapons via negotiations with Mikhail GorbachevIran-Contra scandal—cover-up of US involvement in revolutions in El Salvador and NicaraguaDeregulation of savings and loan industry

Question 3: Outline the major events of the presidency of George Herbert Walker Bush.

Answer 3: Reagan’s presidency was followed by a term under his former Vice President, George H. W. Bush. His run for president included the famous “thousand points of light” speech, which was instrumental in increasing his standing in the election polls. During Bush’s presidency, numerous major international events took place, including: Fall of the Berlin wall and Germany’s unificationPanamanian dictator Manuel Noriega captured and tried on drug and racketeering chargesDissolution of the Soviet UnionGulf War, or Operation Desert Storm, triggered by Iraq’s invasion of KuwaitTiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, ChinaRuby Ridge The arrival of the World Wide Webzza4zz

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