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Assignment 08.02 The 1980s U.S. History
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Assignment 08.02 The 1980s U.S. History
Angela Vilma
Event Name:Reagan Doctrine
Type of event:Political event
Causes:Lack of military strength led to the soviet Union increasing their bonds with other countries .
Course:The policy was led tot eh united states getting involved with conflicts all around the world.
Consequences: The U.S was involved around the world.
Event name: Reagan's Nomination Of Sandra's O'Connor
Type of event:Political
Cause: President Reagan wanted to fulfill his campaign by appointing the first woman in the highest court.
Course:She serve on the supreme court and mad major desicions.
Consequences:
1980 Election
Event name: Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
Type of event:Social
Cause:
O-ring failed which caused the burning gas to reach the external fuel tank which then led to the explosion.
Course:Original the space shuttle was supposed to launch accordingly, but NASA did not know that the shuttle was going to explode.
Consequences:The space shuttle explode and killed the 7 astronauts aboard.
Event name:1980-1982 Recession
Type of event:Economic
Cause:The monetary policy that was supposed to help inflation.
Course:Unemployment rate was at 10.8%,Reagan tired to keep pushing
Consequences:The recession only became worse in 1982, which caused people to stop listening to Reagan .
Event name:Reaganomics
Type of event: Economic
Cause:The cause of Reaganomics was because the cost of taxes,the size of the government, and the control over businesses.
Course:The course was use to deregulation which could help put more money into people's pockets to fulfill their needs and wants.
Consequences:In 1983, the economy was a lot better, which lead the stock market to increase.
Type of Event: this was a political event that caused a change in the government.
Causes:Americans wanted a patriotic leader who had plans to fix economic problems carrying over the elections from 1970s.
Course:Jimmy Carter was running and the American people were very unhappy with his leadership.So Ronald Reagan emerged as an opposing runner.
Consequences: Ronald Reagan was elected in 1980 because of his Controversial plan for fixing the U.S. economy.
Event name:Fall of the Berlin Wall
Type of event:Social
Cause:The Berlin Wall coming down was caused due to Reagan demand that this wall "is a divider"
Course:The wall was broken and the people of Berlin were not happy.
Consequences:The wall was broken and Gorbachev resigned as president.
Event name:Rock Hudson
Type of event:Social
Cause:Rock Hudson died because he had Aids.
Course:He didn't tell anyone because he wanted to continue to act and travel.
Consequences:He died in his sleep due to aids related illness.