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©2003 PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. Publishing as Longman CHAPTER 28 THE COLD WAR RETURNS—AND ENDS 1979–1991 CREATED EQUAL JONES WOOD MAY BORSTELMANN RUIZ

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©2003 PEARSON EDUCATION, INC. Publishing as Longman Publishers

CHAPTER 28THE COLD WAR

RETURNS—AND ENDS

1979–1991

CREATED EQUAL

JONES WOOD MAY BORSTELMANN RUIZ

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TIMELINE1979 U.S. Embassy in Tehran taken by Islamic militants

Sandinista rebels overthrow Somoza in NicaraguaThree Mile Island accident

1980 Ronald Reagan wins Presidency1981 Congress passes Reagan’s tax laws

Sandra Day O’Connor nominated to the Supreme CourtU.S. warplanes shoot down Libyan jetsAnwar Sadat assassinated

1982 Boland Amendments1983 HIV virus identified

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TIMELINE continued1985 Gorbachev becomes head of Soviet Communist part1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident

America bombs Tripoli in 1987 October: Stock Market crash

Gay Rights March in Washington1988 American warship accidentally shoots down Iranian airliner

Pro-Iranian agents bomb Pan-Am flight 109George H. W. Bush elected President

1989 U.S. troops invade Panama1991 January: Gulf War begins after invasion of Kuwait by Iraq

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THE COLD WAR RETURNS —AND ENDS Overview

Anticommunism RevisedRepublican Rule at HomeCultural ConflictThe End of the Cold War

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ANTICOMMUNISM REVISED Iran and AfghanistanThe Conservative Victory of 1980Renewing the Cold War

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Trouble Spots in the Middle East, 1979-1993

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IranJanuary 1979: Revolution in Iran deposes

ShahRuhollah Khomeini creates a theocratic state based on

Islamic law and abhorrence of western valuesU.S. Embassy overtaken and American hostages takenMilitants demand return of the Shah to stand trialAbortive rescue attempt, Vance resignation, neglected

reelection campaign

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Afghanistan7 weeks after Iranian hostage situation, Russian

troops invade Afghanistan in order to support the pro-Soviet government against Islamic fighters

President Carter halts most trade with Soviets, withdraws from SALT II, and boycotts 1980 Olympics

“Carter Doctrine”: preserve the status quo in the Persian Gulf region

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The Conservative Victory of 1980Ronald Reagan elected President

Conservative, former movie starCampaigns on ideas of military might,

unlimited consumption, economic growth, and anti-government

Republicans win the Senate

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Renewing the Cold WarUN Ambassador Kirkpatrick’s theory of

authoritarian versus totalitarian nationsReagan rejects détente and denounces the “evil

empire”Pentagon budget grows 40% from 1980 to 1984

Lebanon: 241 U.S. Marines lost to suicide bomber

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NicaraguaSandanistas overthrow Somoza in 1979CIA-created “Contras” wage war on new

government in Managua40,000 Nicaraguans, mainly civilians, dieCongress passes the Boland Amendments

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REPUBLICAN RULE AT HOME

“Reaganomics” and the Assault on Welfare

An Embattled EnvironmentA Society Divided

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“Reaganomics” and the Assault on Welfare

Congress passes Reagan’s tax lawsCutting federal income tax by 25% over 3 yearsTop individual rate drops from 70% to 28%Corporate, capital gains, inheritance taxes cut

Military spending increasesWelfare programs loose fundingFederal government responsibilities taken up by the statesInflation is cut by money policies of the Federal Reserve

Board

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An Embattled EnvironmentReagan administration policies favor big

business and private enterprisesFederal lands opened for commercial useGorsuch (EPA), Burford (BLM), Crowell (FS)

rewrite regulations favoring private enterprisesJames Watt: extremist conservative with

extremist ideas and little regard for the environment. Resigns in 1983

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A Society Divided 1980: CEO’s salary 40 times that of worker 1989: CEO’s salary 93 times that of worker Net worth of 400 richest Americans tripled Wealthiest 1% of Americans possessed more assets than

bottom 90%” “Casino Economy” of mergers, consolidations, insider

trading, buyouts Middle class: factory shutdowns, layoffs Unions: lose members of manufacturing base and to anti-

union sentiment

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Distribution of Wealth and Income

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CULTURAL CONFLICTThe Rise of the Religious RightDissenters Push BackThe New Immigration

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The Rise of the Religious RightBy 1980, Christian fundamentalists make up 20%

of population. Republican, conservative views, support ReaganOppose women’s right to choose, gay rightsSupport school prayerAnti-feminist viewsPromote sexual abstinenceSupport “war on drugs”

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Dissenters Push BackEnvironmental activistsPeace activists, anti-nuclearRacial justice activists

Anti-apartheid in South AfricaRev. Jesse Jackson and Rainbow CoalitionGay rights advocates

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The New Immigration6 million legal immigrants in 1980s40% from Asia: China, Philippines,

Korea50% from Latin America and

Caribbean: MexicoWork: farms, domestic servants,

janitors, gardeners

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THE END OF THE COLD WARFrom Cold War to DétenteThe Iran-Contra ScandalA Global Policeman?

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From Cold War to DétenteGorbachev warns of becoming of a desolate

Soviet economy with missiles

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Afghanistan becomes the Russian’s “Vietnam”

Reagan and Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland

1987: Nuclear Force Treaty signed

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The Iran-Contra ScandalReagan approved illegal sale of U.S. arms to Iran

in return for the freeing of hostages in LebanonOliver North and the National Security Council

divert profits from Iran’s money to the ContrasThe Boland Amendments restrict aid, directly or

indirectly, to the ContrasCongressional investigation, Justice Department

independent prosecutor.

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A Global Policeman?George H. W. Bush elected President in 1988Home: Appointment of Clarence Thomas to the

U.S. Supreme Court

Foreign: The collapse of the Soviet Union and the Berlin WallInvasion of Panama and arrest of Noriega for drug

traffickingGulf War