Chapter+40+Reading+Objectives

After reading this chapter, you should be able to:

1. Describe the rise of Reagan and the New Right in the 1980s, including their effective use of social issues lie abortion, affirmative action, and homosexuality. 2. Explain the Reagan revolution in economic policy, and indicate its immediate and long-term consequences. 3. Describe the revival of the Cold War in Reagan's first term and the consequences of Reagan's tough stands toward the Soviet Union. (covered in Unit 16) 4. Discuss the growing American entanglement in Central American and Middle Eastern troubles in the 1980s, including the Iran Contra Affair. (covered in Unit 16) 5. Describe the change in Soviet policies initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev and Reagan's second-term turn to negotiation with the Soviets. (covered in Unit 16) 6. Analyze the growing power of the religious right in American politics and the battles over abortion and other issues before the Supreme Court. 7. Describe the end of the Cold War and its complex consequences for America's foreign relations and domestic economy. 8. Explain America's growing involvement in the Middle East, including the First Persian Gulf War and its aftermath.