EOC Review Modern America 10F 1. Describe significant societal issues from 1970s–1990s in each of following areas

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11D 2. What 3 rd party was involved in the presidential election of 1992 and what impact did it have?

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11E 3. What was historically significant about the presidential election in 2008?

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11F 4. Explain the solvency of long-term entitlement programs such as Social security and Medicare.

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Explain the political, economic and social factors involved in the U.S. role in the world regards to the following events 10A Richard Nixon’s normalization of relations with China

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Political–Reaganomics reduced the size of federal government Economic–He was able to successfully get the country out of stagflation Social–He supported several social programs such as COBRA and help to contain spread of AIDS Ronald Reagan’s “Peace through strength” Political–It gave him enough power to build a strong military Economic–Big defense spending kickstarted economy Social–It prevented wars according to Reagan Support for Israel Political–Gained support from Israeli supporters mainly powerful Jews Economic–Exporting arms to Israel supported our economy Social–Gain goodwill of Jews around the world Camp David Accords Political–Carter scored a big political and foreign policy victor over this Economic–