Unit 6 - New Hopes, New Fears

Time Period: 1980-Present

Textbook Chs: 32-Epilogue
(Online: Ch. 25-end)
Objectives:
  • Contrast the domestic and foreign policies of Presidents Carter and Reagan.
  • Analyze liberalism and the rise of conservatism in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • Analyze the United States and Soviet Union during the Cold War in terms of their power and influence.
  • Analyze the First Gulf War.
  • Contrast the presidencies of George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
  • Trace the War on Terrorism from September 11th through the end date of the War in Afghanistan.
  • Contrast the presidencies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama.