The+Nation+in+a+New+World

The Nation in a New World ​ **The Conservative Revolt** **The Main Idea-** The election of Ronald Regan in 1980 ushered in a new era of conservatism policy. **Setting the Scene-** The sun beamed as Ronlad Regan began his inaugural address on January 20,1981. The day matched the sunny optimism of the new President. Just shy of his seventieth birthday, Reagan brought new ideas to Washington. "Government", he said, "is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem." Ronald Regan led the conservative revolt against years of government expansion. In two terms as President, he began to move the nation in a new direction. ​ The Conservative Agenda ​ ​ Since the 1930's, the federal government has grown steadily. President Roosevelt had to help people during the Great Depression. Harry Truman, John Kennedy,and Lyndon Johnson continued with the expnasion, they thought the government should play a large role in managing the economy and providing social programs. In the 1960's, a conservative movement warned against growing federal power. Arizona senator Barry Goldwater led the way. He argued for smaller government nearer the people.

By the 1930's, conservatives dominated the Republican party. Led by Ronald Regan, they beleived that federal regulations kept buinesses from growing. State and local governments, they argued, were closest to the people and should decide what regulations were needed.

Traditional Vlaues These included religion,family,and patriotism, many evangelicals took an active role in servative political causes. Many evangelicals took an active role in conservative political cuauses. In 1979 the Reverand Jerry Falwell founded the Moral Majority. The group aided political canidates who favored conservative religious goals, such as constitutional amendment to allow organized prayer in public schools.

A Controversial Election In 2000, the Republicans nominated Texas governor George W. Bush, along with vice president nominee Richard Cheney. The democratic nominees asked voters to remember that the nations economy had boomed during the cartoon years. Bush soon faced the added challenge of working with a divided Congress. The elections had left the House of Represenatives in Republican hands on the Senate evenly split between 50 Democrats abnd 50 Republicans. ​ As you have read, the Soviet Union split apart in 1991. The breakup brought an end to the Cold War world. The United States stood alone as the superpower. Americans debated their function in the post- Cold war world. Some people wanted to reduce the role of the United States in world affairs. Others argued that the nation must not retreat from the world.

The Spread of Regional Conflict On the day of September11,2001 America wept and gathered in grief. Some held candles. On the steps of Capitol building, the leaders of Congress, Democrats and Republicans alike stood shoulder to shoulder united in a new resolve 'TO FIGHT EVIL". The candlelight vigials marked the end ofa tragic day. That morning highjackers from the middle east had flown two airliners into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, the tallest buildings in New York and symbols of financial might. The towers burned and collapsed. A third plane struk Amercian Military headquarters at Pentagon. A fourth crashed in Pennslyvania. An estimated of 3,000 to 4,000 died. It was the deadliest day on Amereias soi in more than a century.

Terroism from abroad spread to the United States itself. In 1993, a bomb damaged the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. All on board were killed but the plane prevented from hitting any target on the ground. The terroist attacks of September took more lives than the Japanese sneak- attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. In New York the victims included hundreds of fire fighters and police rushing to rescue. In addition to Americans, citizens from 80 countries dies in tragedy.

Main Idea- A series of regional conflicts in the Middle East eventually spread to the United States

A Global Economy Main Idea- Global economic links, the global enviorment, and global information network in the modern world together. As the Asian financial crisis shows, American buinesses operate in a global economy. In the recent decades trade with other nations has grown dramactically. In 1970 foreign trade made up about 10 percent of the American economy. By 1997 foreign trade amounted to nearly 25 percent. In this growing world economy the United States faces tough competition from industrilized countries in Europe and Asia. In general Amercian companies in most other nations. As a result foreign products are often cheaper to manufacuture and less expensive to buy than American ones. Some people have come called upon the government to protect American industries by raising tariffs. They warn that other nations might raise their own tariffs in response leading to costly " trade wars". Congress ratified the North American Free Trade Agreement. In this treaty, the United States and it's neighbors. Canada and Mexico agreed to cooperate in removing tariffs and other trade barriers among them.