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  • Key Policies and Actions of Ronald Reagan
    Domestic
    Supported tax cuts and deregulation to stimulate demand under the theory of supply-side economics
    Took a strong stance on air-traffic controllers’ strike
    Appointed conservative Justices to the Supreme Court
    Reformed Social Security
    Increased defense spending
    Foreign
    Pressured the Soviet Union by building up the American military, including the Strategic Defense Initiative program
    Aided anticommunist forces in several countries, including Afghanistan and Grenada
    Signed arms control agreements with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
    Sent peacekeeping force to Lebanon
    Ordered an air raid on Libya because of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi’s involvement in terrorist attacks
  • Key Events in George H.W. Bush’s Presidency
    • Signed Americans With Disabilities Act into law
    • Forged friendly relationship between the United States and the new Russian Federation
    • Continued the war on drugs by invading Panama and arresting Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega on drug-trafficking charges
    • Sent humanitarian mission to Somalia
    • Headed an international coalition of forces in the Persian Gulf War
  • The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
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Table of Contents

Prentice Hall: United States History CHAPTER 1 Many Cultures Meet (Prehistory–1550) CHAPTER 2 Europeans Establish Colonies (1492–1752) CHAPTER 3 The American Colonies Take Shape (1607–1765) CHAPTER 4 The American Revolution (1765–1783) CHAPTER 5 Creating the Constitution (1781–1789) CHAPTER 6 The New Republic (1789–1816) CHAPTER 7 Nationalism and Sectionalism (1812–1855) CHAPTER 8 Religion and Reform (1812–1860) CHAPTER 9 Manifest Destiny (1800–1850) CHAPTER 10 The Union in Crisis (1846–1861) CHAPTER 11 The Civil War (1861–1865) CHAPTER 12 The Reconstruction Era (1865–1877) CHAPTER 13 The Triumph of Industry (1865–1914) CHAPTER 14 Immigration and Urbanization (1865–1914) CHAPTER 15 The South and West Transformed (1865–1900) CHAPTER 16 Issues of the Gilded Age (1877–1900) CHAPTER 17 The Progressive Era (1890–1920) CHAPTER 18 An Emerging World Power (1890–1917) CHAPTER 19 World War I and Beyond (1914–1920) CHAPTER 20 The Twenties (1919–1929) CHAPTER 21 The Great Depression (1928–1932) CHAPTER 22 The New Deal (1932–1941) CHAPTER 23 The Coming of War (1931–1942) CHAPTER 24 World War II (1941–1945) CHAPTER 25 The Cold War (1945–1960) CHAPTER 26 Postwar Confidence and Anxiety (1945–1960) CHAPTER 27 The Civil Rights Movement (1945–1975) CHAPTER 28 The Kennedy and Johnson Years (1960–1968) CHAPTER 29 The Vietnam War Era (1954–1975) CHAPTER 30 An Era of Protest and Change (1960–1980) CHAPTER 31 A Crisis in Confidence (1968–1980) CHAPTER 32 The Conservative Resurgence (1980–1993) CHAPTER 33 Into a New Century (1992–Today) Reflections: Enduring Issues Five Themes of Geography Profile of the Fifty States Atlas Presidents of the United States Economics Handbook Landmark Decisions of the Supreme Court Documents of Our Nation English and Spanish Glossary Index Acknowledgments