HIST 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Landslide Victory, Willis Tower
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Covered about 500 years of history: longer with native tribes, taxi driver. Demos did a lot for them back in the day. Supply side trickle down: empower big business leaders, trickle-down economics, cut taxes on the wealthy and they will create jobs. Massive military spending: conservative who cut taxes, run up the federal deposit. Trying to bring about the end of the cold war. Professor argues that we still live in regan"s america today: 4 presidents since, regan cherished by both parties. Actually made cooperate power strive and poorest americans suffer. Economic equality has only increased from 1973 to the present. Rocky ends the cold war when he defeats russians in 14 rounds: regan gets russia t spend its way into economical collapse, mikhial gorbetrav. Slightly more capitalist: friendly relations, competing on the world stage. Cold war ends: war on drugs and war on terror takes off. Nancy regan"s cause was just say no to drugs .
