8th Grade Study Guide

Reagan to Obama

• Format: 10-10-10-1

Ronald Reagan (R)

• Philosophy of Government
• Strategic Defense Initiative
• Relationship with Soviet Union
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Berlin Wall Speech
• HIV/AIDS Epidemic
• Domestic Policies

Technology

• microprocessor
• Microsoft, IBM, Apple
• Software vs. Hardware
• cellphone

George H.W. Bush (R)

• Jobs before President
• 1988 Election
• “No New Taxes”
• Secretary of Defense?
• Gulf War
• Reasons
• Approval Rating
• 1992 Election
• Ross Perot

Bill Clinton (D)

• Embraced Technology
• NAFTA
• Impeachment
• perjury
• Defense of Marriage Act
• “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

George W. Bush (R)

• 2000 Election
• Bush v. Gore
• September 11^th, 2001
• Department of Homeland Security
• Operation Enduring Freedom
• Operation Iraqi Freedom

Barrack Obama (D)

• 2008 Election
• What’s happened so far?