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HIS 211 - U.S. History: Reconstruction to the Present - Textbook

Chapter 17: The Conservative Turn: America from the 1980s to the Present

Chapter 17: The Conservative Turn: America from the 1980s to the Present


  • Introduction
  • The Reagan Revolution
  • Video: The Reagan Revolution
  • Assignment: American Conservatism
  • Primary Source Reading: Ronald Reagan "A Time for Choosing"
  • Political and Cultural Fusions
  • Video: George HW Bush and the End of the Cold War
  • A New World Order
  • Bill Clinton and the New Economy
  • Video: The Clinton Years, or the 1990s
  • Introduction
  • The War on Terror
  • The Domestic Mission
  • Video: Terrorism, War, and Bush
  • New Century, Old Disputes
  • Hope and Change
  • Video: Obamanation: Crash Course US History #47