An overview of the economic state of the country during President Reagan’s second term.

1. A look at the presidents and political parties from 1981 to 2016. As well
as an overview of the current 2016 election.

2. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
History of US Political Parties 4
Overview of the Parties 5
Democrat 15
Republican 49
Decade Overview 1980 to 1989 84
Ronald Wilson Reagan 90
President Profile 91
President Reagan’s First Term 95
Domestic Events 96
International Events 102
Economic Overview 108
Policies 118
President Reagan’s Second Term 149
Domestic Events 150
International Events 156
Economic Overview 162
Policies 172
Presidential Pros & Cons 183
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 1990 to 1999 188
George Herbert Walker Bush 194
President Profile 195
Domestic Events 199
International Events 205
Economic Overview 211
Policies 221
Presidential Pros & Cons 245

3. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
William Jefferson Clinton 250
President Profile 251
President Clinton’s First Term 255
Domestic Events 256
International Events 262
Economic Overview 268
Policies 278
President Clinton’s Second Term 298
Domestic Events 299
International Events 305
Economic Overview 311
Policies 321
Presidential Pros & Cons 334
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 2000 to 2009 339
George Walker Bush 345
President Profile 346
President Bush’s First Term 350
Domestic Events 351
International Events 357
Economic Overview 363
Policies 373
President Bush’s Second Term 400
Domestic Events 401
International Events 407
Economic Overview 413
Policies 423
Presidential Pros & Cons 435

4. Table of Contents:
PageTitle: Page Number:
Decade Overview 2010 to 2016 441
Barack Hussein Obama II 446
President Profile 447
President Obama’s First Term 451
Domestic Events 452
International Events 458
Economic Overview 464
Policies 474
President Obama’s Second Term 497
Domestic Events 498
International Events 504
Economic Overview 510
Policies 520
Presidential Pros & Cons 537
PageTitle: Page Number:
Presidential Election 2016 543
Republican Candidate Profile 544
Democrat Candidate Profile 548
Candidates on the Issues 552
Work Cited 578

6. Decade Overview:
1980
• 125,000 Cubans fled to the US
• Crack-cocaine epidemic started
in full force
1981
• AIDs was identified as a new
plague
• PCs were introduced by IBM
1982
• Vietnam war memorial opened
• Falkland islands invaded by
Argentina
1983
• Sally Ride becomes the first US
woman in space
• US Embassy in Beirut bombed
1984
• Ferraro became the 1st US
female vice president candidate
• Poison gas leak in Bhopal, India
Compiled by author from: history1900s.about.com & cnn.com & onthisday.com & timetoast.com

7. Decade Overview:
1985
• The hole in ozone layer is
discovered
• Soviet Union and US meet in
Geneva summit
1986
• Space shuttle Challenger
explodes
• US bombs Libya
1987
• DNA first used to convict
criminals
• NY Stock Exchange suffers a 500
point drop on "Black Monday"
1988
• Pan am flight 103 is bombed
• US shoots down Iranian airliner
1989
• Berlin wall falls
• WorldWideWeb invented
Compiled by author from: history1900s.about.com & cnn.com & onthisday.com & timetoast.com

8. President from 1981 to 1989.
“To restore the great, confident roar of American progress and growth
and optimism."

9. Profile:
Born: February 6,
1911 inTampico,
Illinois
1937: Reagan
becomes an actor
1962: He registers
as a republican
1964: Reagan
makes his final
movie
1966: He is
elected as
Governor of
California
1970: Reagan is
re-elected as
Governor
1980: He was
elected as
president
1981: Reagan was
inaugurated
1984: He was re-
elected as
president for a
second term
2004: Reagan
passed away
Compiled by author from: shmoop.com

11. Domestic Events:
1985:
• Windows Operating
System
• General Electric
Corporation
1986:
• World Wide Weapon
Ban
• Iran-Contra Scandal
1987:
• Reagan Apology
• Supreme Court
Nominee
• IRNFTreaty
• New Mexico Monument
1988:
• House of
Representatives
• Amnesty Application
Deadline
• Louisiana Monument
Compiled by author from: shmoop.com & americasbesthistory.com

12. International Events:
1985:
•Israel Government
•Japanese Space Probe
•Bomb Attack in Brussels
•Indian Suits
•Flight Hijacked
•Vega 2
1986:
•Tehran Oil Refiner
•Anne Frank’s Diary
•Madrid Attack
•India Death
•South Africa Censorship
•Kazakhstan Trouble
1987:
•Ecuador Earthquake
•Tamil Rebellion
•Stark Incident
•New Zealand Maori
•Peace accord
•Belgium Ferry
1988:
•Panamanian General
•South Korean Constitution
•Iran-Iraq War
•Internal Security Act
•Burma Constitution
•National League for
Democracy
Compiled by author from: onthisday.com

13. Economic
Overview:
An overview of the economic
state of the country during
President Reagan’s second term.
Images from: Google Images

14. Gross Domestic Product:
$7.59
$7.86
$8.13
$8.48
1985 1986 1987 1988
Real GDP
(Trillions of US Dollars):
4.2%
3.5% 3.5%
4.2%
3.0%
3.2%
3.4%
3.6%
3.8%
4.0%
4.2%
4.4%
1985 1986 1987 1988
GDP Growth Rate:
Compiled by author from: thebalance.com

15. Debt:
41.70%
45.66%
47.93%
49.12%
36.00%
38.00%
40.00%
42.00%
44.00%
46.00%
48.00%
50.00%
1985 1986 1987 1988
Government Debt to GDP:
$1.82
$2.13
$2.35
$2.60
1985 1986 1987 1988
National Debt:
(Trillions of US Dollars)
Compiled by author from: polidiotic.com & fred.stlouisfed.org

16. Investment:
26.3%
14.6%
2.0%
12.4%
0.0%
5.0%
10.0%
15.0%
20.0%
25.0%
30.0%
1985 1986 1987 1988
S&P 500:
Compiled by author from: indexmundi.com & forecast-chart.com
$0.04
$0.20
$0.40
$0.22
1985 1986 1987 1988
Foreign Direct Investment
(Billions of US Dollars):

17. Employment:
1.29
1.32
1.35
1.38
1.20 1.25 1.30 1.35 1.40
1985
1986
1987
1988
Total Employed Persons
(In Millions):
Compiled by author from: dlt.ri.gov
7.2%
7.0%
6.2%
5.5%
0.0%
1.0%
2.0%
3.0%
4.0%
5.0%
6.0%
7.0%
8.0%
1985 1986 1987 1988
Unemployment Rate:

18. Inflation & Interest Rates:
3.8%
1.1%
4.4%
4.4%
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
4.0%
4.5%
5.0%
1985 1986 1987 1988
Inflation Rate:
6.53%
6.19%
5.51%
5.62%
5.00%
5.20%
5.40%
5.60%
5.80%
6.00%
6.20%
6.40%
6.60%
6.80%
1985 1986 1987 1988
Interest Rate:
Compiled by author from: thebalance.com & data.worldbank.org

19. Confidence & Ownership:
100.83
101.03
100.55
100.91
1985 1986 1987 1988
Consumer Confidence
Indicator:
Compiled by author from: fred.stlouisfed.org
63.9% 63.8% 64.0% 63.8%
60%
61%
62%
63%
64%
65%
66%
67%
68%
69%
70%
1985 1986 1987 1988
Home Ownership Rate:

20. Exports & Imports:
$410.95
$448.57
$500.55
$545.72
$0.00 $100.00 $200.00 $300.00 $400.00 $500.00 $600.00
1985
1986
1987
1988
Imports of Goods and Services
(Billions of US Dollars):
Compiled by author from: data360.org
$289.07
$310.03
$348.87
$431.15
$0.00 $100.00 $200.00 $300.00 $400.00 $500.00
1985
1986
1987
1988
Exports of Goods and Services
(Billions of US Dollars):

21. Policies:
Policies that were created during
President Reagan’s second term.
Images from: Google Images

22. Domestic Policy:
By the end of Reagan's
third year in office
Funding for domestic
programs had been cut
nearly as far as Congress
was willing to tolerate,
and still no end to the
rising deficits was in sight
In 1986 Reagan obtained
an overhaul of the income
tax code
It eliminated many
deductions and exempted
millions of people with low
incomes
At the end of his
administration:
The Nation was enjoying
its longest recorded period
of peacetime prosperity
without a recession or
depression
Overall
Compiled by author from: presidentprofiles.com

23. Domestic Policy:
• The conservative judges and justices who took office in the 1980s set about
limiting the effects of some of the decisions that the Warren Court made in the
1960s
• Symbolic of the conservative shift was:
• Reagan's elevation ofWilliam H. Rehnquist, one of the most conservative Supreme Court
justices, to chief justice
• His appointment to the Court ofAntonin Scalia, a brilliant legal scholar of exceptionally
conservative views
Court
System

24. Domestic Policy:
• The administration had helped engineer a dramatic increase in Social Security
taxes
• People with low and moderate incomes offset the effects of the 1981 income tax
reduction
• By the late 1980s, many fiscal conservatives were calling for a constitutional
amendment mandating a balanced budget
• A provision the president himself claimed to support but did little to promote
Fiscal

25. Domestic Policy:
President Reagan increased the budget for
the Department of Education by $6 billion
State education aid increased 20%, or
almost $35 billion
In 1988, it comprised a nearly 50% slice of
revenue from all sources for education
Education
Compiled by author from: reagan.procon.org

26. International Policy:
Reagan saw that the time had come to
tighten containment and finally destroy
Soviet Communism
He sought to destroy an "evil empire," not
just contain it
On Nov. 9, 1989, just over two years after his
famous Brandenburg Gate speech, the Berlin
Wall fell, marking the end of communism in
Germany
The US characterized the Reagan
administration as the "most pro-Israel ever"
and praised the positive overall tone of
bilateral relations
Even with developments like:
The US-Palestine
Liberation
Organization dialog
The Pollard spy case
in December 1986
The Israeli rejection
of the Shultz peace
initiative in the
spring of 1988
Middle
East
Compiled by author from: u-s-history.com & reagan.procon.org

27. Presidential
Pros & Cons
Pros and cons of President
Reagan’s two terms in office.
Images from: Google Images

28. Cons:
Reagan opposed many important civil rights measures that further
alienated him and the Republican Party from African-Americans
Income tax was down to 6.6%, but payroll tax was up to 11.8%, a
combined increase in taxes
Reagan pushed through Social Security tax increases of $165
billion over seven years
Reagan's hands-off leadership style manifested into an inability
to control his administration from potentially illegal activities
Compiled by author from: reagan.procon.org

29. Pros:
Reagan helped to reduce inefficiencies in the federal bureaucracy
Through massive tax cuts, Reagan helped restore an economy that
had high inflation and unemployment left over from the 1970s
Strikes plummeted from an average of 300 each year in the decades
before the PATCO strike to fewer than 30 in 2006
Reagan launched a "War on Drugs" that helped reduce the high rate
of casual drug use lingering from the 1970s
Compiled by author from: reagan.procon.org

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