Social Sciences and History / Unit 2 SSH 0138 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Reagan Era and the End of the Cold War
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The idea
Reagan's supply-side tax cuts, defense increases and social-spending cuts broke stagflation at the price of recession and deficits, in the anchor's account. The war on drugs swelled prisons along racial lines.
In practice
Iran-Contra indictments; START; Desert Storm driving Iraq from Kuwait.
Where people slip
The Cold War ended; Clinton, a New Democrat, moved his party toward the center. The anchor's verdicts are not repeated.
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