American Era Dbq

There were many key factors and exciting factors that played a role in what is to be considered the turbulence times. One factor in this era was the Kennedy administration. Kennedy and his administration made a point that they wanted the country back to what it was built on. They wanted equal rights in the country and also peace in the world. Kennedy worked behind the scenes to have MLK, JR released from jail. The civil rights and the Jim Crow law were enforced in this era. There were still riots and marches going on still fighting against racial equality. The whites still believed they were the supreme race over the blacks. Not only were the blacks fighting for their rights the women were fighting also for more rights themselves. Then came the Vietnam war and its costly affects. During this period, the Cold war was intensifying and it caused the United States to intensify its policies against the allies of the Soviet Union. The space race was also huge in this era as Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to orbit the

earth. The union had also takin part in trying to form a international agreement on stopping all spread of nuclear weapons. These were just a few things in this time period that were sought out after to help start changing our country back around.
The Ronald Reagan era was the next significant factor in acquiring our present-day agenda.

Reagan became president in 1981. Reagan destroyed his opponent in the election winning by 51%. Shortly after Reagan became president there was an assassination attempt toward him on March 30, 1981 but he came out un-harmed. Reagan’s focus and policies were to reduce the government from taking money from people. He did increase the military spending budget but also took away from social programs that were not so important. Reagans theory was that tax-cuts helped increase growth. There was hard times during his era when there was a period of prosperity and that led to budget deficits. In 1987 Reagan signed agreement with Mikhail Gorbachev to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear missiles. Reagan also made history by assigning the first woman to the supreme court. Reagan achieved many great things and helped establish the grounds for our present-day

agendas.
Busch served two terms under Reagan as the Vice-President. Busch conducted many great things while he was in office on being he helped improve the relations between the soviets and the United States. Busch also put into place two policies that are still greatly appreciated today one being the American with Disabilities act of 1990 and also Clean Air Acts Amendment of 1990. Busch ran into a few problems during his time in office that upset Americans by promising them that he wouldn’t raise taxes but due to budget decreases, he had no other choice but to raise them. In 1991, Busch signed the Strategic Arms Act with Gorbachev. In 1991 Busch also put into act Operation Desert Storm.