American History: A Survey 10/e   Alan Brinkley
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Objectives

1. How the Cold War came to an end.

2. The fall of the Soviet Union.

3. The United States response to the end of the Cold War and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

4. The problems that plagued the last years of the Reagan administration.

5. The Bush administration's response to a changing world and economy.

6. The reasons that Bill Clinton won the presidency and presided over a period of economic prosperity but still faced great political challenges.

7. The fundamental changes in the American and world economy after 1970.

8. The profound demographic changes that the nation experienced from the 1970s into the 1990s.

9. The widening gulf between economically successful African Americans and the urban black underclass.

10. The troublesome issues of drugs, AIDS, homelessness, abortion, and environment threats.

11. The tense and fragmented culture issues that impacted on politics and social relations.

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