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& 227 - Decade: 1980s The Reagan Years The pictures 1. Ronald Reagan, president during most of the 1980s. He led the "conservative revolution" in American politics that called for scaling back the role of the federal government in American life and business. 2. A welder working on a metal product. The 1980s saw a return to strong economic growth after the stagnation of the 1970s. 3. A woman working with a desktop personal computer. The "PC" became an affordable business tool during this decade, and began spreading into homes by the millions as the 1980s ended. 4. George H.W. Bush, elected president in 1988. He is the father of President George W. Bush, elected in 2000. The vocabulary terms A glossary for the vocabulary terms can be found with the link near the top of this section's main index page. See the Getting Started pages at the front of the workbook for suggestions for students about highlighting, and making vocabulary index cards. |
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Copyright 2018 by David Burns. All rights reserved. Illustrations and reading selections appearing in this work are taken from sources in the public domain and from private collections used by permission. Sources include: the Dover Pictorial Archive, the Library of Congress, The National Archives, The Hart Publishing Co., Corel Corporation and its licensors, Nova Development Corporation and its licensors, and others. Maps were created or adapted by the author using reference maps from the United States Geological Survey and Cartesia Software. Please see the home page for this title for more information. |