Types Of Events Of 1980

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1980 Type of Event: This is a political event that changed the government. Causes: The American people wanted a leader who actually fixed problems from the 1970’s. Course: Jimmy Carter was running for re-election, american people were very unhappy with his leadership. Ronald Reagan challenged him for election. He had a great public skills and a plan that helped many. Consequence: Ronald Reagan was elected who had a plan to fix the US economy. Reagan Doctrine Type of Event: This is a political event that is related to public affair. He supported anti-communist rev. Causes: The Soviet Union increased their bonds because of the lack of military strength. It also gave many other countries an advantage. Course: The policy led to the US getting …show more content…

Reaganomics Type of Event: This event was an economic event because Reaganomics was a plan he created to fix the economy. Causes: The causes of reaganomics was the cost of taxes, size of gov., and the controls over certain businesses. Course: The idea was to use deregulation which would give people more money and they would buy more which would increase the economy. Consequence: The economy got better but people started to invest in the stock market. 1980-1982 Recession Type of Event: This event is economic because during the 1980’s because the economy plummeted and the US was going through a hard time. Causes: The monetary policy that was supposed to help the inflation rate or interest rate but failed. Course: Even though the unemployment rate was 10.8% but Ronald Reagan still passed the Economic Recovery Tax Act which was a three year tax cut. Consequence: The Recession got worse in 1982 because people stopped believing in Ronald Reagan and the Republicans were forced to step in. Space Shuttle …show more content…

Causes: When the titanic sank to the bottom of the ocean; it was 70 years until the wreckage was found by an expedition that was run by a famous oceanographer. Course: The unsinkable ship was out at sea for 3 days and hit an iceberg and 2 ½ hours to sink everyone was not able to be saved. The lifeboats could have held around 1000 people but only 705 people were saved. 1,500 people died that night. Consequence: After finding the titanic the crew returned with new tech that allowed them to go deeper and explore the ship. They took many images of the boat and the architectural iron work that survived the sink. First Woman in Supreme Court Type of Event: This is a political event because it was the first woman to be in a position of responsibility with a large amount of power. Causes: In Ronald Reagan's policy it states that he would put the first female in supreme court to replace the current one. Course: Many groups were opposed of O’Connor’s nomination because they felt like she could not overturn the Roe vs Wade

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