HIST 2020 M01

Bill Clinton ’ s campaign got off to a rocky start. 2 weeks after he announced his presidential bid, rumors of an affair took aim at his reputation , and almost ended his campaign. Nonetheless, he was able to defeat H.W Bush and Ross Perot .   Clinton was quick to outline his goals and vison for his term in office. A ddress ing Congress in 1993 saying: “ Our nation needs a new direction. Tonight, I present to you our comprehensive plan to set our nation on that new course. ” He also wanted to overhaul the American healthcare system . I n his same speech addressing cong ress he spoke about his goal for the healthcare system: “Later this spring, I will deliver to Congress a comprehensive plan for health care reform that will finally get costs under control. We will provide security to all our families, so that no one will be denied the coverage they need.” Now, this vision was not popular among Republicans . Pat Buchanan famously spoke out against Clinton's agenda i...

                                Reagan's Diplomacy             Ronald Reagan has become infamous throughout American History for his ways of diplomacy. From hinting that the Soviet Union is evil to getting caught in a scandal he “had no part in”, you could say he was under fire during his reign of the presidency.           During the time Reagan gave the “Evil Empire” speech, he was making the Cold War relationship worse by acting aggressively toward the Soviet Union; hinting that they were evil communists without God. He also criticized the Soviet Union for its use of military and how it can’t afford to keep using weapons. Reagan’s Evil Empire Speech states, “By late 1991, the Iron Curtain fell, and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. While experts continue to debate Reagan's role in ending the cold war his foreign policy was...

     Tom Wolf's "The Me Decade" accurately describes the 1970s.  As Wolf points  that the 1970s was the time for the third great awaking and the 'Me decade'. When the 1976 presidential election came along the two candidates had very strong religious   beliefs.  Wolf's states" The two most popular new figure in the 1976 campaign, Jimmy Carter  and Jerry Brown, are  men who rose up from state politics ... absolutely aglow with mystical religious streaks"(Wolf.) With the Presidential candidates being highly religious, one was a Christian and Brown was a Zen Jesuit. This is just one example of the religious breakthrough that happened the other was when people started making a great move into being 'reborn Christan's' the 1970s was considered the Third Great Awaking.  Wolf also mentions about the boom in communes in the United States. Wolf also mentions the boom in communes in the United States. Wolf's article is acc...