History of the United States (1980–1991) | Wikipedia audio article
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History of the United States (1980–1991)


00:01:20 1 Changing demographics and the growth of the Sun Belt
00:04:07 2 Reagan Revolution
00:04:17 2.1 Rejection of U.S./Soviet détente
00:08:53 2.2 Ronald Reagan and the elections of 1980
00:12:41 3 Reagan administration
00:14:32 3.1 Reaganomics and the 1981 federal budget
00:16:51 3.2 The recession of 1982
00:19:43 3.3 Rising deficits
00:25:20 3.4 Reagan and the world
00:25:29 3.4.1 Foreign policy: Third World
00:33:23 3.4.2 The end of the Cold War
00:42:57 4 George H. W. Bush administration
00:43:30 4.1 Foreign affairs
00:44:10 4.2 Economics
00:44:53 5 See also
00:45:21 6 Notes
00:45:30 7 Further reading
00:47:59 7.1 Historiography
00:48:23 8 External links



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The history of the United States from 1980 until 1991 includes the last year of the Jimmy Carter presidency, eight years of the Ronald Reagan administration, and the first three years of the George H. W. Bush presidency, up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Plagued by the Iran hostage crisis, runaway inflation, and mounting domestic opposition, Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Republican Reagan.
In his first term, Reagan introduced expansionary fiscal policies aimed at stimulating the American economy after a recession in 1981 and 1982, including oil deregulation policies which led to the 1980s oil glut. He met with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in four summit conferences, culminating with the signing of the INF Treaty. These actions accelerated the end of the Cold War, which occurred in 1989–1991, as typified by the collapse of communism both in Eastern Europe, and in the Soviet Union, and in numerous Third World clients. The economy was in recession in 1981–1983, but recovered and grew sharply after that.
The Iran–Contra affair was the most prominent scandal during this time, wherein the Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran, and used the money for CIA aid to pro-American guerrilla Contras in left-leaning Nicaragua.