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Period 9: 1980-present

APUSH: MIG (Theme), PCE (Theme), WOR (Theme), WXT (Theme)

Reagan and conservatism

APUSH: KC‑9.1.I (KC), KC‑9.1.I.A (KC), KC‑9.1.I.B (KC), KC‑9.1.I.C (KC), KC‑9.2.II.C (KC), PCE (Theme), Unit 9: Learning Objective B
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Ronald Reagan: Election and domestic policies
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Emergence of the AIDS crisis
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The end of the Cold War

APUSH: KC‑9.3.I.A (KC), KC‑9.3.I.B (KC), KC‑9.3.I.C (KC), Unit 9: Learning Objective C, WOR (Theme)
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Ronald Reagan: Foreign policy
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The Iran-Contra affair
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The Gulf War
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A changing economy

APUSH: KC‑9.2.I.A (KC), KC‑9.2.I.B (KC), KC‑9.2.I.C (KC), KC‑9.2.I.D (KC), Unit 9: Learning Objective D, WXT (Theme)
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Globalization
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Migration and immigration in the 1990s and 2000s

APUSH: KC‑9.2.II.A (KC), KC‑9.2.II.B (KC), MIG (Theme), Unit 9: Learning Objective E
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The presidency of Bill Clinton
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Challenges of the 21st century

APUSH: KC‑9.3.II.A (KC), KC‑9.3.II.B (KC), KC‑9.3.II.C (KC), KC‑9.3.II.D (KC), Unit 9: Learning Objective F, WOR (Theme)
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The election of 2000
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The presidency of George W. Bush
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September 11th
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The Great Recession
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The presidency of Barack Obama
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Causation in Period 9

APUSH: KC‑9.1 (KC), KC‑9.1.I (KC), KC‑9.2 (KC), KC‑9.2.I (KC), KC‑9.2.II (KC), KC‑9.3 (KC), KC‑9.3.I (KC), KC‑9.3.II (KC), Unit 9: Learning Objective G
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Since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, the Cold War has ended and a new, global era has emerged. What does that mean for the United States?