Chapter 30: After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
- Explain the significant changes in the economy of the 1980s and 1990s.
- Demonstrate how a conservative resurgence gained control over U.S. political life.
- Identify four important recent demographic changes in American society and explain the consequences each is having on our lives as Americans.
- Describe the American role in the rapidly changing world of Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
