President Obama. Your paper should cover the following:
1. Identify at least (2) two major historical turning points in the period under discussion.
2. There are two major historical turning points in the period under discussion. The first major turning point was the Fall of Communism and the end to the cold war. The fall of communism and the end of the Cold War led to a reduction of nuclear weapons by both the United States and the former Soviet Union, although many weapons still exist (Shultz, 2012). The Second major turning point in this era was the large growth in the United States economic after President Clinton took office; and made the changes necessary to make the United States have a $ 230 billion Surplus. They called it the “Third Way” a centrist and eclectic blend of policy ideas taken from both liberal and conservative perspectives.
One topic has been talked about for years it was very controversial years ago and is still controversial today; it’s health care for all Americans. It was brought to congress by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during President Clintons first term. They didn’t like the idea then and the republicans still dislike the ideas now. Today we have made process they have approved the Affordable Health Care Act, or as most people call it “Obama Care”. This is making our American society change for the better today.
In 1981 AIDS was detected in the United States, politicians were slow to respond to the AIDS epidemic because they felt that people that were affected by AIDS were mainly homosexual men. The government and President felt they could ignore the issue, because it was a gay problem in their eyes. President Reagan was reluctant to bring AIDS into the spotlight and even ordered his Surgeon General no to discuss this crisis. Reagan felt that it was a gay disease however; it did not take very long for the disease to