2 ch33 sections -- The Girls' Third Period AP US History Notes

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Date Posted: 22:15:42 04/08/03 Tue
Author: Bizzzath
Subject: 2 ch33 sections

Human Rights and National Interests
A. Jimmy Carter spoke about violations of human rights in many countries
1. completed negotiations on a pair of treaties to turn the Panama Canal to the government of Panama
2. arranging a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, the crowning accomplishment of his presidency
B. Camp David Accords
1. In September of 1978 Carter invited Sadat of Egypt and Begin of Israel to a summit conference at Camp David
a. they sign a peace treaty at the White House
2. Once again Carter intervened when talk stalled
a. the leaders of Egypt and Israel both returned and sign a formal peace treaty � framework�
C. meanwhile Carter tried to improve relations with China and Soviet Union to complete a new arms agreement
1. SALT II
a. a treaty set limits on the number of long range missiles
b. in the end both the treaty and the larger framework of d�tente were blow out of the water and died

The Reagan Coalition
A. Corporate Elites
1. highly influential group of wealthy Americans associated with the corporate and financial world
a. the kind of people who had dominated American politics and government through much of the nation�s history until the New Deal began to challenge their preeminence
2. this group was a firm commitment to capitalism and unfettered economic growth
a. believed that market offers the best solutions to most problems
b. hostility to government interference in markets
c. valuable in American life
i. health and strength of the corporate world
3. in the end it was their interests his administration most effectively served
B. �Neo-Conservatives�
1. a group of intellectuals
a. a firm base among � opinion leaders�, people with access to the most influential public forums of ideas
b. were once socialist and liberals
c. consider themselves in a battle �win back the culture�
C. Populist Conservatives
1. these two groups joined the alliance in the 80�s with the growing �new rights�
2. �eastern establishment�: a suspicion of its motives and goals, sense that it exercised a dangerous, secret power in American life
a. Trilateral Commission, Henry Kissing, and the Rockefellers
3. Populist expressed the concerns of American society
a. fear of living in the world
b. controlling society
c. threatening individual freedom and community autonomy
4. Ragan�s political skills and personal charm that he was able to generated enthusiastic support form all groups

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