Chapter 25 The Conservative Tide. The New Right An alliance of conservative special interest groups...

Chapter 25

The Conservative Tide

The New Right

An alliance of conservative special interest groups concerned with cultural, social and moral issues.

blocking the equal rights amendment, and abortion. affirmative action- required employers and educational

institutions to give special consideration to woman, African American and other minority groups.

Many thought of affirmative action as reverse discrimination, or favoring one group over another based on race or gender

An assault to traditional values.

Moral Majority

Religious In the 1970s, each week

millions of Americans watched on t.v. or listened on the radio to evangelist preachers.

Jerry Farwell, a televangelist, formed moral majority. Which consisted of Christians who interpreted the bible literally and believed in absolute standards of right and wrong.

The goal of the organization was to bring back what they saw as traditional family values

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Ronald Reagan

democrat - conservative republican.

Actor Governor for California

in 1966vand 1977 Very relaxed, and

charming Popular with

conservative voters

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1980 Presidential Election

Ronald Regan vs. Jimmy Carter Regan’s vice-president- George BushRegan won carried 44 state “Reaganomics” less gov’t, lower taxes,

and traditional values.

Strategies

Cuts in Gov’t spending on social programs. Did not benefit middle class but affected other groups such as food stamps, welfare benefits, job training ETC

Supply-side economics- If people pay less taxes they will save more money. Banks could loan money to businesses, which then could improve productivity- Drive prices down

Strategic Defense Initiative

Reagan asked scientist to develop a defense system that would keep American's safe from enemy missiles.

b-1 bomber MX

Missile(Peacekeeper)

Supreme Court

Sandra Day O’Connor, Antonin scalia, and Anthony M. Kennedy

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Cutting back

Achieved his goal of reducing the size and power of federal gov’t.

Deregulation- The cutting back of federal regulation of industry. Oil, federal health and safety

inspections for nursing homes, airline industry

Environmental Protections Agency (EPA)- who fought pollution and conserved natural resources.

Presidential Elections

1984 Reagan and Bush won

reelection Ran against Walter

Mondale(Carter’s V-P) & Geraldine Ferraro (his running mate)

1988 Michael Dukakis vs.

George Bush Bush had the same

ideas as Reagan which was what the country was used to

Bush won

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Diseases & Abortions

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome(AIDS)*victims were either homosexual or drug users who shared same needles

Roe V. Wade & Webster v. Reproductive Health Care Services * The first trimester abortions were protected by a woman’s rights* No woman has the right to terminate a human life by her individual decision

Education in the 1980s

A National at Risk

* American students lagged behind students in most other industrialized nation’s

“America 2000”

* President Bush announced in 1991 in order to allow parents to sell public funds to send their children ( public, private, or religious)

Minority groupLatinos: 9% of the population and estimated that they

would soon outnumber African Americans

Asian Americans: 3.2%

Native Americans: earned money by campaigning for gambling casinos on their land

Pay Equity:Women and Men should get the same jobs depending on their education and physical strength

Leaders in Russia

Gorbachev is the general secretary of the Communist Party in the Soviet Union.

*He wanted to establish a democratic government in the Soviet Union; however, Russian reformers thought Gorbachev was working too slowly toward democracy

*Gorbachev himself lost his power Boris Yeltsin *President Bush and President Yeltsin issued a formal

statement declaring an end to the Cold War in February 1992

In Jan.1993, Yeltsin and Bush signed the START II pact

Central American and Caribbean Policy

Sardinistas: The Rebels, who took their name from a rebel leader, fought in a civil war against Somoza (a dictator) in Nicaragua

Because Nicaragua was a Soviet Union outpost, Reagan cut all the aid to Sardinistas and threw his support to guerilla forces known as “Contras”

GERMANY

On October 3, 1990: The two German nations were united

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The Persian Gulf War

On August 2, 1990: Iraq claimed that oil-rich nation of Kuwait was part of Iraq. Then Iraq invaded Kuwait.

On Jan. 16, 1991: The United States and and its allies staged a massive air assault against Iraq

On October 28, 1991: Kuwait was liberated (Operation Desert Storm)

President H. W. Bush

Bush was forced to raise despite his campaign pledge. His approval rating had dropped to 49% by 1992

The Persian Gulf War

On August 2, 1990: Iraq claimed that oil-rich nation of Kuwait was part of Iraq. Then Iraq invaded Kuwait.

On Jan. 16, 1991: The United States and and its allies staged a massive air assault against Iraq

On October 28, 1991: Kuwait was liberated (Operation Desert Storm)

1) Who formed Moral Majority?

2) Is Ronald Reagan a democrat or republican?

3) Describe one of Reagan’s Strageties

4) Define Pay Equity

5) What did Gorbachev try to establish in Russia?

6) What happened in Operation Desert Storm?

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