Transcript of The Conservative Tide Chapter 33. I.A conservative movement emerges A.Public action versus private...
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- The Conservative Tide Chapter 33
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- I.A conservative movement emerges A.Public action versus
private interestthe pendulum of political opinion B.High taxes for
entitlement programs and the governments civil rights policies had
many Americans frustrated 1.Particularly busing drove many
Democrats to the Republican Party 2.The New Right emerged as an
alliance of conservative special interest groups fought against
government regulation
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- C. The conservative coalition 1. An alliance of intellectuals,
business leaders, struggling middle-class voters, disenchanted
Democrats, and fundamentalist Christian groups 2. They shared an
opposition to big government, entitlements, busing and affirmative
action, and a belief in a return to traditional moral values
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- D. A success strategy 1. One of the most active segments of the
conservative coalition was a confederation of religious groups 2.
Many of these conservative voters called themselves the Moral
Majority
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- E. Conservatives win political power 1. In Ronald Reagan, the
conservative movement found its candidate 2. Reagan ran on a
platform of: a. shrinking the federal govt. b. promoting
traditional morality and values c. stimulating business by reducing
govt. regulation and lowering taxes d. strengthening the national
defense
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- 1980 election
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- II. Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush A. Reaganomics
to stimulate business 1. Cutting government programs for limited
groups 2. Reducing Taxes to encourage private investment 3.
Supply-side economicslow taxes would mean more saving, working, and
investing which would mean more jobs 4. More jobs would mean more
taxpayers which would cause tax revenues to increase
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- http://www.usdebtclock.org/ 5. A period of economic growth 6.
Government revenues did not increase 7. The government borrowed to
make up the difference 8. The national debt climbs $900 billion in
1980 to $4 trillion in 1992
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- B. Increased military spending
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- C. Judicial power shifts to the right 1. Reagan and Bush
appointed conservative justices to the Supreme Court 2. This helped
Reagan achieve his goal of promoting traditional values and
morality
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- D. Reducing the size and power of the federal government
through deregulation 1. Savings and Loan deregulation and scandal
2. The environmentEPA budget was cut and the Reagan administration
opposed government intervention to preserve the environment
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- E. Conservative victories in 84 and 88 1. The conservative
coalition a. Business people b. Southern voters c. Western States
d. Reagan democrats
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- III. American Society in a Conservative Age A. Health,
Education, and Cities in Crisis 1. Health IssuesAIDS 2.
Abortionpro-life versus pro-choice 3. Drug Abusecocaine, crack, and
the war on drugs
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- 4. Education1983 A Nation at Risk a. school choice b. longer
day and year c. merit pay
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- 5. The Urban Crisis a. high unemployment b. crumbling
infrastructure c. inadequate funds for sanitation and health d.
deteriorating schools e. growing social problems
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- B. The Equal Rights Struggle 1. Womens Rights a. The ERA failed
b. 1984 the Democrats chose Geraldine Ferraro as their
vice-presidential candidate
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- 2. Economic and Social Gains a. maternity leave b. increased
pay equity c. increase in the divorce rate
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- C. The Fight for Rights Continues 1. African Americans a.
political gains b. Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984 and 1988
c. affirmative action
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- 2. Latinosfasting growing minority group 3. Native
Americansgambling restrictions eased 4. Asian Americanssecond
fastest minority group 5. Gays and Lesbiansincreased legal
protection