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1980-1992 Resurgence of Conservatism. Section 1: The New Conservatism Conservatism and Liberalism Liberalism – liberals Conservatism – conservatives Conservatism Revives Conservatism and the Cold War Conservatives Organize William F. Buckley, National Review
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1980-1992 Resurgence of Conservatism Section 1: The New Conservatism Conservatism and Liberalism Liberalism – liberals Conservatism – conservatives Conservatism Revives Conservatism and the Cold War Conservatives Organize William F. Buckley, National Review Barry Goldwater Conservatism Gains Support The Rise of the Sunbelt Sunbelt Conservatism Rust Belt Suburban Conservatism Proposition 14
The Religious Right Billy Graham Oral Roberts “televangelists” “Moral Majority” A New Coalition Section 2: The Reagan Years The Road to the White House Moving to Conservatism Screen Actors Guild The Election of 1980 Reagan’s Domestic Policies Reaganomics monetarists supply-side economics Cutting Programs budget deficit
Deregulation James Watt The Economy Booms Shifting the Judicial Balance Sandra Day O’Connor William Rehnquist Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy Reagan Wins Re-election Walter Mondale & Geraldine Ferraro Reagan Builds Up the Military Peace Through Strength A Growing Deficit The Reagan Doctrine Aid to the Afghan Rebels Nicaragua and Grenada Sandinistas & contras
The Iran-Contra Scandal Oliver North New Approaches to Arms Control “Star Wars” Strategic Defense Initiative A New Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Relations Improve Section 3: Life in the 1980s A Decade of Indulgence yuppies Technology and the Media A Society Under Stress Crime and Drugs Problems with Alcohol MADD A Deadly Epidemic -- AIDS
Social Activism Stonewall riot Think Globally, Act Locally Sierra Club Rocking for Good Causes Live Aid Farm Aid Other Groups Become Activists A New Era in Space The Space Shuttle Sally Ride A Home in Space space stations Section 4: The End of the Cold War George Bush Takes Office Gorbachev’s Reforms perestroika glasnost
Revolution in Eastern Europe The Soviet Union Collapses Boris Yeltsin The “New World Order” Tragedy in Tiananmen Square Panama The Persian Gulf War Saddam Hussein Domestic Challenges The Economy Slows downsizing Gridlock in Government capital gains tax Extending Rights The 1992 Election H. Ross Perot grassroots movement