The Conservative Movement and Ronald Reagan

1. The Conservative Movement and Ronald Reagan

2. In the late 1970’s a strong conservative movement emerged in the Republican Party, partly in response to the dominance of the Democrats since 1932 • The Conservative Coalition was an alliance of business leaders, middle-class voters, disaffected Democrats, and fundamentalist Christians • The Moral Majority, an organization made up of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who interpret the bible literally and believe in absolute standards of right and wrong, played a mjor role • The New Right that gave energy to the movement focused on a number of controversial issues: • Opposing abortion • Blocking the Equal Rights Amendment • Fighting busing • Reinstating school prayer • Eliminating entitlements (Medicaid, welfare, etc.)

3. Sources Guiding Question: What were the goals of the Conservative Coalition? • Analyze the four sources • Identify the in-text citation for each source • Note: When there is more than one source from the same author, in-text citations follow this format: (author’s last name, “Title”)

4. Editing SCR’s Guiding Question: What were the goals of the Conservative Coalition? • Look at the series of SCR’s written to answer the guiding question • For each SCR, identify at least one mistake