1980s and the Resurgence of Conservati m
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1980s and the Resurgence of Conservatim
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1970s economy
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“It’s morning in America”
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New Right and the Moral MajorityLeaders Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat
Robertson
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ReaganomicsSupply side economicsTrickle down effectCut $35 billion from US
budgetTax Reform Act of 1986Four pillars: reduce
government spending, reduce income tax, reduce government regulation, control the money supply to reduce inflation
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EffectsReagan recession- blamed on CarterMiddle class stagnationVery wealthy do VERY wellGDP increasesHigh deficit spendingUnemployment skyrocketed and then
droppedGraham, Rudmon and Hollings Bill- America
has to balance the budget
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Election of 1984
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Foreign Policy “peace with strength”
Soviet Union is “focus of evil in the modern world”
Strategic Defense Initiative- Star Wars Program
START IAid to ElSalvadorCovert aid to Nicaraguan
rebelsTroops to Libya to defend the
deaths of American soldiersHeavy fire invasion of
Grenada to stop a coupIran Contra Scandal
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GlasnostMr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall!
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Conservative Supreme CourtWebster v Reproductive Health Service-
limited Roe v WadePlanned Parenthood v Casey-states can
restrict access to abortion as long as there is no “undue burden” on woman
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Election of 1988“kinder, gentler America”Railed against Reganomics as
“voodoo” economics
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Fall of the Berlin Wall
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Persian Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm
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Americans with Disabilities Act
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“Read my lips, no new taxes”1990 tax and budget package raises taxes
$133 billion
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Clarence Thomas to Supreme Court
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Election of 1992
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“don’t ask, don’t tell”“Brady Bill” – gun
control billBranch DavidiansNAFTA- North American
Free Trade AgreementMillion Mom March-
ColumbineImpeachment and
Monica Lewinsky “it depends on what the meaning of “is” is”