Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.
-
Upload
benedict-shields -
Category
Documents
-
view
228 -
download
1
description
Transcript of Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.
![Page 1: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Chapter 26The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969–1988
![Page 2: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Nixon and Vietnam• Military dissent and desertion• Vietnamization• Withdrawal of U.S. troops
• 1970 – Invasion of Cambodia• Attempt to disrupt supplies on Ho Chi Minh trail• Khmer Rouge brought to power massacred millions• Kent State University protest
• Ohio National Guard kills 4 protestors
![Page 3: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Nixon and Vietnam• My Lai Massacre• U.S. killing of 350 civilians
• Pentagon Papers• New York Times – Daniel Ellsberg• Showed how public was mislead by presidents• Nixon attempted to suppress publication
• War Power Acts (1973)• Required congressional approval for troop
commitment overseas (limited presidential power)• Paris Peace Agreement• Removal of US troops and end of bombing• N. Vietnam victorious in 1975
![Page 4: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Cost of the War• 580,000 Americans killed• 3-4 million Vietnamese killed• $100 billion spent• Distrust in policies and government leaders
![Page 5: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Watergate• Early Distrust• Reelected in 1972• Created an “enemies list” of critics• Created unit to investigate and discredit Ellsberg
• Watergate• 5 former employees of re-election committee caught
breaking into Dem. Party headquarters and arrested• Washington Post – Nixon ordered Watergate cover-
up• Bob Woodward - reporter
• Supreme Court demanded tapes of conversations
![Page 6: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
![Page 7: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Nixon’s Fall• 1973 – Spiro Agnew (VP) resigns after caught
taking bribes• 1974 – House Judiciary Committee votes to
impeach Nixon for conspiracy to obstruct justice• Nixon only president to resign• Senate hearing show other abuse:• Spying on Civil right’s groups• Coups and assassination attempts• Secret Armies
![Page 8: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
The Rising Tide of Conservatism• Fear of Civil Rights and Sexual Revolutions• Rising urban crime – need for law and order• Local not federal control• Mostly suburban• Based heavily on religion, morality and family
values
![Page 9: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
The Rising Tide of Conservatism• Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)• Congress approved in 1972; • Discredit role of women as homemaker• Failed to be ratified
• Roe v. Wade debates• Conception vs. Right to choose• No federal funding
![Page 10: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Gerald Ford• Helsinki Accords – agreement between Europe/US and
Communist bloc • SALT I – Anti-ballistic missiles treaty• Pardoned Nixon• Beat Reagan for Rep. Nomination but lost election to Jimmy
Carter
![Page 11: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Jimmy Carter• Department of Energy and Department of Education• SALTII • Failure to ratify after Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
• Iran Hostage Crisis (1979-1981)• 1979 Energy Crisis• 3 Mile Island Nuclear Accident (Pennsylvania)• Boycott of Moscow Summer Olympics in 1980• Eruption of Mount St. Helens
![Page 12: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
The Rising Tide of Conservatism• The Tax Revolt• Result of deindustrialization and wage decrease• Enhance profits• Prevention of Social programs (schools libraries, and
public services)• The Election of 1980• Reagan
• States’ rights• Anti welfare• Anti busing and affirmative action• Religious right
![Page 13: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Election of 1980
![Page 14: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Reagan• Originally Democrat and head of Screen Actor’s
Guild• Switched in favor of unregulated capitalism• 1966 – Governor of CA• 1976– lost Rep. nomination to Ford• Brought together old and new conservatives
![Page 15: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
![Page 16: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Reaganomics• Economics• Tax cuts for wealthy (away from graduated)• Hands off in industry• “trickle-down economics”• Recession to profit
• Less inflation• Stock market gains
• Labor• 1981 - PATCO (air traffic controllers’ union) strike;
Reagan fired workers and used military• Decline in manufacturing reduced union strength
![Page 17: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
![Page 18: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
![Page 19: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Give Me Liberty!: An American history, 3rd EditionCopyright © 2011 W.W. Norton & Company
![Page 20: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
![Page 21: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
The Reagan Revolution• Conservatives against Reagan• Kept alive welfare state• Nothing done on abortion or affirmative action• Sandra Day O’Connor
• 1st female Supreme Court Justice• Reagan and the Cold War• Soviet Union – “Evil Empire”• $ into defense• Strategic Defense Initiative• Sent $ and weapons to anti-communist regimes
![Page 22: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Iran Contra Affair• 1984 Congress bans military aid to
Contras• 1985 Reagan sells arms to Iran in
exchange for hostage release• Colonel Oliver North (CIA) uses $
from sales to buy supplies for Contras• Exposed in 1986; Reagan denied
knowledge
![Page 23: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
![Page 24: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Reagan and Gorbachev• Gorbachev in power 1985• Better relations• Glasnost (political system) and perestroika (economic system)• Reduce military spending in favor of consumerism
![Page 25: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Election of 1988• George H. W. Bush (Rep)• Strong economy• International stability• Reagan’s popularity
• Michael Dukakis (Dem)• Negative Campaigning
![Page 26: Chapter 26 The Triumph of Conservatism, 1969 1988.](https://reader036.fdocuments.in/reader036/viewer/2022062302/5a4d1b7c7f8b9ab0599b9844/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)