1980s and the resurgence of conservati m
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1980s and the Resurgence of Conservati m. 1970s economy. “It’s morning in America”. New Right and the Moral Majority. Leaders Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell , Pat Robertson. Reaganomics. Supply side economics Trickle down effect Cut $35 billion from US budget Tax Reform Act of 1986 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
1980s and the Resurgence of Conservatim
1970s economy
“It’s morning in America”
New Right and the Moral MajorityLeaders Billy Graham, Jerry Falwell, Pat
Robertson
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
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
Election of 1984
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
GlasnostMr. Gorbachev, tear
down this wall!
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
Election of 1988“kinder, gentler America”Railed against Reganomics as
“voodoo” economics
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Persian Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm
Americans with Disabilities Act
“Read my lips, no new taxes”1990 tax and budget package raises taxes
$133 billion
Clarence Thomas to Supreme Court
Election of 1992
“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”