*DESCRIBE THE “NEW RIGHT”

-64 GOLDWATER-76 REAGAN-REDUCE FED. GOV’T INFLUENCE

-DEREG AND REDUCE TAXES

-IMPROVE NAT’L DEFENSE

-SINGLE ISSUE GROUPS THAT

ALIGNED POLITICALLY

-PROMOTE FAMILY VALUES-WHAT?

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-ROOTS

-WHO?

*DESCRIBE “REAGANOMICS”

-BUDGET CUTS, TAX CUTS, INCREASE DEFENSE SPENDING,

DE-REGULATION

-MAINTAIN TRADITIONAL ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS

(MIDDLE CLASS)

- “SUPPLY SIDE” THEORY

- REDUCE TAXES --- INCREASE SAVINGS -- INVESTMENT

AND PRODUCTIVITY GOES UP –

SUPPLY WILL GO UP --- PRICES WILL FALL

- “Trickle Down Theory”-TAX CUTS FOR UPPER INCOME WILL IMPACT LOWER INCOME GROUPS

- DE- REGULATION

- EPA- S & L’S

- AIRLINE

*HOW DID REAGAN IMPACT THE SC?

-SCALIA-O’CONNOR

-REHNQUIST: CHIEF JUSTICE

-KENNEDY

BUSH-- SOUTER FOR BRENNAN

THOMAS FOR MARSHALL

*ANALYZE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

1980

-REAGAN

CONSENSUS

ELECTORAL VOTE

REAGAN

-GERALDINE FERRARO

-LARGE ELECTORAL VOTE MARGINS ILLUSTRATE A CONSERVATIVE

CONSENSUS NATIONWIDE

1984 1988

REAGAN BUSH (41)

-REAGAN

COALITION

-COATTAILS

*ID EVENTS THAT ENDED THE COLD WAR

*ID REAGAN-BUSH “HOTSPOTS”/ INTERVENTION

-NICARAGUA

-GRENADA

-PANAMA

-IRAQ- “DESERT STORM”

-GORBACHEV’S POLICIES IN USSR LEAD TO COLLAPSE-SPILLOVER TO E. EUROPE

-POLAND

-E. GERMANY-YUGOSLAVIA

GLASNOST

PERESTROIKA

REAGAN

BUSH

*DESCRIBE THE “IRAN-CONTRA” SCANDAL

-OLIVER NORTH

1912-1913

-“TEFLON”

SOMOZA

1977-1979

SANDINISTAS REVOLUTION

1979

CARTER RECOGNITION

$83 M

REAGAN CUTS AID TO SANDINISTAS REAGAN SUPPORTS CONTRAS

CONGRESS BANS AID…

B.) VERY DRAMATIC AND FUNNY

C.) OLDEST PRESIDENT ELECTED-69

D.) VERY CONSERVATIVE

I. BACKGROUND

A.) SERVED TWO TERMS A S GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD REAGAN

II. DOMESTIC EVENTS

A.) NEW FEDERALISM-GIVE FEDERAL POWER TO THE STATES

B.) SUPPORTED BY NEW RIGHT-ULTRA CONSERVATIVE GROUPS

E.) TRIED TO HELP ECONOMY BY CUTTING TAXES AND DOWN GOV’T SPENDING

F.) UP MILITARY BUDGET ; SDI-LASER TO PREVENT MISSILES

FROM REACHING U.S.

C.) JAN. 1981-IRANIAN HOSTAGES FREED

D.) MARCH 1981-JOHN HINCKLEY TRIES TO ASSASSINATE REAGAN

III. FOREIGN AFFAIRS

A.) HARD-LINE POLICY AGAINST COMMUNIST AGGRESSION

B.) PLACED PERSHING AND CRUISE MISSILES IN WESTERN EUROPE

C.) SUPPORTED CONTRAS IN NICARAGUA

-HELPED GUERILLA WAR AGAINST SANDINISTAS (COMMUNIST)

D.) SENT AMERICAN TROOPS TO GRENADE WHEN MARXIST

LEADER WAS ASSASINATED

F.) FOCUS ON S. AFRICA

-SYSTEM OF APARTHEID- SEPERATION OF RACES, BLACKS DENIED

CITIZENSHIP, FORCED TO LIVE IN SEPARATE AREAS, COULD NOT VOTE

G.) CONSERVATIVE ON SOCIAL ISSUES

-OPPOSED ERA, OPPOSED ABORTION, SUPPORTED

VOLUNTARY PRAYER, OPPOSED BUSING ENFORCEMENT

E.) SENT MARINES TO LEBANON TO HELP KEEP PEACE