1. America’s History Eighth Edition America: A Concise History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 30 Conservative America in the Ascent 1980–1991 Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s James A. Henretta Eric Hinderaker Rebecca Edwards Robert O. Self

3. I. The Rise of the New Right A. Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan: Champions of the Right 1. The Conscience of a Conservative 2. Grassroots Conservatives

4. I. The Rise of the New Right B. Free-Market Economics and Religious Conservatism 1. A three-legged stool 2. The Religious Right

6. I. The Rise of the New Right C. The Carter Presidency 1. Hostage Crisis 2. The Election of 1980

9. II. The Dawning of the Conservative Age A. The Reagan Coalition 1. The core of the Republican Party 2. Moral Majority

11. II. The Dawning of the Conservative Age B. Conservatives in Power 1. Reaganomics 2. Deregulation

13. II. The Dawning of the Conservative Age B. Conservatives in Power (cont.) 3. Remaking the Judiciary 4. HIV/AIDS

15. II. The Dawning of the Conservative Age C. Morning in America 1. Election of 1984 2. Return to Prosperity 3. Culture of Success 4. The Computer Revolution

18. III. The End of the Cold War A. U.S.-Soviet Relations in a New Era 1. Reagan’s Cold War Revival 2. Iran-Contra 3. Gorbachev and Soviet Reform

22. III. The End of the Cold War B. A New Political Order at Home and Abroad 1. Election of 1988 2. Middle East 3. Persian Gulf War