1. The Conservative Tide
Chapter 25

2. I. Conservative Movement Emerges

3. A. The Movement Builds The New Right Affirmative Action
Opposed abortion
Opposed ERA
Wanted School prayer
Affirmative Action
reverse discrimination
Conservative Coalition
Moral Majority
wanted to restore traditional moral values

4. B. Conservatives take office
Ronald Reagan
Elected 1980
George H.W. Bush V.P.
Originally a Democrat
“The party had left him”
“A recession is when your neighbor loses his job, a depression is when you lose your job. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his”

5. II. Conservative policies

6. A. Economic policies Reaganomics Supply-side economics
budget cuts, tax cuts, increase defense spending
Supply-side economics
Fewer taxes
People would save and invest more
Strategic Defense Initiative
National Debt doubles

7. B. Courts shift right Sandra Day O’Connor William Rehnquist
First female supreme court justice
William Rehnquist
becomes Chief Justice
Reagan and Bush end rule of liberal court

8. C. Deregulating the Economy
Deregulation
the cutting back of federal regulation in industry
increased competition and lowered prices
Cut the EPA budget

9. D. Victories 1984 Election 1988 Election Reagan/Bush (Rep)
Mondale/Ferraro (Dem)
Win by landslide
1988 Election
Bush Vs. Dukakis
“Read my lips no new taxes”

10. III. Social Concerns in the 1980s

11. A. Health, Education & Cities
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
Webster V. Reproductive Health Care Services
States had right to make laws on abortion
War On Drugs
“Just say no!”
A Nation At Risk
US students falling behind
Urban Crisis

12. B. Equal Rights Increase of Women in House and Senate
Reagan names two women to his cabinet
Elizabeth Dole
Margaret Heckler
“Feminization of poverty”
Pay Equity
pay rates reflected job’s requirements

13. C. Fight for rights continues
L. Douglas Wilder
First African American governor
Jesse Jackson
ran for democratic presidential nomination
Sheriffs, School board, legislators

14. D. Gains for Latinos Fastest growing minority Lauro Cavazos
Secretary of Education
Dr. Antonia Coello Novello
Surgeon General
Bilingual Education

15. E. Native Americans Schools to teach about past
Reagan cuts funding to Native Americans
Supreme Court votes in favor of Casinos
Provides additional funding

16. F. Other Minorities Asian Americans Gay rights
2nd fastest growing minority
low crime rates
low dropout rates
low divorce rates
high unemployment and poverty
Gay rights
By 1993, 7 states & 110 communities outlaw discrimination

17. IV. Foreign Policy after the Cold War

18. A. The beginning of the end
Mikhail Gorbachev 1985
Glasnost- openness
Perestroika- restructuring of Soviet society
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF)
Between U.S. and Soviets
Eliminated weapons & allowed inspections

19. B. The Soviet Union Declines
Collapse of the Berlin Wall 1989
Non-Communist parties organized in satellite nations
Nations gain independence
Bush & Yeltsin formally end Cold War 1992
STARII Pact
Cuts amount of nuclear weapons by 2/3

20. C. China…Still Commies 1980s China begins economic reforms
less government control
Tiananmen Square (1989)
Demonstrations leads by students
Military steps in kills unarmed students
“The government has won the battle here today. But they have lost the people’s hearts.”

21. D. Central America & The Caribbean
Nicaragua
Contras vs. Sandinistas
Grenada
Reagan sends troops
Overthrow pro-Cuban gov.
Panama
Bush sends 20,000 soldiers
Overthrow & Arrest Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega

22. E. Middle East troubles Iran-Contra Scandal
Terrorist groups capture Americans in Lebanon
“America will never make concessions to terrorists”
Weapons in exchange for prisoners
profits then went towards the Contras in Nicaragua

23. F. The Persian Gulf War Iraq led by Saddam Hussein
Invaded Kuwait (1990)
Operation Desert Storm (1991)
Air assault on Iraq
Troops attacked from Saudi Arabia
Cease Fire Feb. 1991