1. Baltimore Polytechnic Institute May 17, 2012 U.S. History Mr. Green

2. The students will identify the reasons for the nation’s swing toward conservatism by describing the emergence of Reagan as a conservative leader Announcement: Quizzes will be used to assess your learning until the finals Drill: Read One American’s Story on page 818 and answer the following: 1. Why does Noonan mention that all the young conservatives kept talking about freedom? 2. What does she suggest was the conservatives’ notion of freedom?

3. Reagan wins the 1980 Presidential election Conservatives campaigned against the entitlement programs the new right fought for cultural, social, and moral issues-fought government regulation and reverse discrimination Conservative coalition opposed big government, entitlement programs, busing and a return to traditional moral values Moral Majority Reagan was a Democrat, “the Democratic party left him”

4. Cut government programs Reducing taxes-Reaganomics supply-side economics Increased defense spending strategic defense initiative Increased national debt New Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O’Connor William Rehnquist Antonin Scalia Clarence Thomas-G.H.W. Bush appointee Bush won the 1988 election

5. Health Issues AIDS Abortion Drug Abuse Education-A nation at risk school choice The move to the suburbs ERA-Equal Rights Amendment

6. The Cold War Ends Gorbachev initiates reform glasnost perestroika U.S.S.R. falls apart in December 1991 Berlin Wall falls in November 1989 Tiananmen Square-April 1989 Iran-Contra Affair Grenada Panama Persian Gulf War

7. 1. Ronald Reagan 2. Entitlement program 3. New Right 4. Reverse discrimination 5. supply-side economics 6. Affirmative action 7. Glasnost 8. Perestroika 9. Sandinistas 10. Contras 11. Operation Desert Storm

8. Identify the reasons for the nation’s swing toward conservatism by describing the emergence of Reagan as a conservative leader

9. 1. Read Chapter 23