The Conservative Tide

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The Conservative Tide

• Chapter 33

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Conservatism grows

• Because of
• Entitlement programs growing
• Affirmative Action
• Reverse Discrimination
• Conservative coalition-business leaders
• Religion plays a key role

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Ronald Reagan

• Democrat But Switched
• Actor, spokesman
• Issues of the Time
• Abortion, pornography, teaching of evolution
• Campaign Slogan
• Recession is when your neighbor loses his job,
  depression is when you lose yours, recovery is
  when Carter loses his
  
• 52.6 percent vote in 1980

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Ronald Reagan
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Policies

• Reaganomics
• Reduce size and influence of federal government
• Encourage private investment
• Budget cuts
• Supply side economics
• Fewer taxes
• Increased defense spending
• More recession

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Deregulating economy

• Cutting back of federal regulation
• Remove price controls on oil
• Eliminated health and safety inspections for
  nursing homes
  
• Deregulated airline industry
• And savings and loan
• Cut budget of EPA

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Continues

• Reagan reelected
• Bush elected Read my lips no new taxes
• Attack ads
• Nancy Reagan Say no to drugs

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Social concerns

• Health AIDS, drug abuse, abortion and education
  
  
• Bush allows public funds for School Vouchers
• Fight for pay equity

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Gains for Latinos

• Fastest growing minority
• 2 out of 3 are Mexican Americans
• Lived in southwest
• Toney Anaya Governor of New Mexico
• Lauro Cacazos Secretary of Education
• Dr. Antonia Coello Novello Surgeon General
• Bilingual education

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Womens Struggle

• 75 cents to the dollar
• 57.8 percent of nations women in work force
• Female college grads earned only slightly more
  than male high school grads
  
• 31 percent head of households living in poverty
• Fought for flexible hours and benefits
• Reagan cut the budget for daycare

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Social concerns

• African Americans
• African American Mayors govern
• LA, Detroit, Chicago, Philly, New Orleans, DC
• Hold professional and managerial positions in
  middle class
  
• Limits on affirmative action

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L. Douglas Wilder first African American
Governor, VA
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Social concerns

• Asian expansion
• Asian Women United
• Generate awareness of Asian culture
• Expose and eliminate racist views

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Gay rights

• Advances
• Openly fight for civil rights
• AIDS
• Republicans condemned
• Discrimination

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Cold War ends

• Gorbachev ends Soviet Union
• Glasnost and Perestroika
• Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
• Complete change overwhelming
• Commonwealth of Independent State take place
• Yeltsin and Bush declare End of the Cold War

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Mikhail Gorbachev
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Boris Yeltsin
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Communism in China

• Tiananmen Square
• April 1989
• Reform in China
• Collapse of pro democracy movement by students

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Tiananmen Square
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Central America and Caribbean

• Nicaragua
• Presence since 1912
• Somoza family ruled, Sandinistas, rebel to take
  over regime
  
• Carter sent aid
• Reagan cut aid

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Central America and Caribbean

• Contras against communism Reagan gave support
• Guerrilla troops
• Sent without Congress approval
• Boland Amendment passed
• "An amendment to prohibit covert assistance for
  military operations in Nicaragua and to authorize
  overt interdiction assistance. (30 Mil. was
  spent.)
• No military involvement
• Violeta de Chamorro elected, Contra supporter

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Grenada and Panama

• Caribbean island
• Reagan
• Direct military force
• Ties to Cuba
• 2,000 troops sent
• 18 soldiers died

• Bush
• 1989
• 20,000 soldiers and marines
• Overthrow General Noriega on drug trafficking
• Flown to Miami for trial

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Middle East

• Iran Contra
• 1983 Terrorist groups loyal to Iran
• Hostages in Lebanon
• Denounced Iran
• America will never make concessions to
  terrorists
  
• Reagan approves sale of arms in 1986
• Sent part of it to Nicaragua
• Illegal

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Middle East

• Persian Gulf War
• Iraq
• Saddam Hussein
• Iran and Iraq fighting, big war debts
• Invaded Kuwait
• Saudi Arabia
• Gathering oil fields

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Middle East

• Operation Desert Storm
• Liberate Kuwait
• Jan 16, 1991
• Air assault
• Feb 23, ground offensive
• Feb 28, over

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Oil fields on fire
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