Chapter 25

Section 1: A Conservative Movement Emerges

Standard:11.11.2 Domestic polices of Reagan & 11.11.7 Recent demographic & social shifts.

KEY TERMS:

  1. New Right
  1. Affirmative Action & Reverse Discrimination
  1. Conservative Coalition
  1. Moral Majority
  1. Ronald Reagan

QUESTIONS:

  1. Why did many Americans embrace the conservative movement?
  1. What were the agenda and goals of the New Right?
  1. What were the main issues and concerns of the Moral Majority?
  1. What was the appeal of Ronald Reagan to voters?
  1. What factors contributed to Reagan defeating Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election?

Section 2: Conservative Policies Under Reagan and Bush

Standard:11.11.2 Domestic polices of Reagan & Bush 11.11.7 Recent demographic & social shifts.

KEY TERMS:

  1. Reaganomics & Supply-Side Economics
  1. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
  1. Sandra Day O’Connor & Clarence Thomas
  1. Deregulation
  1. Geraldine Ferraro
  1. George HW Bush

QUESTIONS:

  1. What were Reagan’s beliefs about government?
  1. What did Reagan hope to accomplish by both cutting taxes and Reaganomics?
  1. What were the results of Reaganomics and tax cuts?
  1. How did Reagan and Bush change the direction of the Supreme Court?
  1. What was the effect of Reagan’s deregulation and his policy on the environment?
  1. What factors contributed to Reagan defeating Jimmy Carter in the 1980 presidential election?
  1. What factors contributed to Reagan’s victory in 1984 and Bush in 1988?

Section 3: 1980s Social Concerns of the 1980s

Standard: 11.8.2 Mexican immigration, 11.10 Civil Rights, 11.11.3 Changing roles of women, 11.11.6 Poverty welfare reform.

KEY TERMS:

  1. AIDS
  1. “Just Say No!” - War on Drugs
  1. pay equity
  1. Jesse Jackson
  1. Laura Cavazos & Antonia Coello Novello

QUESTIONS:

  1. What were the two opposing viewpoints on legalized abortion after Roe v. Wade?
  1. How did the Reagan administration attempt to handle the rising drug problem in America?
  1. What problems were facing the education system in America in the 1980s?
  1. What gains did women make during the 1980s?
  1. What political gains did African-Americans make during the 1980s?
  1. What problems did Native-Americans face in the 1980s?

Section 4: Foreign Policy After the Cold War

Standard: 11.9.5 Role of Reagan Administration in the Cold War 11.9.6 U.S. Middle East Policy & the Gulf War.

KEY TERMS:

  1. Mikhail Gorbachev
  1. Glasnost & Perestroika
  1. INF Treaty
  1. Tiananmen Square protests
  1. Iran-Contra Scandal
  1. Operation Desert Storm (Gulf War)

QUESTIONS:

  1. What caused the end of the Cold War?
  1. Why did the Reagan Administration intervene in Nicaragua and how did it lead to a dispute with Congress?
  1. Why did the United States invade Panama and Grenada?
  1. What caused and resulted from the Iran-Contra Scandal?
  1. What caused and resulted from the Gulf War against Iraq?