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Borgmann,
America in History
Chapter 20 Lesson 1 Questions, The New Conservatism {Pages 460-463)
Directions:
Read the Lesson. Answer the following objectives by answering the questions. Use the
page numbers and the requested amount of answers. Bulleted answers are preferred in
phrases/sentences. Include evidence such as names/programs and descriptions
Objectives:
Analyze and describe the differences between a liberal and conservative
Evaluate if you are a liberal or conservative
Describe how the Sunbelt changed its beliefs
Analyze and describe the effect the New Deal, World War II and the Cold War had on political
beliefs
Analyze and describe why voters would support conservatism in the late 1970s and 1980s?
1.
What motivated a change to conservatism in the 1980s? (460-1)
2.
Why was conservative writer Midge Decter appalled? (460-4)
3.
What are modern liberal beliefs? (460/461-6)
4.
What are modern conservative beliefs? (461-9)
5.
What different trains of thought happened during the New Deal and after WWII? Why? (461-3)
6.
How would the Cold War affect the thoughts between liberals and conservatism? (461-6)
7.
What was the Sunbelt pattern of politics/belief before WWII? (462-4)
8.
What changed in Sunbelt States during WWII? (462-3)
9.
What did Sunbelt residents believe after WWII? (462/463-8)
10. What drew people to conservatism after the 1960s/1970s? (463-7)
11. Why would there be a new conservative coalition? (463-5)