1. What political party did Ronald Reagan represent?
2. ___was an alliance of conservative special interest groups stressing cultural, moral & social issues.
3. ___was a group of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who interpreted the
Bible literally.
4. ___are gov’t. programs that guarantee and provide benefits to certain groups.
5. Who did Ronald Reagan choose as his running mate in 1980?

RONALD REAGAN
ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM
NEW RIGHT
REVERSE DISCRIMINATION
CONSERVATIVE COALITION
MORAL MAJORITY
GEORGE BUSH

1980: RONALD REAGAN ELECTED
1981: IRAN HOSTAGES RELEASED

WHAT PARTY GAINS POWER IN 1980?
WHY DID AMERICA MOVE TOWARDS
CONSERVATISM IN 1980?
– ECONOMIC PROBLEMS DURING 1970’s
– INTERNATIONAL EMBARRASSMENT
EX.: IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS (1979-1981)
– SOVIET THREAT SEEMS WORSE
EX.: INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN (1979)
– “CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE” IN AMERICA
– CULTURAL EXCESSES OF 1970’s SEEMED OUT
OF CONTROL
EX.: DRUG USE (COCAINE INTRODUCED)
THE “ME” GENERATION MENTALITY

American Embassy
Hostages, 1979

Time Magazine,
1979 (right)
THE SHAH
OF IRAN (below)

Time Magazine,
1979

CONSERVATIVES REGAIN POWER (CONT’D.)
OTHER REASONS?
– ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ANNOYED SOME AMERICANS
– DEFINE “ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS”
PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE AND GUARANTEE
BENEFITS TO CERTAIN GROUPS
– CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES : SOME GROUPS RESENT CIVIL
RIGHTS DECISIONS OF 1960’s / 1970’s
EX.: REVERSE DISCRIMINATION ISSUE GAINS
MOMENTUM
– POLITICAL ISSUES: SOME GROUPS RESENT POLITICAL /
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS OF 1960’s / 1970’s
EX.: ROE v. WADE DECISION
EX.: E.R.A.
– RESULT? CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT GAINS
FOLLOWERS / MOMENTUM IN 1970’s
REFERRED TO AS THE NEW RIGHT
ISSUES ARE PRESENTED, PROMOTED & DEFENDED BY
THE CONSERVATIVE COALITION
DEFINE: ALLIANCE OF INTELLECTUALS,
BUSINESSMEN, FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN
GROUPS, MIDDLE CLASS VOTERS, FRUSTRATED
DEMOCRATS

SOME GROUPS BECOME QUITE POWERFUL
– EX.: THE MORAL MAJORITY
WHO? CONSERVATIVE, FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN
GROUP
LED BY REV. JERRY FALWELL
WHY?
WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE NEW RIGHT
/ CONSERVATIVE COALITION?
– “SMALL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT”
– REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING
– HELP BUSINESSES GROW
REDUCE GOV’T. REGULATIONS
LOWER TAXES
– STRENGTHEN NATIONAL DEFENSE / ARMED
FORCES

THE REVEREND JERRY
FALWELL, PASTOR,
THOMAS ROAD
BAPTIST CHURCH,
ROANOKE, VA

THE REVEREND
JERRY FALWELL,
TIME MAGAZINE
COVER,
SEPTEMBER, 1985

REV.
JERRY
FALWELL
AND
PRESIDENT
RONALD
REAGAN