The Conservative Revolution

Question 1

The golden age of capitalism

Answer 1

The money is not just going up. Strong economic growth, low unemployment and rising living standards, largely supported by Keynesian economics policies.

Question 2

Keynesianism and John Maynard Keynes

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Economic theory promoting government spending to stimulate demand and avoid recession; dominated the US policy after WW2 till 1970

Question 3

Lyndon B. Johnson and the great Society

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LBJ’s ambitious liberal reform program aimed to ending poverty and racial injustice. Include Medicare, civil rights laws, and education funding but was overshadowed by the Vietnam war

Question 4

Neoliberalism and Friedrich Hayek

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Economic philosophy favoring free markets, privatization, and limited government. Hayek’s The road to serfdom warned that state control leads to tyranny

Question 5

Jerry Falwell

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Evangelical preacher who founded the moral majority. , Mobilizing conservative Christians into politics and fueling the religious right.

Question 6

Young Americans for freedom

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A youth conservative group formed in 1960, supporting limited government, free enterprise, and anti-communism; helped energize the conservative movement.

Question 7

Barry Goldwater

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1964 republican candidate who opposed civil rights legislation and big government. Lost badly but inspired a new wave of conservatism

Question 8

Stagflation

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Economic crisis of the 1970s with stagflation growth and high inflation challenged Keynesian models and paved the way for conservative, free- market policies.

Question 9

Richard Nixon

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Republican president 1969-74 who appealed to the “silent majority.” Watergate scandal led to his registration

Question 10

The Plumbers and Daniel Ellsberg

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Nixon secret unit to stop leaks like the Pentagon Papers, released by Daniel Ellsberg, revealing IS deception in Vietnam

Question 11

Watergate

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Break-in at DNC headquarters, followed by Nixon cover-up. Exposed by journalists Woodward and Bernstein. Led to Nixon Resignation in 1974.

Question 12

Jimmy Carter

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Democratic president 1977-81. Seen as ineffective during economic turmoil and the Iran hostage policy.

Question 13

Iran hostage crisis

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US embassy staff held hostage in Iran -979-81. Made Carter look weak; Reagan benefited politically.

Question 14

Ronald Regan

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Former actor and governor of California; elected president in 1980. Became the face of modern conservatism.

Question 15

Reaganomics ( Supply-side or trickle-down )

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economic policy of tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation, and cutting social spending. Critics said it worsened inequality.

Question 16

PATCO strike

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Reagan fired over 11,000 air traffic controllers in 1981. Weakened unions and signaled a shift in labor relations.

Question 17

Morning vs. Midnight in America

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Reagan campaign ad painted a rosy picture of American renewal (“Morning”). Critics like Bruce Springsteen (in Born in the USA) showed economic pain and decline (“ A dead Man’s Town”)

Question 18

How did the roots of the conservative movement form in the postwar era? How did they come to gather to emerge victorious in the 1980?

Answer 18

Reaction to new deal liberalism, fear of communism, religious revival, and backlash to 60s social changes
- 1970 crises (stangflarion, watergate) discredited liberals.
- Movements of moral major, hayek, leaders build conservative era.
- Reagan united economic conservatives, social conservatives, and anti-communists in 1980

Question 19

What were president Ronald Reagan economic policies? What impact did they have on the US? Did they produce morning/midnight America?

Answer 19

Tax cuts, deregulation, reduced social spending.
Short term economic recovery but massive deficits, growing inequality, and de industrialization.