#1: What caused the rise of Reagan and the new
right in the 1980s, and how did their conservative
movement fundamentally reshape American politics?
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The Election of Reagan in 1980
The Reagan Revolution
The Religious Right
Conservatism in the Courts
Referendum on Reaganism in 1988 *
#2: What were the goals of Reagan’s supply-side
economic policies, and what were those policies’
short-term and long-term effects?
• The Battle of the Budget
• Reagan’s Economic Legacy *
#3: What led to the revival of the Cold War in the
early 1980s, and how did Ronald Reagan turn the
conflict with the Soviet Union to American
advantage?
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Reagan Renews the Cold War
Troubles Abroad
Round Two for Reagan
The Iran-Contra Imbroglio *
#4: Many historians have compared the Reagan
revolution with Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal
because of the way it seemed to transform radically
American economics and politics. Is this a valid
comparison? Is it correct to see the Reagan legacy as
a complete reversal of the New Deal, or of the Great
Society of Lyndon Johnson? *
#5: What domestic and foreign challenges did
George Bush face during his presidency and how
effectively did he deal with these?
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George Bush and the End of the Cold War
The Persian Gulf Crisis
Fighting “Operation Desert Storm”
Bush on the Home Front *
#6: What domestic and foreign challenges did Bill
Clinton face during his presidency and how effectively
did he deal with these?
• The First Baby Boom President
• A False Start for Reform
• The Politics of Distrust
• Clinton Again
• Problems Abroad
• Scandal and Impeachment
• Clinton’s Legacy *
#7: Where did Modern Conservatism Come From? *