Professional Documents
Culture Documents
American Exceptionalism
Goals
o Decrease size & influence of
federal government
New Federalism
New Federalism
Purposes:
Power of Federal
Government
State Government
Local Government
o $$$$$
Revenue Sharing
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act (1972)
Impoundment
Watergate Scandal
Southern Strategy
Effect:
o South understood Nixon's position
Advertisements
Television
New Right - a political movement that promoted the concept of a free market and "traditional"
social values.
o Fought against
high taxes
environmental regulations
Moral Majority
W
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Reagans A Time For Choosing
-given October 27, 1964
-during the presidential campaigns.
Prosecutor
o Roe
Defense
o County District Attorney Wade
Issues
o If the fetus endangers the mothers life, is abortion legal?
o New Right
Americas media too liberal for young minds?
Americas government have too many regulations?
Womens Rights
Labor Laws
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dependence on foreign oil
A lot of new workers
Ford W.I.N.s
Ford cut government spending and encouraged the Federal Reserve Board increase interest rates in order to
restrict credit
Carters era
Fuel Shortage
o Carter could not find a solution for the inflation
o From his fireside speeches, it sounded like he gave up
Foreign competition
Reagan Administration
Reaganomics
Budget cuts
Tax cuts
Increased defense spending
Deregulation
Environmental Protection Agency
George W. H. Bush
Clinton Era
Weakened economy
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Obama Administration
Economic Stimulus Package
Combat against recession due to crash of financial markets
Tea Party
We The People Rule
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http://www.ushistory.org/us/59b.asp
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http://www.teaparty.org/