80s RQ
1 WHAT ARE THE TWO GROUPS THAT HELP RR BRING ABOUT A CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN POLITICS IN THE 1980s?
2 what is the “focus” of:
neo-cons=
Moral Majority=
3 Does the Conservative Revolution continue in 2008? Copy Barack Obama’s quote here:
Themes
4 Who led the religious right/moral majority?
5 WHO WINS THE COLD WAR?
6 WHO IS THE 1ST BABY BOOM PRESIDENT?
7 WHO IS THE ONLY PRESIDENT FROM TODAY TO EISENHOWER TO BALANCE THE FEDERAL BUDGET?
SUMMARY
8 WHAT THREE IDEAS DOES RR OPPOSE WITH HIS “NEW RIGHT” SOCIAL POLICIES?
9 WHAT AREA OF THE WORLD REMAINED A “DANGEROUS TINDERBOX” AFTER OUR VICTORY OVER SADDAM IN THE PERSIAN GULF WAR?
10 WHAT DOES THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED CONGRESS PASS---IN 1994---AFTER TAKING CONTROL OF CONGRESS FOR THE 1ST TIME IN 50 YEARS?
11 IN 1999 “BOOMER CLINTON” GETS IN TROUBLE AND BECOMES ONLY THE 2ND PRESIDENT IN OUR HISTORY TO BE WHAT?
12 WHAT GROUP DECIDED THE 2000 ELECTION? 13 HOW MANY PRESIDENTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY HAVE LOST THE POPULAR VOTE BUT----STILL BECOME PRESIDENT-----NAME THEM ALL?
QUOTES:
14 WHO IS THE FIRST WOMAN EVER APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES?
15 WHO SAID: “If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.”
INTRO
16 WHAT TWO GROUPS MAKE UP THE “NEW RIGHT” AND LEAD THE “REAGAN REVOLUTION?”
17 WHO WINS THE ELECTION OF 1980?
18 WHAT IS THE SLOGAN OF THE MORAL MAJORITY ---THAT IS SIMILAR TO THE “MOVEMENT TACTICS” OF THE 1960s?
18 What else happens jan, 1981?
19 What is RRs nickname---it is because nothing “sticks to him?”
20 Who is the oldest President ever elected in American History?
21 Can you be President and have Alzheimers?
22 What are RRs 2 goals?
23 What did they call RR’s economic plan?
24 what does George H.W. Bush ---Reagan’s VP---call it later when he is running for President in 1988? 25 What happens for the 1st time in the 20th century under RRs economic policies?
26 What does America become for the 1st time ever due to RRs economic policies?
27 What do some claim all the economic criticism of RR stems from?
28 Copy RRs legendary quote highlighted in Blue here:
29 RRs economic policies do such a great job ---what group becomes 80% of those in poverty and what is this trend called?
Cold war ends
30 Who wins?
31 What is the scandal that is associated with Iran and the Contra rebels in Nicaragua called?
32 Can you have alzheiemers and still be president?
33 In the Wizard of Oz ---who was behind the curtain?
34 What is the popular culture based nickname for SDI---the Strategic Defense Initiative?
35 What weapon is created----that makes the popular culture nickname make sense?
36 How did it work?
37 What arises in the Middle East during RRs Presidency that still troubles us today?
38 RR does a great job---doing what Austin Powers wanted to get back---what was that?
39 Where does RR send marines in 83’ ?
40 What very significant event occurs to encourage RR to bring the marines home? 41 What happens in the election of 1984 for the 1st time in our history (it is not electing the oldest man ever to be president again or that you can be president with alzheimers)?
42 Glastnost?
43 Perestroika?
44 new leader of USSR with giant stain on his forehead?
45 Who wins the Cold War? Which President is our hero and clearly responsible for crushing the USSR and ending the Cold War?
RRs Economic Legacy
46 of the 3 economic goals of RR which ones does he accomplish?
47 which one did he never even come close to accomplishing----ever?
48 What does RR do----THAT IS MORE THAN ALL PRESIDENTS BEFORE HIM COMBINED EVEN INCLUDING FDR AND WWII?
49 PASTE RRs legacy here:
50 How could a failure of such massive and epic proportions be a POLTICAL TRIUMPH FOR CONSERVATIVES???
51 WHAT DOES GEORGE H. W. BUSH CALL “REAGANOMICS” IN THE ELECTION OF 1988?
52 COPY AND PASTE THE QUOTE THAT SYBOLIZED THE 1980s---from the movie Wall ST: