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Michelle Han, Samantha Han, Sarika Islam, Aaron Jay, and Samuel Lam
Table of Contents
1. Context
a. Central Ideas
b. Social Conservatism
c. Economic Conservatism
2. Central Ideas
3. Significant Figures
a. George H.W. Bush
b. George W. Bush
c. Ronald Reagan
4. WORDLE
a. Word Cloud
b. Analysis
5. American Exceptionalism
a. Historical Precedent
b. Reagans Shining City on a Hill
c. Oklahoma tries to ban APUSH
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Context
What is Conservatism?
A political philosophy that promotes traditional institutions in a
countrys culture
Time (1960s-Present)
Economic Conservatism (1960-Present)
Social Conservatism (1960-Present)
Circumstance
A desire to return to a simpler time with traditional values.
People were also discontent with the actions of the government.
A Brief Timeline
A Brief Timeline
Central Ideas
Social Values
Held on to traditional gender roles.
Promoted family values.
Foreign Policy
Hostile towards Communism.
Strengthen national defense.
Central Ideas
Social Conservatism
Social Conservatism
Gender Equality
Conservatives opposed to equal opportunity in the workforce.
Held on to traditional gender roles.
Social Conservatism
Social Conservatism
Economic Conservatism
Government Involvement
Government spending should decrease.
Welfare
Government aid encouraged dependence on the government.
o Hence, poor people would remain in poverty.
Taxation
Believed that taxes should be reduced
Reducing taxes = more disposable income = more consumers = more
business
George W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Trickle-down economics
The idea that all wealth and benefits given to businesses would
eventually "trickle-down" to the general population.
Reaganomics (1981)
The four Rs: reduce, reduce, reduce, and reduce
o reduce government spending
o reduce income tax
o reduce government control
o reduce inflation
Taxes were reduced, but spending increased dramatically
Key Words
Key Words
Key Words
Nation: It is time for us to realize that we're too great a nation to limit
ourselves to small dreams.
World: In the eyes of many in the world, this every 4-year ceremony we
accept as normal is nothing less than a miracle.
Appeals to the idea that America is a special country
Raises the idea that Americans themselves are special
Affirms that America is a model nation in the view of the world
American
"The last best hope of man on earth."
Historical Precedent
Geographic Isolation
Isolated from the politics of Europe for most of the 19th century.
Historical Precedent
Immigration
America was a place where many people had a chance
at upward social and economic movement
Large numbers of immigrants came in search of work
and a new life
o
other constitutions say, Government grants you these rights and ours
says, You are born with these rights, they are yours by the grace of God
Arguments in favor
o Claimed that it protected the free expression of religion, as many religions
strictly defined marriage as only between a man and a woman.
o "Protected" children from being taught in public schools that homosexual
marriages were as legitimate as heterosexual marriages.
Arguments in opposition
o "Equal protection under the law is the foundation of American society."
o Traditional marriage itself degrades the institution of marriage. About 50%
of heterosexual marriages ends in divorce.
Legacy
Citations
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http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/Reaganomics.html
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