The Conservative 1980's
1970s 1980s 1990s y powerpoint.pptx
Essential Question:
What is conservatism?
What shifts political ideology?
Why does political ideology change?
What factors lead to a National political change?
The U.S. shifts from the right to the left of the political spectrum through out history.
Read and compare how the 1980's moved towards a conservative political agenda was much like the nation in 2004 with the tea party movement influencing politics.
1980-1992
The New Right emerges- http://www.ushistory.org/us/58e.asp link on New right of the 1980's.
Two Presidents
Reagan and Bush
1. Social Issues struggle under a conservative wave in the 80's
2. Economics
2004-2016
The Tea Party movement- 1980s teaparty conservatives.pdf link on the background of the Tea Party.
Meaning making and application
How is the wave of conservatism in the 1980's similar and different to the conservative wave in the 2000's.
What happened in the prior decade to cause a more conservative wave of politics in both cases?
What effect will it have on the decades following the movement?
Interview someone personally or find an interview on line. How personal to the person being interviewed are these changes from the past to the future?
Can you predict a new conservative wave in the future?