Reagan Era and Conservative Politics

Reagan Era & Conservative Politics

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Republican candidates will fair best with people who are...

• moderate

• conservative

• liberal

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The Conservative Revolution could be viewed as a backlash to the..

• hippie movement

• moral decline of America

• a changing America culture

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The creation of private schools in the South represented an anger over which Supreme Court case, which overturned segregation?

• Dred Scott v. Sanford

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Brown v. Board

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The Moral Majority can be best described as a group who...

• united people of all races

• helped Republican politicians get elected

• supported change and liberal ideals

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The aim of the Southern Strategy was to...

• play racial politics

• mischaracterize the Democratic Party

• influence White Southerners to vote Republican

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The term "states' rights" can be often be translated to mean...

• empowering states to be able to pass discriminatory laws

• allowing states to make decisions that are best for all citizens

• ensuring that states are in line with federal government policies

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Probably the crowning moment of the Conservative Revolution was the election of Ronald Reagan in ____.

• 1980

• 1992

• 2004