Foner Conservative Freedom

Which campaign marked a resurgence of American conservatism?

• Ronald Reagan

• Barry Goldwater

• Richard Nixon

• Lyndon Johnson

Economist Friedrich Hayek believed which political faction of the US had controlled the definition of liberty in 1956?

• Left

• Right

These conservatives equating individual freedom with unregulated capitalism.

• liberals

• "new conservatives" of 1950s (or moral conservatives)

• libertarians

• McCarthyists

Which of the following does NOT apply to libertarian conservatives?

• A lack of virtue and morality have degraded American society

• The free world must arm itself against the battle of communism

• The government should not interfere in people's personal lives

• Individual freedom with unregulated capitalism

_________ demanded a reduction in taxes and governmental regulations.

• Friedrich A. Hayek

• Thomas Paine

• Barry Goldwater

• Thomas Jefferson

Who of the following did NOT find hope for conservatism in Reagan?

• Feminists

• Catholics

• McCarthyists

• They all found hope

Neoclassical economist Milton Friedman believed that even national parks should be privatized.

• True

• False

What was the name of the William Buckley's conservative magazine, founded in 1955?

• The Dispatch

• Politico

• The New Republic

• National Review

In which areas did the conservative base expand?

• Northern California

• Midwest

• Sun Belt

• Northeast