{"id":1899,"date":"2021-08-01T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T21:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/?post_type=chapter&p=1899"},"modified":"2022-06-25T03:05:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T03:05:40","slug":"introduction-to-the-reagan-revolution","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-ushistory2\/chapter\/introduction-to-the-reagan-revolution\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to the Reagan Revolution","rendered":"Introduction to the Reagan Revolution"},"content":{"raw":"

What you'll learn to do: explain Ronald Reagan's presidency and the rise of conservatism<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_7346\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"470\"]\"Ronald<\/a> Figure 1.<\/strong>\u00a0President Ronald Reagan.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe Reagan Revolution marked the culmination of a long process of political mobilization on the American right.\u00a0In the election of 1980, Ronald Reagan soundly defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter.\u00a0Reagan\u2019s superior rhetorical skills enabled him to gain widespread support for his plans for the nation. Implementing a series of economic policies dubbed \u201cReaganomics,\u201d the president sought to stimulate the economy while shrinking the size of the federal government and providing relief for the nation\u2019s wealthiest taxpayers. During his two terms in office, he cut spending on social programs, while increasing spending on defense.\r\n\r\nIn this section, you\u2019ll learn about the\u00a0political and social conservatism of the 1980s. Conservative politicians like Reagan wished to limit the size and curb the power of the federal government, but they also had social and cultural concerns. In the so-called Culture Wars of this time, the progressives and conservatives clashed over issues like Gay Rights,\u00a0the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and adding warning labels to music containing explicit lyrics. Meanwhile, an epidemic of HIV\/AIDS grew to crisis proportions, as the federal government failed to act, and the so-called war on drugs began a get-tough trend in law enforcement that mandated lengthy sentences for drug-related offenses.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do: explain Ronald Reagan’s presidency and the rise of conservatism<\/h2>\n
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Figure 1.<\/strong>\u00a0President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Reagan Revolution marked the culmination of a long process of political mobilization on the American right.\u00a0In the election of 1980, Ronald Reagan soundly defeated incumbent Jimmy Carter.\u00a0Reagan\u2019s superior rhetorical skills enabled him to gain widespread support for his plans for the nation. Implementing a series of economic policies dubbed \u201cReaganomics,\u201d the president sought to stimulate the economy while shrinking the size of the federal government and providing relief for the nation\u2019s wealthiest taxpayers. During his two terms in office, he cut spending on social programs, while increasing spending on defense.<\/p>\n

In this section, you\u2019ll learn about the\u00a0political and social conservatism of the 1980s. Conservative politicians like Reagan wished to limit the size and curb the power of the federal government, but they also had social and cultural concerns. In the so-called Culture Wars of this time, the progressives and conservatives clashed over issues like Gay Rights,\u00a0the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and adding warning labels to music containing explicit lyrics. Meanwhile, an epidemic of HIV\/AIDS grew to crisis proportions, as the federal government failed to act, and the so-called war on drugs began a get-tough trend in law enforcement that mandated lengthy sentences for drug-related offenses.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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