Resurgence of Conservatism

Liberalism

• liberalism believe that goverment should regulate the economy to protect people from the large corporation and wealthy elites

Conservatism

• conservatism believe that if the goverment regulates the economy it makes the economy less efficient resulting in less wezlth and moe rove and more provety

the rise of the sunbelt

• the movement to the south and west together known as the sunbelt continued after the war

suburban conservatism

• when riots erupted and crime rates went up during the 1960s and 1970s many americans moved to suburbs

the religious rights

• the feminist movement and the push for equal rights amendment further alarmed religious americans because it seemed to represent an assualt on the traditional family

sunbelt conservatism

• americans in the sunbelt opposed high taxes and federal regulations that threatened to interfere with their regions growth

religion rise again

• After WWII a religious revival began in the united states

minister uprise

• Television allowed ministers to reach a large nationwide audience and they where call televangelists.

religion

• using television and mail campaigns.The moral majority built up a network of ministers to register new voters
• Falwell later claimed to have brought in 2 million new voters by 1980
• Pat Robertson founded the christian Broadcasting network

religion

• By late 1970s about 70 million americans described themselves as born again
• Jerry Falwell used his television show the old time gospel to found a movement

sunbelt conservatism

• This region had more unemployment people than any other and its cities were often congested and polluted

A new change

• Americans were tired of change and upheaval.They wanted stability and Ronald Reagan offered hope to a nation in distress

New President

• In 1980 Ronald Reagan a strong conservative was elected president

nominations

• President Johnson easily defeated Goldwater and won the election by a landslide

Presidential Election

• Conservatism could not became a mass movement if americans had not responded to conservatives ideas
• After Goldwaters huge loss in 1964 american society moved in a conservative direction.