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The 1980s

  • Moral Majority

    Moral Majority
    The Moral Majority was a prominent American political organization associated with the Christian right and Republican Party. It was founded in 1979 by Baptist minister Jerry Falwell and associates, and dissolved in the late 1980's
  • Rise of Conservtism

    Rise of Conservtism
    Programs that provide guaranteed benefits to a particular group. Fraudulent benefits caused resentment among taxpayers. ... Political action group in 1970 who believed in prayer in school and laws against abortion which furthered conservative and religious views.
  • Reganomics

    Reganomics
    the economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity.
  • Iran Contra Affair

    Iran Contra Affair
    The Iran–Contra affair, popularised in Iran as the McFarlane affair, also referred to as Irangate, Contragate, the Iran–Contra scandal, or simply Iran-Contra, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration