THE RISE OF POLITICAL CONSERVATISM 1980 1992
THE ELECTION OF RONALD REAGAN IN 1980
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the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or “Star Wars”
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supply-side tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses
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Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)
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CIA funding and support of groups opposed to communism
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Detailed explanation-1: -Under the Reagan Doctrine, the United States provided overt and covert aid to anti-communist guerrillas and resistance movements in an effort to “roll back” Soviet-backed pro-communist governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Detailed explanation-2: -He and Thatcher provided mutual support in terms of fighting liberalism, reducing the welfare state, and dealing with the Soviet Union. Reagan started by escalating the Cold War with the Soviet Union, marking a departure from the policy of détente by his predecessors, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter.
Detailed explanation-3: -The “Reagan Doctrine” was used to characterize the Reagan administration’s (1981-1988) policy of supporting anti-Communist insurgents wherever they might be.
Detailed explanation-4: -Reagan sought to stimulate the economy with large, across-the-board tax cuts. The expansionary fiscal policies soon became known as “Reaganomics", and were considered by some to be the most serious attempt to change the course of U.S. economic policy of any administration since the New Deal.