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Video - America's Political Parties

(Republicans)

 

Which faction dominated the republican party between WW11 and 1964 ?

How did Barry Goldwater view Eisenhower ?

Why did Nelson Rockefeller not get the Republican nomination in 1964 ?

What two issues did Goldwater make part of the Republican tradition ?

 

What controversial phrase did Goldwater use in his speech at the 1964 Republican convention ?

 

How did the conservatives change the regional base of the Republican party ?

 

Who were the two rising stars of the Republican party in the mid 1960's ?

 

What was the new coalition formed by the Republicans in 1968 ?

 

How did they "woo" these new supporters ?

 

In what ways was President Nixon a liberal ?

 

What domestic policy did he enact which inflamed the conservatives ?

 

What were Nixon's and Henry Kissinger's foreign policy achievements ?

 

How did the conservatives react ?

How did the conservatives hurt Gerald Ford's re-election chances in 1976 ?

 

How did the failure of the Carter administration help boost the conservative cause ?

 

What specific issues motivated evangelical Christians to become involved in politics in the late 1970's and realign themselves with the Republican party ??

 

What was Ronald Reagan's attitude towards government ?

 

What was George Herbert Walker Bush's attitude towards Reagan in 1980 ?

 

How did Bush change when he became Vice President ?

 

What were Reagan's main goals as president ?

 

How did the assassination attempt affect Reagan's image ?

 

Who was "the bear" ?

What was Reagan's policy toward the Soviet Union ?

 

What was the most troubling moment for the Reagan administration ?

 

What were some of Reagan's foreign policy successes ?

 

What was the "star wars" defense ?

How did the Soviets react to the U.S. star wars policy ?

What is an example of an "entitlement" ?

What happened to the economy during the Reagan years ?

 

What was "black Monday" (Oct. 1987) and what were it's consequences ?

 

What was the main issue in the Savings and Loan scandal ?

 

Why did George Bush use the "read my lips" phrase ?

 

In what ways did Bush's presidency differ from Reagan's ?

 

What were Bush's greatest achievements ?

 

What economic problems did Bush face in the early '90's ?

 

What elements held the Republican party together prior to the end of the cold war ?

 

Which faction began to dominate the Republican party in the early 1990's ?

 

What did Pat Buchanan mean when he refered to a "religious war" ?

 

What is Pat Robertson's attitude regarding the role of God in the Republican party ?

 

What did Bush say he was "fighting for" in 1992 ?