80-92 Religious right

Question 1

who was in the religous right

Answer 1

-Billy Graham
-Jerry Falwell
-Phyllis Schlafly
-Beverly LaHaye
-James Robinson

Question 2

why did it emerge

Answer 2

“godless” soviet union
school prayer was banned

Question 3

how did they use the media

Answer 3

they met with Reagan to discuss reinstating the school prayer. Reagan didn’t particularly push for it.
Tele-evengalsim - Old Time Gospel hour run by Jerry Falwell, shown on 225 TV stations and 300 radio stations

Question 4

what organisations did they have

Answer 4

Moral Majority
STOP ERA

Question 5

what political influence did they have

Answer 5

registered 8.5 million voters

Question 6

why did Reagan and the religious right “fall out”

Answer 6

Reagan appoints the first woman to the supreme court- Sandra Day O’Connor. she is a moderate
Reagan also viewed sorting out the economy as his priority, when the religious right thought they should be the priority
Family Protection Act 1981 was never passed

Question 7

Phyllis Schlafly

Answer 7

conservative women who was anti-feminism.
1983 created 3 minute commentarys to played on the radio
American Attorney
slowed down and reversed state rattification of ERA
STOP ERA (stop taking our priveliges) those priveliges were not being drafted and being housewives

Question 8

Traditional Value Coalition

Answer 8

american, christain, conservative organisation. founded in 1980 to oppose LGBT rights
Lobbied for government policy based on Christian fundamentalism. Also wanted nuclear marriage and all those ideas that go with it.
Claimed gay people travelled door to door to steal children and turn them homosexual

Question 9

Jerry Falwell

Answer 9

American baptist pastor. Televangelist and founder fo the moral majority

Question 10

Beverly LaHaye

Answer 10

founded Concerned Women for America (CWA) an organisation which vocalized conservative womens voices.
by 1986 the CWA had 1,000 local chapters in 49 states, and 535 lobbyists

Question 11

James Robinson

Answer 11

televenagelist. Particularly influential regarding Reagan, even inviting him to speak in Dallas 1980

Question 12

what did the religious right oppose
(what didn’t they)

Answer 12

-feminism
-divorce
-ERA
-abortion and Roe V wade
-Drug taking
-sexual liberalisation
-unmarried mothers
-homosexuality
-pornography
-teaching of sex ed in schools
-promotion of sex in pop culture

Question 13

oppostion to feminism

Answer 13

blamed it for weakening the family

Question 14

opposition to divorce

Answer 14

rose to 50% by the 80s

Question 15

ERA

Answer 15

would lead to less focus on the nuclear family as women would start to focus more on careers

Question 16

opposition to abortion and Roe v wade

Answer 16

there were 4 abortions for every 10 births between 1974 and 1977

Question 17

opposition to sexual liberalisation

Answer 17

cohabitation/sex is more talked about in films and feeds into prostituition and homosexuality

Question 18

opposition to unmarried mothers

Answer 18

dependent on welfare, or they might have to work (god forbid)

Question 19

opposition to homosexuality

Answer 19

spread of aids and against the nuclear family and against god

Question 20

what did they campaign for

Answer 20

-overturn roe v wade
-introduction of school prayers
-promotion of traditonal family values and oppose homosexuality
-decrease drug use

Question 21

Drugs context

Answer 21

RR called it “the American Disease”
recreational drug use had tripled since the 70s
around 40 million Americans used illegal substances
375000 crack babies born
12,000 annaul drug related edeaths (fewer than alcohal or smoking byt alas)

Question 22

how does the context explain Nancy Reagans focus on drugs

Answer 22

-it was a matter of urgency and a growing national security threat in America that was costing usa untold amounts of money
-threatned to derail any attemp to return to traditional american values

Question 23

success of just say no

Answer 23

-lots of media coveraga partuculary through visitng crack babies
-in 1986 reagan ordered that federal workplaces had to be “drug free” and there would be routine drug tests, in 1988 this was extended to unis with Drug-free workplace act 1988
-Usa spent $10billion a year on the war on drugs
-750,000 charged on drug offences

Question 24

Drug-Free Workplace Act

Answer 24

1988 extened from federal workplaces to unis having to be drug free

Question 25

failures of just say no

Answer 25

-money could have been better spent on rehabilitation or relieving poverty -drug siezures had little impact on price or availibilty Both Reagan and Bush were unsuccesful in wiping out drug usage, even with direct strategy

Question 26

wider concerns about drug usage

Answer 26

in 1985 onlt 1% thought drugs were an issue, by 1989 50% did

Question 27

overturning roe v wade, did they change the law or constitution

Answer 27

-didnt change the law or constitution -reagan funded chastity clinics -several hindering abortion rulings e.g ebester and missouri

Question 28

overturning roe v wade, did they change attitudes

Answer 28

Operation rescue 1987 anti abortion millitant activists at the 1988 Democratic National Convention 12,000 were arressted for staging protests outside of abortion clincs between 1988 and 89 neasrly 50,000 were arrested

Question 29

introduction od school prayer, did they change the law or constition

Answer 29

-family protection act, introduced religion into school and censorhip 1962 -teenagers had to tell their parents if they got an abortion

Question 30

introuduction of school prayer, did they change attitudes

Answer 30

congress didn't approve

Question 31

promotion of fmailiy values/ homosexuality, did they change the law or constitution

Answer 31

in 1986 the supreme court upheld a Georgia law which criminalised sodomy. 24 other states including Washington DC had similar laws about what they called deviant sexual intercourse

Question 32

promotion of family value/ homosexuality, did they change attitudes

Answer 32

between 1980 and 1990 the amount of single mothers went up 10% (from 18% to28%) Moral majority, pro life, pro family pro american campaigned against homesexuality due to the AIDs crisis 50% of marriages ended in divorce Jerry Falwell oppossed smoking drinking and rock n roll

Question 33

decrease drug use, did they change the law/ constituion

Answer 33

-used it as a way/ excuse to promote religion in school -strict enforcement of anti drug rules -1986-federal workplaces have to be drug free -1988 songress passed Drug Free Workplace Act which meant unis and contractors that received federal money also had to be drug free

Question 34

decrease drug use, did they change attitudes

Answer 34

In 1985 1% of americans though drug use was a major concern, by 1989 over 50% of those asked thought drugs were a huge issue -around 7,500 americans were charged each year