How successful were the Religious Right in achieving their aims 1981 to 1992?

Question 1

P1
P2
P2

Answer 1

YES- ABORTION
NO- HOMOSEXUALITY/ aids
NO- DRUG USE

Question 2

P1 EVIDENCE

Answer 2

RR ACTIONS -key individuals in the campaign against abortion- Phyllis Schlafly, Beverley LaHaye, and Operation Rescue

Response to campaigns fro Bush and Reagan

Question 3

who was Phyllis Schlafly?

Answer 3

a Catholic Republican
supporter from the state of Illinois.

‘Sweetheart of the Silent Majority’,

Question 4

Schafly led a campaign against what and who did she have support from

Answer 4

Roe vs Wade decision, with the support of the Roman Catholic Church.

Question 5

what success happened as a result of schalfyys activity and how many supporters?

Answer 5

National Right to Life Committee

1980- 11 million supporters from a wide variety of religious denominations.

Question 6

traditional values were also supported by who

Answer 6

conservative Protestants.

Question 7

who formed the Concerned Women for America (CWA) and women?

Answer 7

1979, Beverley LaHaye,wife of a

Baptist minister from San Diego, southern California,

Question 8

what did the cwa oppose ?

Answer 8

abortion

-fault divorce laws.

Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA)

Question 9

both Schlafly and LaHaye regarded what anti-family.

Answer 9

Equal
Rights Amendment (ERA)

Question 10

by the mind 1980’s the CWA had how many members

Answer 10

500,000

larger than the National Organization of Women, the foremost
force in the women’s movement.

Question 11

operation rescue was inspired by what

Answer 11

civil rights movement

Question 12

when was operation rescue?

Answer 12

1987

Question 13

who joined the the militant organisation Operation Rescue.?

Answer 13

anti-abortion

activists

Question 14

what was the slogan of operation rescue?

Answer 14

‘If you believe abortion is murder,

act like its murder.’

Question 15

what did operation rescue set up across the nation?

Answer 15

Regional branches were set up across the nation.

Question 16

were operation resuce peaceful?

Answer 16

initially peaceful-peaceful sit-ins to block access to abortion clinics- ny

illegal activities such as trespassing

Question 17

when did operation rescue gain nationwide attention?

Answer 17

during the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, Georgia,

Question 18

during 1988-9 how many operation rescue members were arrested and jailed

Answer 18

50,000

Question 19

what was regans response to the abortion campaigns?

Answer 19

persuaded congress

outlaw Medicare and Medicaid-funded abortions for poor women.

chasity clinincs = avoid sex

Question 20

Bush changed his stance on what during what elcetion

Answer 20

abortion

1988

Question 21

Bush had previusly been pro what

Answer 21

pro choice

now- ‘abortion is murder’.

Question 22

what from who resulted in Supreme Court rulings that hindered abortions?

Answer 22

Reagan’s judicial appointments had a long term impact

Webster v Reproductive Services of Missouri (1989),

Question 23

who was appointed by regan who said ‘Nothing in the Constitution requires states to enter or remain in the business of performing abortions?

Answer 23

Chief Justice Rehnquist

Question 24

how many states denied women access to public abortion facilites?

Answer 24

3

Question 25

P2 evidence

Answer 25

s opposition to homosexuality was fuelled by the rise of AIDS- ‘gay plague’

1.