Introductory

Question 1

Summary of manifesto

Answer 1

Right wing, republican
Lower taxes and reduce ‘big Gov’t’- too many officials interfering with everyday life
Shift away from liberalism and Great Society

Question 2

Loss of confidence before Reagan

Answer 2

USA losing war
Tarnished by WGate
Oil crisis
Iran hostage crisis

Question 3

Why would lowering taxes be problematic?

Answer 3

Due to international context of Cold War, US opposed to Soviet Union

Question 4

Similarities of Reagan and 1920s republicanism

Answer 4

1) Anti Union (laissez faire)
2) big business corporation to monopolise
3) tax reductions
4) farming and mining suffers as new industry flourishes- computing (car)
5) wealth concentrated at top
6) encourage financial speculation- stock market crash 1987 (Wall Street 29)
7) rugged individualism- Bill Gates (Ford)

Question 5

Differences of Reagan and 20s presidency

Answer 5

R obsessed with fighting communism in 20s, not a lot of $ spent on defence
Reagan used media a lot more

Question 6

Reagan and Roosevelt

Answer 6

New policies
Good with media
Economic policies to fix US
Charismatic