REVIEW & RELATE

1. Who made up the conservative coalition that brought Nixon to power? How did Nixon appeal to conservatism and how much did he depart from it?

2. How did Nixon’s management of the Vietnam War shape domestic politics?

3. What issues and trends shaped the presidency of Jimmy Carter?

4. How and why did the social and cultural developments of the 1960s continue to create conflict and controversy in the 1970s?

5. What was Reaganomics, and what were its most important long-term consequences?

6. How did conservative ideas shape the social, cultural, and political landscape of the 1980s and 1990s?