CONSERVATIVES IN POWER
1. 1968
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
2. 1969
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
3. 1971
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
4. 1972
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
5. 1974
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
6. 1976
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
7. 1978
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
8. 1979
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
9. 1980
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
10. 1981
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
11. 1983
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded
12. 1986
-------- Economic Recovery Tax Act Regents of the University of California v. Bakke ; Congress deregulates airlinesNixon vetoes child care bill Richard Nixon elected president Nixon resigns; Gerald Ford becomes president; Ford pardons Nixon Iran-Contra scandal Congress deregulates banking, trucking, and railroad industries; Ronald Reagan elected president Jimmy Carter elected president Warren E. Burger appointed chief justice of Supreme Court Reagan announces Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”); Family Research Council founded Watergate arrests; Nixon reelected president Moral Majority founded