History of the United States II / Unit 16 USH2 2252 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The New Right
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The idea
The anchor credits Reagan's victory to dissatisfaction with Ford and Carter and to the growth of the New Right.
In practice
White southerners, suburban Catholics and evangelical Christians rallying to Reagan, as Digital History lists his support.
Where people slip
The Yawp traces it to alarm at the Great Society, worry over deficits, and White southerners leaving the Democrats after the civil rights laws.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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