Anti-Semitic, pro-Hitler isolationists who opposed US entry into WWII
What is America First Committee?
100
Key moment of transition to the New Right; launched into politics many important conservatives; campaign book written by Phyllis Schlafly
What is the Goldwater campaign?
100
Believed selfishness is a moral imperative; militant atheist; hated by Buckley; scorn for young libertarians who liked her books
Who is Ayn Rand?
100
Christian-Republican; rallied Evangelicals behind pro-life, pro-family, pro-moral, and pro-America
What is the Moral Majority?
200
Opposition to New Deal
What was the cause of the rise of the Old Right?
200
Created Environmental Protection Agency, courted labor unions, expanded social security, Family Assistance Plan (all families with children eligible for minimum income)
What did Nixon do that went against conservative wishes?
200
Funded by rich individuals and corporations to perform research and advocacy
What are think tanks?
300
Led by Welch; tried to take over other local organizations (e.g. PTA’s), campaigned to impeach Earl Warren, demanded US leave UN
What is the John Birch Society?
300
Influenced by Rand and free market economy; promoted civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism and abolition of welfare state
What is the Libertarian Party?
300
Evangelicals
What is the religious group that grew between 1970-1985?
400
Built infrastructure of conservative journalism; attacked professors for not showing more patriotism and religious piety; wrote McCarthy and His Enemies (defense of McCarthyism); talk show “Firing Line”
Who is William Buckley?
400
Opposite of Libertarians; former left-wing Jewish intellectuals; anti-affirmative action; free-market capitalism and interventionist foreign policy
What are neoconservatives?
500
Group that believed US should seek victory (not coexistence) with Communists
What is Young Americans for Freedom?
500
Court case where official school prayer was banned as violation of 1st amendment