Reagan Era
Cold War twilight
The Reagan Era refers to the period of American history during Ronald Reagan's presidency (1981–1989) and, more broadly, to the conservative political movement and cultural climate he championed.
The era is associated with supply-side economics, deregulation, tax cuts, anti-communism, and a resurgence of traditional values rhetoric.
Welfare reform debates intensified during the Reagan Era.
The term often extends to describe the lasting influence of Reaganism on American politics through the 1990s and beyond.
Supply-side fiscal philosophy
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- tax cutsDecreased government assessments
- deregulationRemoving governmental business restrictions
privatization · small government · deficit spending · air traffic controllers · War on Drugs · Just Say No · welfare reform · military buildup
Former communist superstate
- perestroikaSoviet reform initiative
- glasnostSoviet transparency reform
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
- nuclear disarmamentReducing atomic weapon stockpiles
Gorbachev · Star Wars program · Berlin Wall · Iron Curtain · KGB · espionage · proxy wars · NATO
Youth-oriented video network
- WalkmanPortable personal cassette player
- VHSAnalog tape format
- yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals
- breakdancingAcrobatic hip-hop dance form
arcade games · Pac-Man · Rubik's Cube · neon colors · leg warmers · shoulder pads · hip hop · Michael Jackson
Evangelical political advocacy group
- Christian rightBeliever's legal entitlement
- family valuesBeliefs prioritizing domestic bonds
- pro-lifeAgainst elective pregnancy termination
- neoconservatismHawkish pro-democracy interventionist ideology
anti-communism · patriotism · traditionalism · school prayer · New Right · religious right · culture wars · silent majority
Reaganomics
Supply-side fiscal philosophy
- supply-sideProduction-centered economic theory
- trickle-downTheory wealth spreads below
- tax cutsDecreased government assessments
deregulation · privatization · small government · deficit spending · air traffic controllers · War on Drugs · Just Say No · welfare reform · military buildup · Star Wars program
Soviet Union
Former communist superstate
- perestroikaSoviet reform initiative
- glasnostSoviet transparency reform
- arms raceEscalating weapons accumulation between nations
Gorbachev · nuclear disarmament · Star Wars program · Berlin Wall · Iron Curtain · KGB · espionage · proxy wars · NATO · Warsaw Pact
MTV
Youth-oriented video network
- WalkmanPortable personal cassette player
- VHSAnalog tape format
- yuppiesMaterialistic city professionals
breakdancing · arcade games · Pac-Man · Rubik's Cube · neon colors · leg warmers · shoulder pads · hip hop · Michael Jackson · Jane Fonda
Moral Majority
Evangelical political advocacy group
- Christian rightBeliever's legal entitlement
- family valuesBeliefs prioritizing domestic bonds
- pro-lifeAgainst elective pregnancy termination
neoconservatism · anti-communism · patriotism · traditionalism · school prayer · New Right · religious right · culture wars · silent majority · American exceptionalism
Sandra Day O'Connor
- Alan GreenspanFormer Fed head
- Margaret Thatcher
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- historical erasStone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Middle Ages, Renaissance
Reagan EraKeynesianism
Interventionist macroeconomic theory
welfare state · big government · social democracy · democratic socialism · command economy
Reagan EraSummer of Love
1967 counterculture convergence
civil rights era · New Left · Vietnam War era · anti-war movement · Occupy Wall Street