HIST 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Drywall, Future Group, Forbes 400
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New poor : consisted mainly of young people (young single mothers, (cid:1) children, and men of color) 70"s and 80"s mark the emergence of new landscape characterized by: decline of manufacturing operations such as steel and automobile factories (had driven so much wealth and prosperity, emergence of a service oriented economy. Wealth and prosperity existed in this economy but the distribution of wealth significantly changed: gap between the very rich and ordinary people widened, emergence of a new poor . Middle class began to shrink as the new poor emerged, families experienced downward mobility (cid:1) Election of ronald reagan new political climate (conservatism) emerged (1980, served for two consecutive terms: the defining figure of the conservative movement in the late. 20th century: ushered this movement into mainstream american politics, movement had been around since 45 but it wasn"t in mainstream american politics until reagan. Able to do this because he brought 3 key groups together.
