The last quarter of the twentieth century (1970s-2000s) bore witness to the rise of a social conservative backlash to the liberal policies of the post-WWII generation. Who were these social and political conservatives demographically in America (i.e. Nixon’s “silent majority” and the so-called “Moral Majority”)? What social and political issues were they rallying against? What role did this movement play in the Republican dominance of the White House?
