History A-Level
Presidential Leadership and Elections
What Presidential Leadership and Elections means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Presidential Leadership and Elections
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Reference: AQA
Reagan won in 1980 by promising a return to traditional values, economic recovery through supply-side economics and an assertive Cold War stance.
Topics that use Presidential Leadership and Elections
- 2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 – The USA after Nixon, 1974–1980 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Civil Rights and Race Relations
- Cold War and Foreign Policy
- Conservatism and the New Right
- Economic Decline and Stagflation
- Economic inequality
- Loss of national self-confidence
- Political corruption
- Political Representation
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