Out of the ruins of the 1964 campaign emerged a well-organized, experienced movement that was more determined than ever to win political power.
The events that contributed to the rise of conservatism is the Moral Majority which was established by Jerry Falwell, it is a political organization of the US where it is made up of conservative Christian political action committees. They campaigned on the issues regarding personal belief are more important in maintaining its Christian conception of moral law. This group constrained for enactment that would reject premature birth and prohibit the states' acknowledgment of homosexuality.
How you answer that question depends much on your political point of view. A 2006 article by Ron Haskins, published by the conservative Brookings Institute, declared the 1996 welfare reforms a success. Haskins pointed to evidence such as a 60% decline in the welfare caseload by 2004 as a result of the 1996 reforms. He also pointed to studies indicating that 60 to 80% of adults leaving welfare are gainfully employed.
Meanwhile, liberal writers such as Peter Edelman and Barbara Ehrenreich, writing in the <em>Washington Post </em>(<span>December 6, 2009), have said that welfare reform failed, because the number of those living in poverty in America rose in the years following welfare reform. The lack of access to welfare contributed to that rise in poverty, they argue. It's harder for people to get cash assistance through Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (which is what welfare was renamed). But dependence on food stamps doubled in the years after Clinton left office.
So "success" or "disaster" will depend on whether viewed through a conservative or liberal lens.</span>
The latter drove up the world price of oil, decreased consumer confidence, and exacerbated the downturn that was already underway.
