Most Conservative Post WW2 Decade

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In terms of momentum, the 1990s, when incarceration rates rose at an unprecedented rate, a Democratic President deregulated, reformed welfare, and almost privatized Social Security, and there was a hysterical fear of teenagers.

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"the future is always progressive"

Which we know not to be true, as 1980-2003 was regressive and things that were once considered progressive (eugenics, prohibition) no longer are.

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That trifecta allowed for No Child Left Behind

During Clinton's Presidency, the main opponents of standardized testing were Gingrich and Dole. It was only when Bush 43 announced his platform for President that the GOP started supporting standardized testing.

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I feel like people make the mistake of going by who was President rather than by who was getting stuff done. For example, the years in which Nixon was President were far more liberal than Nixon himself was and the 1990s were far more conservative than the Clintons.