Identify the groups and their agendas that combined to create the new conservative base in the 1970s and 1980s.One branch of new conservatives, neoconservatives, addressed the decline in respect of authority and believed that well-intentioned social programs actually did more harm than good. New conservatives were mostly white people from suburbs, later adding religion as a base hoping to restore traditional values in a "war against sin." They believed in pro-life, pro-family, and pro-America.
