A person's religion has a great influence on the way they live their daily life. This can influence the choices they make. A person's opinion on the government and management of a country can also affect what they can or cannot do on religious issues. When religious freedom is suppressed or silenced, people back down or speak up. A totalitarian government controls everything that society does, from public to private things. In a totalitarian government, religion may be set aside on certain issues. Conservatism became well known in the early 1980s in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. In the 1970s, liberalism became popular. At the time, Canada had a Liberal government led by Prime Minister Pierre Eliot Trudeau. Brian Mulroney finally overthrew the prime minister in 1984. Mulroney established a Progressive Conservative party that reduced government control in certain industries. In the United Kingdom, conservatism became favored when the country had its first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. At the time, the United Kingdom was in economic crisis. Thatcher had ambitions to cut spending on all social programs. Ronald Reagan became president in 1980 as a Republican, defeating current President Jimmy Carter. Carter was known for his struggling economy and his failure to secure fifty-two Americans who were victims in Iran from an anti-Western group. This is why Reagan won the election handily (“Historical Context”). Religion plays an important role in the political changes of the 1980s. The Moral Majority was an evangelical Christian political action committee that played a major role in Reagan's election victory. This caused tension in the middle of the paper......rge. "Café Niagara: Overview." Discovering the Authors. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Student Resources in Context. Internet. April 7, 2014. "Government Promotes Religion, Education, and Land Ownership to 'Civilize' Indians . » Discovering Multicultural America: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans: Gale, 2003. Student Resources in Context April 3, 2014. Grizzard, Carol and Tandy McConnell. “Religious Freedom (1990s).” American Decades: 1990-1999. Ed. Tandy McConnell. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001. Student Resources in Context. April 8, 2014. “Historical Context: The Handmaid's Tale.” . Student Resources in Context. March 27, 2014. Library of Congress. April 1, 2014.exhibits/religion/rel06.html.>.