hist 1302 blog - week 11
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Rise of Conservatism in America, 35-74
First Steps, 1945-1968
HIST 1302: US History Survey, 1877-The Present
Week 11
Prof. Dobe's Introduction (Video Not Available)
David Lawrence, America Turns the
Corner (June 11, 1947)
•David Lawrence (Profile at usnews.com)
•Attack on the New Deal•Context of the 1946 Strike
Wave •Wagner & Taft-Hartley
Laws•Right to Work•U.S. News•Views of Reconstruction
and the 1920s
Strom Thurmond, States’ Rights
Democratic Party Platform (1948)
•Dixiecrats•Racial Segregation •"Home-Rule" •Fear of "Police Nation"
Strom Thurmond
Joseph McCarthy, Lincoln Day
Address (February 20, 1950)
•Attack on "Godless Communism" and "Bright Young Men ... Born With Silver Spoons in Their Mouths"
•Traitors in the State Department (Acheson)
Joseph McCarthy
Douglas MacArthur, Farewell Address
to Congress (1951)
•Confrontation Between Truman and MacArthur Over Korea
•Havens North of the Yalu River
•"Unleashing" the Chinese Nationalists
Douglas MacArthur
Russell Kirk, The Conservative Mind
(1953)
•Edmund Burke vs. French Revolution
•Divine Order; Heirarchy; Property & Freedom
•Bonds of Tradition
Russell Kirk
C-SPAN American Writers: Writings of Kirk and Buckley
William F. Buckley, Jr., Publisher’s
Statement on Founding the National
Review (November 19, 1955)
•God and Man at Yale (1951)
•Attack on "Relativism"•"Liberal Conformity"•Claims of Victimhood
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley, Why the South Must Prevail (August 24, 1957)
•More and Less Advanced Races
•British Imperialism as a Model
William F. Buckley, Jr.
William F. Buckley: Right From the Start (Fox Documentary on Hulu)
Conservative Icon William F. Buckley, Jr. Dies
C-SPAN In-Depth With William F. Buckley, Jr.
Robert Welch, The Blue Book of the John Birch Society (1959)
•Things to ConsiderRobert W. Welch, Jr.
Official Photo From Robert Welch University
Website
What is the John Birch Society?
November 1997 Interview on Washington Journal
Barry Goldwater, The Conscience of a Conservative (1960)•Runaway Success
Amongst Conservatives•Lays Out Conservative
Position on:oLabor Unions and
TaxesoForeign and Military
PolicyoFederal vs. States'
Rights
Barry Goldwater
Young Americans for Freedom, The Sharon Statement (1960)
•Venue: Sharon, CT Estate of William F. Buckley, Jr.
•Conservative Equivalent of the SDS's Port Huron Statement (1963)
•Limited Government and Free Market Economics
•Victory Over Communism
Young Americans for
Freedom
Milton Friedman, Capitalism and Freedom (1962)
•"Supply-Side Economics"
•Focus on Inflation•Taxes and Regulation
Threaten American Freedoms
•Criticized Governemnt Programs
Milton Friedman
C-SPAN In Depth With Milton Friedman
Ronald Reagan, Rendezvous With Destiny (October 24, 1964)
•You can read along with the video on the following slide...
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan, Rendezvous With Destiny (Oct 24, 1964)
L. Brent Bozell, Who is Accommodating What? (May 4, 1965)
•Things to Consider
Role of the Central
Government
•Why, according to these documents
have some conservatives opposed a
strong central government except in
foreign policy?
Religion and Conservatism
•Why was religion less important in the
early years of conservatism than it later
became?
Pro-Life and Anti-Tax
•How have pro-life activists and
traditional tax cutters found common
ground in the conservative movement?
Role of the South
•Why has the South been of such critical
long-term importance in the rise of
conservatism? Has its importance
shifted over time?
Women, Minorities, and
Conservatism
•Liberals have criticized the conservative
movement for its underrepresentation of
women and minorities. Do the
documents support this criticism? If so,
does this seem to be a consequence of
the nature of conservatism itself?
Race in the Conservative
Movement
•How important, on the evidence of the
record, was race in the forming of
modern conservatism? Was it more
important than gender? More important
than class? Than region? Than
patriotism? Than faith?
The Obstacle to Conservatism
•What was the biggest obstacle
conservatives thought they faced in
building their movement and gaining
power? Were they correct?
Something Wrong With the
System?•Conservatives have been described as
“policy critical” but “system supportive” -
wanting, in other words, to change
government policies and leaders but not
the American system as a whole. Given
the documentary record, does this seem
an accurate appraisal?
Gender and Conservatism
•Conservatives have been described as
promoting “strong father” leadership and
policies - decisive, protective,
demanding, in control - as opposed to
“caring mother” liberals. Do the
documents support this kind of
interpretation?
Making the Rich Richer
•Conservatives have been described as
having wealth redistribution upward as a
constant long-term goal, with other
concerns - religion, race, guns, and so
forth - playing support roles. Do the
documents support this kind of
interpretation?