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Conservative MovementsFrom the Prohibition to the Moral Majority
Lecture 4
May 19
After the Civil War
• Abolition of Slavery • The 14th Amendment
Plessy vs. Ferguson (1896)• Social Darwinism
Progressive Era (1890-1920)
• Regulation• Government and Party Reform• Temperance
Prohibition
Temperance Movement• Started 1800s• Moderation• Effects on FamiliesGovernment Apparatus (ATF)
World War I and the Isolationists
Non-Interventionist: diplomatic policy whereby a nation seeks to avoid alliances with other nations
Washington’s Views
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. […] it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Jefferson’s Views
"peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."
Two Instances of Isolationism
Late entrance to the War.
Non-Ratification of the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles
Response to the Great Depression
Libertarians
vs.
Protectionists
Response to the Great Depression
Protectionism
-- Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930
Spending and Tax Increases
Volunteerism and Hoovervilles
A Libertarian Evaluation
"The serious fault of the Federal Reserve dates from the end of 1930, when a series of bank failures... changed the monetary character of the contraction. Prior to that date, there was no sign of a liquidity crisis—the ratio of currency to deposits was relatively stable or falling. From then on, the economy was plagued by recurrent liquidity crises.”
Conservatism After World War II:
The emergence of Communism:The Rise of Communist China (1949)McCarthyism (1950-1954)Korean War (1950-1953)Vietnam War (1965-1973)Cuban Missile Crises (1968)Scientific Race (Space and Weapons)
If federal funds are spent for housing, welfare, and other assistance to people at the cost of reducing the United States to a second position behind the Soviet
Union in military defense, would you favor or oppose these spending programs?
27.40% Favor 51.70% Oppose
• The principal issue dividing the U.S. and the Soviet Union at the summit was President Reagan's commitment to what's known as ""Star Wars"" -- a space-based missile defense system. Premier Gorbachev wanted the U.S. to agree to sharp restrictions on Star Wars development. In exchange, the Soviets agreed to eliminate all land-based strategic missiles within ten years. President Reagan rejected the deal. If you had to choose right now between eliminating all strategic nuclear missiles or proceeding with Star Wars development, which would you prefer?
35.50% Eliminate all strategic nuclear missiles
55.00% Proceed with Star Wars
The Meaning of CommunismAtheismForced EqualitySlavery (Negative and Positive Freedoms)PovertyTotalitarianismState over the Community, the Individual and
the NationLack Rule of LawProperty
The Emergence of Modern LiberalismA threat to the States’ Rights
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Civil Rights Act and the 24th Amendment
Busing and Affirmative Action
The Emergence of Modern LiberalismA Threat to Religion and Morality
Secularization of Government
Roe v. Wade
Equal Rights Amendment
Freedom of Speech
The Emergence of Modern LiberalismA Threat to laissez-faire
Expansion Welfare State
a) Medicaid and Medicare
Expansion of Regulatory State
A Worrisome Trends
Welfare Caseload 1960-2000
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
1960
1963
1966
1969
1972
1975
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1981
1984
1987
1990
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1996
1999
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Series1
• Talking out of turn• Chewing gum• Making noise• Running in the halls• Cutting in line• Dress-code violations• Littering
School Teachers Rate Top Disciplinary Problems
1940
• Drug abuse• Alcohol abuse• Pregnancy• Suicide• Rape• Robbery• Assault
US News and World Report Basic Data: Congressional Quarter Researcher.
School Teachers Rate Top Disciplinary Problems
1990
Three Conservative Reactions
States’ Rights Movement
Expansion Federal Programs
Desegregation
Three Conservative Reactions
Libertarians
Tax Increases
Regulation
Draft
Growth federal Government
Three Conservative Reactions
Moral Majority
Abortion
Secularism
ERA
Free Speech