How liberal was society between 1960-80?
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- How liberal was society between 1960-80?
- Presidents leaned towards liberalism
- Kennedy promoted new liberalism and new frontier to challenge inequality
- Johnson defeated Strom Thurmond - strong conservative
- Johnsons great society - enter the war of poverty
- Johnson passed 1964 and 65 civil rights acts
- Nixon proposed health care plan and expanded food stamps for poor
- 1973 supreme court Roe vs Wade
- Carter started to dismantle new deal
- growth of conservatism in late 70s
- counter culture movement was unpatriotic
- economic downturn caused suspicion of gov
- conservatives call for a 'new right'
- growth in religious thinking 1967
- Bill Bright's campus crusade for christ
- the religious right
- against secularisation and ablution rulings
- united protestants and catholics
- belief of moral decline
- Growth of the counter culture movement 60s
- Attracted to political idealism rather than economic policies
- those in depression voted economic
- Lost faith after Johnson and Kennedy failed to address social problems
- People wanted to be free to be themselves
- cult of individual freedom
- groups such as the Beatniks and hippies emerged
- more likely to rebel, join anti war movements
- free speech movment 1964
- 700 arrested
- anti war march Washington 1965 - 40,000
- Attracted to political idealism rather than economic policies
- Presidents leaned towards liberalism
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