HIST 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: School Prayer, Southern Strategy, Southern Democrats
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Barry goldwater and the rise of the right. The core values of liberalism and the left. Unions and advocacy for work class (ex: progressivism, new deal) Government action to help poor (ex: new deal, great society) Government action to promote racial justice (ex: civil rights movement, affirmative action) The core values of conservatism and the right. Libertarianism, free markets, minimal government, low taxation (ex: goldwater) His father was a jew and his mother was from the episcopal church. He believed that religion was a private affair, not government"s role to regulate it. Desegregation vote against civil rights of 1964 but actually believed in equality. In west, southern california, arizona, new mexico, texas. Federal: enforce contracts, provide for national defense. States: enforce contracts, non-legal system to sun business and jails, provide for national defense. People know how to spend their own money better than government (should not have right to spend own money) Spend more than we take in (currency devalued)