HIST 1641 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Classical Liberalism, Social Democracy, General Strike
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Usual core political forces for ksd weak in us (socialists) Ksd emerges out of new democratic coalition: previously immobilized voters, keller"s populist administrative state. Fdr and 1932 landslide: worried about being a one-term president, pretty conservative, no deep ideology of any kind -> experimental pov. Old democrats gradually merge with new: old democratic party: dixiecrats, catholics, prairie populists, new: industrial working-class, new immigrants and their children ( second generation machine tenders (keeps machines going, semi-skilled) ), unionists, and racial minorities. Biggest immigration wave 1880-1914 (southern and eastern europe) Become the largest part of the d party. Nira: classically liberal, social-democratic or protofacsist: federally supervised industry codes and sanctioned price-fixing, sec 7. a. Hooks 2: set a committee for every industry in the u. s. : industry, business, public, fix prices for the industry, rules for business practices, allocate market share. Popular protest and challenges push new deal to the left.
