HIS 17B Lecture : The Rise of the New Right
Document Summary
The new deal order (package of reform; its terms referred by the democrats;liberalism): Civil rights was not a major part of the platform for the democrats, but as more af am"s moved out of the south, they adapted civil rights to their platform. + gi bill: soldier"s bill of rights; giving gov"t aid to people who served in the military by providing gov"t house insurance to the veterans. All they have to put is for down payment. There"s also provision for higher education, by giving stipends; provided health care as well. Tremendous engineer for social mobility, for those that it benefited. The housing insurance only disproportionately applied to white men. College enrollment due to gi bill (1929-1950): men: from a little below 750 in. Clark kerr: pres of the university of california => no tuition for ca residents; top 12% graduates would go to the uc at gov"t expense for free.
