HIST 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Warren Court, Kwadukuza, Sun Belt
16 Aug 2016
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Conservative economists: regulation will stifle growth and prosperity. Tension with the soviet union before and after wwii. Communist system fundamentally incompatible with american free trade. Leads to staunch commitment to the cold war and defeat of ussr. Communism also inherently unfriendly to christian beliefs because of centrality of the state. Participation in organizations designed to investigate communism in local organizations. Revivals: billy graham evangelicalism connects anticommunism with being saved; communism is evil . Under god added to the pledge of allegiance, 1954. In god we trust added to coins, 1957. Areas in the south and southwest and west benefit from post-war industry in oil, defense and manufacturing. Defensive budget= 62% federal budget in 1960"s (huge economic growth from cold war) Major military bases and cold war industry sites become highly anticommunist; burgeoning area for modern conservatism. Opposition to jfk- too soft on communism.
