HIST 2013 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Cuban Missile Crisis, Lyndon B. Johnson, Checkers Speech
25 Aug 2016
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High tide of the liberalism: the kennedy/johnson years. Liberalism economic system focusing on: high wages, strong union protections. Social contract labor militancy down, recognition of labor unions: keynesian growth/stimulus. High taxes (redistribute wealth to increase aggregate demand: reliance on experts (technocratic) Kennedy: catholic, new englander, wealthy family, severe chrons disease, could not sit up straight without brace, but hyper aware that it"s all about presentation. Nixon: red hunter soviet spy hunter, westerner, checkers speech . Denies using campaign money for personal ventures by going on tv and going through account book. People love it because he"s assimilating with common people. End of speech and says one other thing, we did get something after election little dog given to them from texas and daughter named him checkers: nixon realizes after this that appearances matter more than content. The kennedy agenda anything but civil rights. American spy planes catch construction of missile silos. Kennedy builds walls around cuba and quarantines cuba.
