...Why did Richard Nixon win the presidential election in November 1968? Richard Nixon’s scant win in the election of 1968 by a mere 500,000 votes marked the end of one of America’s most tumultuous years. The assassinations, revolutions, riots, and the Vietnam War all made 1968 a year to remember in American history and the presidential race was no different. Though Nixon actually received fewer votes than he did in the 1960 election, he was able to take the presidency and begin America’s move towards conservatism. Although Nixon did make some right decisions to win the presidency, the bigger story in this election were the trials and tribulations in the Democratic camp and how they essentially sabotaged themselves. Nixon’s rise to the Republican representative began with Barry Goldwater’s smashing defeat in the 1964 election to the hands of Lyndon Johnson. Goldwater’s extreme antics had put a bad taste in the mouths of many in the GOP and Nixon used this to capture the middle and essentially the Republican nomination. Many people of America became disillusioned with the liberal programs of the Great Society and Nixon vowed to reduce such social programs and to encourage individual initiative and entrepreneurship. In attacking the welfare programs, Nixon established the Republicans as the party of white America, a tactic that helped him woo many Southerners who had become frustrated with the divided Democratic party. Nixon called out to “the forgotten Americans, those...
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...Until the late 1950s when a series of bills passed that shifted Southern Whites perspectives of the government, the majority of the South voted for the Democratic party. In 1957, President Dwight Eisenhower, a Republican, passed a Civil Rights Act that protected African Americans’ right to vote. Though this act marked the beginning of a series of controversial legislations in a still segregated America, the act itself did not cause much turbulence. Though it officially gave African Americans the right to vote, it did not strongly protect that right. Most Americans that were not prepared for such a cultural change were not reacting dramatically to the passing of the 1957 Civil Rights Act. However, in 1960 Dwight Eisenhower passed a second Civil...
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...lichtenstein.html Access Provided by University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign at 07/04/12 3:07PM GMT By Nelson Lichtenstein Contrary on the Stop Using “Middle Class” to Depict the Labor Movement Class UnConsCioUsness George Orwell thought the precise and purposeful deployment of our language was the key to the kind of politics we hoped to advance. By that standard, virtually everyone—from the center to the left, from Barack Obama to Richard Trumka to the activists of Occupy Wall Street—has made a hash of the way we name the most crucial features of our society. Exhibit A is the suffocating pervasiveness with which we use the phrase “middle class” as the label we have come to attach to not just all of those who are hurting in the current economic slump, but to the entire stratum that used to be identified as working class. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka proclaims “it was the labor movement that built the middle class; it was the middle class that made America great,” while out in Indiana, when the Republican-dominated state legislature stood on the verge of enacting a new set of anti-labor laws, a local unionist declared, “Fighting right-to-work legislation is about standing up for our middle-class values.” The Obama administration has raised this conflation of working class and middle class to a fine art. Vice President Joe Biden, whose blue-collar roots in the gritty Pennsylvania coal country are quite genuine, presided over a “Middle Class Task Force” during...
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...Montgomery Bus Boycott to protest the segregation of blacks and whites on public buses. With the support of most of Montgomery's 50,000 blacks, the boycott lasted for 381 days until the local laws segregating African-Americans and whites on public buses was lifted. Ninety percent of African Americans in Montgomery took part in the boycotts, which reduced bus revenue by 80%. A federal court ordered Montgomery's buses desegregated in November 1956, and the boycott ended in triumph. A young Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr., was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization that directed the boycott. The protest made King a national figure. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career....
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...their group’s discussion item. Answer sheets should also identify student’s class and section. Discussion items to be turned in should restate the discussion item and identify the chapter under review. All answer sheets should be typed double-spaced with standard 1” margins on all perimeters. All segment discussion items MUST be received before the end of class on each segment review date. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. 1. (A) Why was Richard Nixon NOT considered to be a ‘true’ conservative? (B) What constitutes a “Block Grant” as proposed by President Nixon? (C) What were the essential elements in Nixon’s proposed Family Assistance Plan and what were the legislative results? (D) What was Nixon’s Philadelphia plan? (a) Against the wishes and recommendation of the myopic conservative leadership in the late sixties Nixon expanded the welfare state and moved to improve relations with the Soviet Union but most of all he also opened up a dialogue with China. Instead of shrinking the federal bureaucracy as they hoped he would do Nixon infuriated his conservative base by creating a host of new federal agencies such as the Environmental protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board. He further alienated conservatives with his support for the Endangered Species Act and the Clean Air Act. (b) A block grant is a large sum of money granted by the national government to a regional government with only general...
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...Harry Truman ecame US president when FDR died in 1945. He was responsible for B dropping the atomic bombs on Japan and ending WWII. Doris Day is an American actress, singer, and animal rights activist. Red China It is a term used for the People's Republic of China, commonly called a Communist country. Johnnie Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. South Pacific Some of the most deadliest battles of World War II were fought in the south pacific. Japan took over nearly all the islands which drew America to go and free them. Walter Winchell was an American newspaper and radio gossip commentator. Joe DiMaggio played for the Yankees from 1936 to 1951, with time out for military service in World War II. Joe McCarthy an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. Studebaker was an American wagon and automobile manufacturer based in South Bend, Indiana. Television is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting sound with moving images in monochrome, colour, or in three dimensions. North Korea officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. South Korea officially the Republic of Korea , and commonly referred to as Korea ...
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...season with the Bears was cut short when the United States entered into World War II. For two years he served as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army. Jackie achieved a lot on the field. He led his team to the ultimate glory, Winning the World Series in 1955 and making it to it a total of 6 times. He was also Named National League Rookie of the Year in 1947,. Jackie led the National League in stolen bases in 1947 and 1949. Led second basemen in double plays 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952. He was elected as the National League MVP in 1949 and won the 1949 batting title with a .342. batting average. He was on the National League All-Star Team, 1949-1954 and had a career batting average of .311. Jackie Robinson was also a civil rights activist. He was a part of NAACP also known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. His travels and activities...
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...to become co-pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church. Upon his arrival to Atlanta, the southern civil rights movement gained new energy from students that led the lunch counter sit-in movement. This movement developed a new protest group called the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. In 1960 Dr. King was arrested during a student-initiated protest in Atlanta. Former president John F. Kennedy called King’s wife, Coretta, and expressed his concerns. The efforts of Kennedy’s supporters contributed to King’s release and influenced Kennedy’s victory over Republican candidate Richard Nixon. As the protest movement continued to grow during the early 1960s, King was often caught in the middle of militant student activists and cautious national civil rights leaders. King was arrested twice during demonstrations organized by the Albany Movement. This ultimately lead him to leave the Albany Movement all together, and caused some activists to question King’s militancy and his role within the southern protest movement. As he encountered continuous white opposition, he continued his movement with God as a constant source of support. During 1963, King showed his leadership skills yet again within the African-American freedom struggle of the Birmingham campaign. The Birmingham campaign was the most massive civil rights protest of that time. SCLC officials were able to arrange the Birmingham protests to achieve maximum national impact. King intentionally allowed himself to be arrested on April...
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...Jefferson and James Madison. Thomas Jefferson a former secretary of state under George Washington's administration who had resigned to protest the fiscal policies of Alexander Hamilton. These two rivals would become the basis of the first two political parties of the United States. Alexander Hamilton favored the constitution, the creation of a national bank and repayment of the revolutionary war debt with federal funds. Under this philosophy they would name themselves Federalists, for their leaders support of ratifying the constitution. Jefferson, Madison and their supporters opposed these policies, including ratification, and took the name the “AntiFederalists”. Later by the 1790s, the antifederalists began calling themselves "Republicans, or DemocraticRepublicans, terms that had become popular after the French Revolution in 1789" (Dye 208). The DemocraticRepublicans gained...
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...Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are two extraordinary men that symbolize the hope and ambition of American people during such a tumultuous time in United States history. Both of these men held leadership qualities, had strong views for America, and held exceptional ideas on a foreign policy. Theodore Roosevelt went into head of office on September 19, 1901 when President William McKinley was assassinated. He was the youngest man to become president. His motto was "speak softly but carry a big stick." He came into power with remarkable ideas including the square deal. He would take the power away from industrialists while he controlled big business in the White House. He would soon become known as a Trust-buster. Roosevelt used American power for American interests and was quoted, "I am an American first and last." Although some historians argue that Roosevelt acted like a six-year-old throughout his presidency and that he didn't think things through, we can admire his magnificent leadership qualities. He was a very audacious man who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard. The average citizen was aware of what a "positive, warm, tough, imposing and funny" president that they had leading them. His leadership qualities stemmed from his time as a New York state Assembly man, a deputy sheriff, a president of the Little Missouri Stockman's Association, United States Civil Service Commissioner, Police...
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...After Camelot 8. Wings for W. 9. The Nixonian Bushes 10. Downing Nixon, Part I: The Setup 11. Downing Nixon, Part II: The Execution 12. In from the Cold 13. Poppy’s Proxy and the Saudis 14. Poppy’s Web 15. The Handoff 16. The Quacking Duck 17. Playing Hardball 18. Meet the Help 19. The Conversion 20. The Skeleton in W.’s Closet 21. Shock and . . . Oil? 22. Deflection for Reelection 23. Domestic Disturbance 24. Conclusion Afterword Author’s Note Acknowledgments Notes Foreword When a governor or any state official seeks elective national office, his (or her) reputation and what the country knows about the candidate’s background is initially determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade trying to find accurate information on Bush’s record in the Texas National Guard. My curiosity had been prompted by his failure to adequately answer a question I had asked him as a panelist in a televised debate with Ann Richards during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. Eventually I published three ...
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...MINISTERUL EDUCATIEI CERCETARII TINERETULUI SI SPORTULUI CERTIFIED ENGLISH Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ORADEA, 2012 Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................4 CHAPTER I: EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION..................................................5 I.1 EARLY LIFE.....................................................................................................................5 I.2 COLLEGE..........................................................................................................................5 I.3 LAW SCHOOL..................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER II: FAMILY, LIFE AND FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS............................9 II.1 FROM THE EAST COAST TO ARKANSAS..................................................................9 II.2 EARLY ARKANSAS YEARS........................................................................................10 II.3 LATER ARKANSES YEARS.........................................................................................11 CHAPTER III: FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES............................................13 III.1 ROLE AS A FIRST LADY............................................................................................13 III.2 HEALTH CARE AND OTHER POLICY INITIATIVES.........
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...Please work your way through the lecture guide that appears below. During the final week of the course, your knowledge of this material will help you to complete the challenging “Critical Thinking Assignment.” So, carefully work your way through this. Best of wishes! --Prof. Hartog Week #14: Critical Thinking Lecture Guide adapted from Moore/Parker by John Hartog 3 points will be awarded with the assumption that you have worked your way through this Lecture Guide in preparation for the Assignment. A statement is ambiguous when it is subject to more than one interpretation, and which interpretation is the correct one is not clear. Example: “How Therapy Can Help Torture Victims” [a headline in a newspaper]. There are three kinds of ambiguity: (1) semantic, example: “I am a huge Mustang fan.” (2) syntactic, example: “The two suspects fled the scene before the officer arrived in a white Ford.” (3) grouping, example: “College professors make millions of dollars a year.” A statement is vague when it lacks sufficient precision to convey the information appropriate for its use(s). Vagueness is a matter of degree. Examples: (1) Jim is not feeling well. (2) Jim has flu-like symptoms. (3) Jim has an upset stomach and a fever. (4) Jim is nauseated and has a fever of more than 103. In order to think critically, one must think clearly. Some definitions can enable clearer thinking. There are major three kinds of definitions: (1) definition by synonym...
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...Racial & Ethnic Short-Answer Questions (15) Should reparations be paid to the descendants of victims of slavery? • Some reject the decision made in the Bakke case that providing a remedy for the effects of racial discrimination is unconstitutional. They argue that the idea of reparations is rooted in international law. • Affirmative Action is inadequate, the ‘Maafa’ (meaning disaster, i.e., slavery) is a crime against humanity, and therefore compensation is required. • In the past 50 years apologies and financial compensation has been given to a wide range of groups, including survivors of the Jewish holocaust (as well as descendants of the victims), Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned during the Second World War and native Americans who had their land illegally seized in the USA. • African Americans have been demanding compensation for slavery since the end of the American Civil War. Immediately after the abolition of slavery, the demand was for 40 acres and a mule to ensure they would not be dependent on their former slave-owners. Then, between 1890 and 1917, there was a movement to lobby the government for pensions to compensate for their unpaid labour under slavery. Since 1989, Congressman John Conyers Jnr (Michigan) has introduced a bill every year to study the case for reparations. Each of these initiatives has been largely ignored by the political establishment. • Reparations would ensure full recognition of the scale of the Maafa and, at the same time...
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...brothers, pets, house, hobbies, school, sports and plans for the future. Forty-two years later, I began writing another memoir, this one about the eight years I spent in the White House living history with Bill Clinton. I quickly realized that I couldn’t explain my life as First Lady without going back to the beginning―how I became the woman I was that first day I walked into the White House on January 20, 1993, to take on a new role and experiences that would test and transform me in unexpected ways. By the time I crossed the threshold of the White House, I had been shaped by my family upbringing, education, religious faith and all that I had learned before―as the daughter of a staunch conservative father and a more liberal mother, a student activist, an advocate for children, a lawyer, Bill’s wife and Chelsea’s mom. For each chapter, there were more ideas I wanted to discuss than space allowed; more people to include than could be named; more places visited than could be described. If I mentioned everybody who has impressed, inspired, taught, influenced and helped me along the way, this book would be several volumes long. Although I’ve had to be selec- tive, I hope that I’ve conveyed the push and pull of events and relationships that affected me and continue to shape and enrich my world today. Since leaving the White House I have embarked on a new phase of my life...
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