HIST 373 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sharon Statement, Social Gospel, Civil Rights Act Of 1964
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Discuss competing visions of citizenship and rights manifested in various political, social, and legal movements during (the 60s). Consider some or all: civil rights, black power, liberalism, feminism, moderates, the new right, and the courts. The quintessence of america in 1960s is its transformation from post-war consensus to polarization and pluralism. The same is true regarding the various visions of citizenship and rights as expressed by shifts in liberalism and emergence of moderates and the new right: intro. Thriving under fdr"s new deal (positive rights job, employment, etc. ) Lbj"s great society 60s-1970 (extension of positive rights activism) Strange marriage between sweden and s. africa (pro labor, social welfare, government role and one party rule to preserve segregated society) Aid to education (esea, college loans/grants), healthcare- medicare/medicaid, housing hud "64, social. Community action giving the poor control to helpful agencies. Job corps trained indian reservations, declining cities to adapt to market.
