HIST 351 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Spiro Agnew, Christian Right, Southern Strategy
8 May 2017
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Too many people fell back on narrative and description. Relate things directly to the civil rights movement. How you see the period and what stands out about it. Phyllis schlafely and the eagle forum played a major role. Family values oriented, traditional emphasis on women"s roles in society. What looked like an easy victory in the 1970s became a daunting challenge. In 1994, it was changed to include rape and incest. Represented a government attempt in congress to restrict abortion. In the 1980s and 1990s operation rescue and other groups surrounded clinics and scared people off. In more recent years it changed to bureaucracy to bog down the process. Known as a well-versed, camera focused tv host. Tries to primary gerald ford, who was the accidental president . Gerald ford became vp when spiro agnew stepped down. Emerged as president because ford was a nice, moderate, experienced congressman. Wife supported era and women"s movement as a whole.
