PostWatergate Anger Apathy Alienation Q How did the

Malaise: n. 2. A vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.

I. Economic Malaise n End of the “golden era”: 1947 -1973

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline n B) Policy mistakes: LBJ and

II. Political Malaise A. A Ford, Not a Lincoln

II. Political Malaise A. B. “A Ford, Not a Lincoln” Jimmy Carter: Problems without

Campaign '80 Which message will resonate with voters? "Let's talk better mileage" "Kill the

II. Political Malaise A. B. C. “A Ford, Not a Lincoln” Jimmy Carter: Problems

III. Cultural Malaise: The “Me” Decade n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim

III. Cultural Malaise n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim Jones— Don’t Drink

III. Cultural Malaise n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim Jones—Don’t Drink the

The New Right n Major shift in national politics: Democrats (esp. liberals) dominant 19321968

I. Decline of the New Deal Coalition n New Deal Coalition: working class, suburban

II. Cracks in the New Deal Coalition A. White Southerners and Civil Rights n

A. Backlash Against CRM n 1966: Reagan and CA Governor’s Race— Rumford Fair Housing

B. Backlash Against Student Movement n Reagan and Wallace vs. Pat Brown and UC

C. Backlash against the Women’s Movement n 1972: ERA passes Congress overwhelmingly n 1973:

D. Backlash against the Gay Rights Movement n Most shocking to the New Right

III. Reagan’s Message and “Cultural War” 1. Not strong civil rights, but did not

3. Side-step uncomfortable facts of the past: “Mickey Mouse History”; we won Vietnam 4.

n 1992 Republican Convention in Houston: Pat Buchanan proclaims a “cultural war” for America’s

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Post-Watergate: Anger, Apathy, Alienation Q. How did the 1970 s set the stage for the 1980 s?

Malaise: n. 2. A vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.

I. Economic Malaise n End of the “golden era”: 1947 -1973

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline

“Benefits” of bombing

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline n B) Policy mistakes: LBJ and RMN

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline n B) Policy mistakes: LBJ and RMN n C) OPEC and Oil Shock: “stagflation”

n A) Underlying structural reasons: relative economic decline n B) Policy mistakes: LBJ and RMN n C) OPEC and Oil Shock: “stagflation” n Stagnation + inflation began before, but oil shock worsened Fed + Pres errors

II. Political Malaise A. A Ford, Not a Lincoln

II. Political Malaise A. B. “A Ford, Not a Lincoln” Jimmy Carter: Problems without Solutions

Campaign '80 Which message will resonate with voters? "Let's talk better mileage" "Kill the Bastards" - Jimmy Carter - Ronald Reagan Fake: From “The Onion”

II. Political Malaise A. B. C. “A Ford, Not a Lincoln” Jimmy Carter: Problems without Solutions Decline in Voter Participation - all the same, why care?

III. Cultural Malaise: The “Me” Decade n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim Jones— Don’t Drink the Kool. Aid

Jonestown, Guyana November 18, 1978

III. Cultural Malaise n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim Jones— Don’t Drink the Kool. Aid n B) Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army

III. Cultural Malaise n San Francisco n A) People’s Temple: Jim Jones—Don’t Drink the Kool. Aid n B) Patty Hearst and the Symbionese Liberation Army n C) Dan White, Harvey Milk, and the “Twinkie Defense” n Really just argued that it was a symptom of the depression, not the cause

George Moscone Harvey Milk Dan White

Disco: symptom or cause?

The Rise of the New Right

The New Right n Major shift in national politics: Democrats (esp. liberals) dominant 19321968 n Like the New Left: break from past n Emphasize social and cultural conservatism n Although also political and economic n Old Right: Northeast

I. Decline of the New Deal Coalition n New Deal Coalition: working class, suburban whites, minorities, Catholics, white southerners n Benefits to blacks limited by Southern Democrats n 1960 s: loss of “moral compass” Republicans: common sense against liberals, bureaucrats, communists, blacks

II. Cracks in the New Deal Coalition A. White Southerners and Civil Rights n 1948: Strom Thurmond and Dixiecrats n 1964: Barry Goldwater n Breaks Solid South n First use of “New Right” n 1968: George Wallace, American Independent Party n Support: Deep South, blue collar NE

A. Backlash Against CRM n 1966: Reagan and CA Governor’s Race— Rumford Fair Housing Act (1963): no discrimination in housing; repealed in referendum 2: 1 (later reinstated) n Affirmative Action: 1978 Regents of the University of California v. Bakke n “reverse discrimination” n Quotas out, race as a factor n Busing: boycotts, private schools

B. Backlash Against Student Movement n Reagan and Wallace vs. Pat Brown and UC Berkeley n Brown sent in cops, but poured in $ (tuition $100/yr) n Gov. Reagan: make the ungrateful brats pay and work no time for activism

C. Backlash against the Women’s Movement n 1972: ERA passes Congress overwhelmingly n 1973: Roe v. Wade n Phyllis Schlafly: “Stop ERA” and Eagle Forum—ERA and feminism are a “satanic assault on the home” n Stops ERA 3 states short

D. Backlash against the Gay Rights Movement n Most shocking to the New Right n 1975: CA repeals sodomy law by 1 vote n Anita Bryant, “Save Our Children”

III. Reagan’s Message and “Cultural War” 1. Not strong civil rights, but did not race bait: roll back Federal government, less “social engineering”: can’t legislate morality 2. Reclaim American respect abroad: Build up military to stand up to USSR and Iran

3. Side-step uncomfortable facts of the past: “Mickey Mouse History”; we won Vietnam 4. Cut taxes: “Voodoo Economics”

n 1992 Republican Convention in Houston: Pat Buchanan proclaims a “cultural war” for America’s soul n Helps lose Bush the election: Reagan arose at peak of conservative popularity n Bush II and resurgence (as much structural as popular; 9 -11)