What Was The Role Of The Conservative Movement In The 60's

The New Deal was introduced in the 1930’s and it brought about reforms like social security, union-friendly labor laws, and agencies such as the economy act, federal deposit Insurance Corporation, and Securities and Exchange Commission. The Federal deposit Insurance Corporation was set up as an insurance policy on bank accounts. In 1933, banks would insure up to 2,000 dollars, whereas now banks will insure up to 200,000 dollars. In 1945, WWII ended and many people were supportive of the New Deal. There wasn’t a conservative movement yet, but trouble showed up around 1946 when a wave of strikes broke out from people demanding quiet in the aftermath of the war. This was the beginning of the conservative movement.
In 1947, the Taft-Hartley act was brought to
In 1967, Daniel Moynihan, a professor from Harvard University, wrote that “civil rights movement had crossed the line from advocating equality of opportunity to favoring preferential treatment.” He’s basically saying that the movement started humble but then got comfortable at where they were. He would later influence political sociologist Irving Kristol and Nathan Glazer in their stance with the Liberal Democratic Party.

Alabama Governor George Wallace was a major threat to Democrats and helped advance the Goldwater Republican ideal outcome of being the majority in the southern region. In 1968, Wallace announced he would be placing his name on the American Independent party ticket. He swept the North and South with his complaints against the “pointy-headed intellectual morons.” He would tell people that they couldn’t “even park a bike straight”, to say that they were just that crooked and corrupt. Wallace was also responsible for some of the popularity of conservatism towards the end of the 1960’s due to the relentless social disruption that was taking