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The New Right in Context
20th Century events that may have impacted conservatism in the United States.
20th Century events that may have impacted conservatism in the United States.
Law
Wagner Act
7/5/1935
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WWII Draft Act Signed
9/16/1940
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11 million men drafted.
Taft-Hartley Act
6/23/1947
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Brown v. Board of Education (Final)
5/17/1954
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Roe v. Wade
1/22/1973
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Culture
Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated
4/4/1968
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Politics
Elections, Campaigns, Sundry Machinations
Nixon runs on Cold War expertise
1960
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Kennedy defeats Nixon
11/8/1960
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Kennedy assassinated
11/22/1963
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"Daisy" Ad by Johnson Campaign
1964
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Johnson's ad depicts a little girl counting daisy petals in a field, then shows a nuclear explosion and mushroom cloud in the background. The ad implies that little American children will become victims of nuclear war under Goldwater, and so urges voters to vote for Johnson.
Johnson defeats Goldwater
11/3/1964
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Reagan defeats Carter
11/4/1980
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Economy
Great Depression
9/4/1929 - 1943
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Stock Market Crash
10/29/1929
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The Stock Market Crash began the Great Depression. Credibility crisis for the American Dream? (Joseph Crespino, Introduction to Strom Thurmond's America, p. 9)
Military
Pearl Harbor
12/7/1941
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Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States entered WWII.
U.S. in WWII
12/8/1941 - 9/2/1945
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Cold War
2/4/1945 - 12/26/1991
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Yalta Conference
2/4/1945 - 2/11/1945
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Cold War begins.
Hiroshima bombed
8/6/1945
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Soviet Atomic Bomb Test
8/29/1949
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Korean War
6/25/1950 - 7/27/1953
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Stalin Dies
3/5/1953
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Stalin's death marks a change in Soviet Cold War policy under Khrushchev (Odd Arne Westad, The Global Cold War).
Vietnam War
11/1/1955 - 4/30/1975
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