1. The 1960s

2. The Rise and Fall of Liberalism

3. Why did it “rise”? Why did it “fall”?

4. “A promising time”

5. “Time to get the country moving again.”
The Election of 1960
“Time to get the country moving again.”

6. Kennedy vs Nixon

7. “The Torch is Passed”

8. Kennedy Liberalism

9. Activist Government

10. Aggressive, Anticommunist Foreign Policy
-- Cuba
-- Berlin
-- Vietnam

11. Cautious, Pragmatic Domestic Policy
-- support for Civil Rights…eventually
-- emphasis on equality of opportunity
-- tax cuts to stimulate the economy

12. Kennedy: Image vs Reality

13. Dallas, November 22, 1963

17. “Let us continue…”

19. “The Liberal Hour”

20. …And the FALL

21. -- Vietnam -- Urban unrest
What happened?
-- Vietnam
-- Urban unrest

22. “GUNS and BUTTER” -- Escalation in Vietnam -- War on Poverty
1965
“GUNS and BUTTER”
-- Escalation in Vietnam
-- War on Poverty

23. Watts

26. “Law and Order”
White Backlash

27. -- disaster abroad -- dissent at home
The Vietnam Quagmire
-- disaster abroad
-- dissent at home

28. The Anti-war Minority & The Anti-Anti War Majority
-- Cultural Clash
-- Class Divisions

29. “Nixonland”