1. The 1960s

2. The Rise and Fall of Liberalism

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

4. 1960-1963 Anticipation, or… “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
                                           

8. “The Torch is Passed”

9. Mamie to Jackie…

10. Kennedy Liberalism = Activist Government

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

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

13. Kennedy: Image vs Reality

14. Dallas, November 22, 1963

18. “Let us continue…”

20. “The Liberal Hour”

21. …And the FALL

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

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

24. Watts

27. “Law and Order”
White Backlash

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

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

30. “Nixonland”