The Obama administration moved towards liberalism. In Levy’s article, he says that the administration tried to stabilize the economy instead of trying to reform the economy. The Fed and Treasury have so much power in the economy policy-making is because they believe it is too complicated for direct political control. The main reason is theContinue reading “Ages of Capitalism”
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Climate Change
There was some hesitation to sign the Kyoto Protocol. The article says that the U.S. had disagreements on developing world responsibilities and positions internationally. Also, the article says that Congress would not have approved of the budget that Japan wanted to set. He also didn’t want criticism from home and abroad if it failed, andContinue reading “Climate Change”
War on Terror
The article says that people have already created alternative reasons for foreign policy in the Middle East. One of those reasons is oil, but many find those reasons inadequate. The main reason stated in the article for foreign policy is to show off American military power. In the article, Bacevich talks about how freedom hasContinue reading “War on Terror”
Rise of Conservatism 2
According to the Turner article the Sagebrush rebellion and the Wise Use movement were more of a forcefully response to public lands and wilderness. The federal government in the West had a defiant presence. They were building dams, expanding transportation systems, etc. The Sagebrush rebellion and the Wise Use movement were environmental advocates and alsoContinue reading “Rise of Conservatism 2”
Rise of Conservatism
In the article Falwell had envisioned his church for rural white Americans. He had many social services and welfare projects through the church which drew him to the Conservative side of the Republican party. He supported the Christian Right and many of the ways white Americans fought against the Civil Rights Movement. His political viewsContinue reading “Rise of Conservatism”
Deindustrialization
In the article, the working class was transitioned by the decline of industrialized jobs and manufacturing jobs. These jobs were the backbone for the working class and once these jobs started declining many of the working class people were pushed to lower-paying jobs. Often time those jobs were retail and food service and there weren’tContinue reading “Deindustrialization”
Anti-War
The elite doves are the people who are the anti-war activists, and the hard hats are the polar opposite. In the article, it talks about how President Nixon was getting backlash from both groups. The article says the hard hats said Nixon was a Democrat that might be peeled from the party. While Nixon wasContinue reading “Anti-War”
Vietnam War
In Christan Appy’s essay, he says the people who served didn’t represent the generation as a whole. He says this because in the article he also says that about 80% of the people who were drafted came from a working-class and poor background. Which was more than any other war America had been a partContinue reading “Vietnam War”
Civil Rights
All the racial discrimination was not just in the South, it was pretty much everywhere. According to Theoharris, New York still had segregated schools. Also in the article, it says that they were trying to fix the problem in the South and not in their own town. Which I think is hypocritical because if youContinue reading “Civil Rights”
Cold War Economy
In the Heefner article, it states that Dwight Eisenhower had a system of defense highways to provide efficient moving of large military supplies and personnel. Many of those defenses went into the western plains of South Dakota. What the military-industrial complex is like the relationship between a country’s military and suppliers. South Dakota was aContinue reading “Cold War Economy”
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