The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41

Libertarians who argued for unregulated capitalism and individual autonomy and those concerned about the traditional notions of family and morality would be classified as?

• Conservatives

• Liberals

• Progressives

• Socialist

The growing undercurrent of conservatism in the 1950's & 1960's saw the reshaping of what political party due to the Presidential Election of 1964?

• The Republican Party

• The Democratic Party

• The Tea Party

• The Rockefeller Republican Party

This conservative Republican candidate ran against LBJ in the 1964 Presidential Election and was famously lampooned by Daisy Commercial which countered his slogan, "In your heart you know he's right" with, "but in your guts you know he's nuts."

• Berry Goldwater

• Richard Nixon

• George Wallace

• Hubert Humphrey

Though he lost the 1964 Presidential election to Democrat LBJ what is significant about the election results for Republican Berry Goldwater?

• He won in the many Southern States which had previously been reliably Democrat.

• He won votes of many Latino voters.

• He won the votes of many African Americans.

• Nothing, he was a loser and no one likes losers.

Why did many southern voters begin to abandon the Democratic party in the mid to late 1960's?

• It was associated with the Civil Rights movement.

• It was associated with many social programs.

• It was associated with mass deficit spending.

• It was associated with the war in Vietnam.

This third party candidate in the 1968 election won five southern states running on a segregation ticket.

• Berry Goldwater

• Richard Nixon

• George Wallace

• Hubert Humphrey

This conservative Republican candidate from California promised a return to "law & order" and employees a "Southern Strategy" to win the 1968 Presidential Election.

• Berry Goldwater

• Richard Nixon

• George Wallace

• Hubert Humphrey

Nixon voters largely represented the _____. Who weren't anti-war protesters, and who didn't admire free love or the communal ideas of hippies. And who were alarmed at the rights that the Supreme Court seemed to be expanding. Especially for criminals.

• "The Silent Majority"

• "The Secret White Supremacist"

• "The Secret Liberals"

• "The Great Society"

Which of the following were steps taken by Nixon?

• Supporting the environmental movement with various legislation.

• Supporting regulations to protect workers safety.

• Nominating conservative Supreme Court Justices.

• All of the above.

Which of the following supreme court cases upheld a ruling supporting affirmative action of busing of children in Charlotte Mecklenburg to achieve integration?

• Swann v. Board of Education

• Regent of UC V. Bakke

• Roe v. Wade

• Lemon v. Kurtzman