Stayin Alive Flashcards
What does McGovern’s vote on the Gulf of Tonkin show us
That some of the votes had nothing to do with what happened on the Maddox and had everything to do with a presidential campaign - it was in August of 1964, and McGovern wanted LBJ to beat Goldwater
Robert Kennedy thought in 1968 that the Democrats would have to give up on the south and unions - what did he think they would replace them with?
Negroes blue collar whites and the kids.
How close was the 1968 race for president?
Nixon won by less than 500,000 votes
What percentage did Wallace take in 1968?
About 13.5%
Who wrote “The Emerging Republican Majority” and is credited with a “southern strategy” for the Republican party?
Kevin Phillips
Which country music star…tapped perhaps for the 1st time in popular music a vast reservoir of resentment among Americans against the long haired young and their underground society.
Merle Haggard
Complete this Spiro Agnew quote….Effete corps of ….
effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.
Name two programs started under the Nixon administration
OSHA and EPA
When was the first time that Nixon used the phrase “silent majority”
October 1969
Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of blood. Every Senator here is partly responsible for that human wreckage at Walter Reed and Bethesda Naval and all across our land—young men without legs, or arms, or genitals, or faces or hopes.
McGovern Quote - McGovern-Hatfield to end Vietnam War by December 1969
How many Senators voted for the McGovern-Hatfield bill
39
Who said “the Democratic Party has disintegrated because it was being taken over by extremists.”
George Meany - AFL CIO
What Nixon adviser was described as positive, persuasive, smart and aggressively partisan and had an instinct for the juggler.
Chuck Colson
What strikes marked the beginning and end of the 1970s
Postal strike (that Nixon did not call a strike) and PATCO (who Reagan fired)
What happened in May of 1970 in NYC
Hart Hat Riots
What is the connection between the hart hat riots and Trump rallies
Both had people beating up protesters - in Nixon’s time it was a suggestion - as Trump was doing it the same way
What did Nixon do for the economy in August 1971
Wage and price controls and took dollar off the gold standard
Where was the Democratic convention in 1972? and how did it hurt their chances for victory?
Miami - there was too much hair, too many Afros, too many women, etc.
How did Nixon help Wallace in 1972?
Stopped an investigation into his taxes and stopped a similar investigation into Gerald (his brother) - that same day Wallace announced his candidacy
Who was George McGovern’s campaign manager?
Gary Hart
What was the biggest selling book of 1972 and 1973 and how was it reflective of the disconnected Democrats?
Jonathan Livingstone Seagull - he wants to just fly, not fight it out with the other birds for scraps - he does not know what real life is like
What issue “fell like an axe through the Democratic party and united white, blue collar northerners with southerners against blacks and upper-class liberals
busing
What did Nixon do to the Muskie campaign in New Hampshire?
Had people call up voters and impersonate kids who drove all the way up from Harlem to help out the Muskie campaign
What did Nixon do to the Muskie campaign in Florida?
People working for CREEP in Florida creep put up posters that said “Help Muskie busing more children now”. They also created a fake group called Mothers Backing Muskie Committee
