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
What did William Safire say about the type of challenge posed by George McGovern?
“Just as Barry Goldwater was Lyndon Johnson as gift from the gods, George McGovern was a gift to Richard Nixon”
Aug ‘72 - what % of Americans “expressed considerable confidence” in Nixon on the issue of” making the government pay more attention to the problems of the working man and his family”
61%
Who was McGovern’s VP Candidate
at time of convention, it was Thomas Eagleton - but he later had to let him go after it was discovered that he had electro-shock therapy. Eagleton wouldn’t quit (hurt McGovern’s reputation)
What was the problem with choosing a VP for McGovern?
He didn’t get one until the night of his speech - then there was trouble all night - he did not make his “Come home America” speech until 3 am
What was the trilogy that stuck to McGovern like a grand jury indictment
Amnesty, Acid and Abortion
How do women who work outside of the home differ from women who do not
94% of women who work outside the home support pro-life, while 63% of the women who do not oppose abortion
When did Dean tell Nixon that “there is a cancer growing on the presidency”?
March 1973
When did the number of PACS quadruple
1974 through 1978
Ballpark - what are the inflation and unemployment numbers in 1975?
Unemployment 8.5%
Inflation 9.25%
Who was Chuck Wepner?
I guy who got paid $100,000 to go 15 rounds with Ali - and Sylvester Stallone was inspired to do Rocky
Decade beginning and end - TV character than Movie Actor
Archie Bunker - Tony Moreno
What was a triumph of Capitalism over art
Disco?
What event of July 13, 1977 helped spur on Hip Hop
NYC Blackout - because so much sound equipment was lifted and looted during the blackout
What do Many social scientists, politicians, white citizens, black citizens, and important civil rights leaders agree on?
They don’t like busing
What was the name of the Carter July 1979 speech
Crisis of Confidence
