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That’s largely incorrect. LBJ campaigned on not sending US troops to Vietnam during 64. Many different factors contributed to his eventual support for the war. Nixon didn’t support the war during his election either, he campaigned with the idea of “Vietnamization”. Also, he definitely wasn’t as anti-Communist as some of his predecessors seeing as the foreign policy he is most known for is the “detente”.</p>
<p>True, I totally forgot about his “Vietnamization” plan. What’s detente?</p>
<p>Nixon’s “Detente” was an attempt to mollify the tensions between the U.S. and Red China/USSR. Products of the detente include the SALT I agreement, the first U.S. president (Nixon) to visit both the USSR and Red China, and partial diplomatic recognition of the communist Chinese gov’t.</p>
<p>“In the fall of 1968, Richard Nixon, pledging that he would get the United States out of Vietnam, was elected President. He began to withdraw troops; by February 1972, less than 150,000 were left. But the bombing continued. Nixon’s policy was “Vietnamization” – the Saigon government, with Vietnamese ground troops, using American money and air power, would carry on the war. Nixon was not ending the war; he was ending the most unpopular aspect of it, the involvement of American soldiers on the soil of a faraway country.”</p>
<p>-Howard Zinn, “A People’s History of the United States”</p>
<p>He also extended the war to Cambodia, invading without telling Congress until way too late. He continued to bomb them and lied about it, as seen from the Pentagon Papers.</p>
<p>^ The Pentagon Papers were actually concerning LBJ’s actions concerning Vietnam in his presidency. Nixon just attempted to prevent the NYT from publishing them.</p>
<p>Ah, my bad. But he still lied about bombing Cambodia and nobody knew until long after.</p>
<p>So. Who wants to be a lovely little person and contrast the first/second new deal? </p>
<p>Also, Star Wars wasn’t an arms race, it was Reagan’s plan to have rockets fly over the U.S. and shoot lasers at Soviet bombs. Quite funny, really.</p>
<p>First more about recovery, whereas second about reform and releif. In both there were a bunch of acts passed, Supreme Court more lenient on second.</p>
<p>Next question: Compare the Populist movement and the Progressive movement.</p>
<p>@amyyyy
Thanks for clarifying that :)</p>
<p>The first New Deal was mostly focused on helping the economy to recover. It included most of the “alphabet agencies” which provided jobs and assistance for the unemployed. Additionally, it also passed a few measures to help banks recover. </p>
<p>The second New Deal focused more on relief and reform. Some examples include the Wagner Act, the Rural Electrification Administration (REA) , the Social Security Act, and more federal taxes on the wealthy. The Wagner Act guaranteed a worker’s right to join a a union. The REA focused on supplying electricity in rural areas. The Works Progress Administration provided more jobs. And finally, the Resettlement Administration provided loans and some decent housing accommodations.</p>
<p>These are all some pretty good questions. I like the discussions we’ve had here :)</p>
<p>@bri1a4n</p>
<p>Progressive movement:
-responded to the growth of big business and industrialization</p>
<p>-gained prominence as a result of muckrakers, muckrakers were authors who wrote about “dirty” realities of party politics and the conditions of factories and the slums. Examples of muckrakers:
-Ida Tarbell: wrote about the Standard Oil Company
-Jacob Riis: wrote about people’s lives in crowded tenements</p>
<p>-Teddy Roosevelt is associated with this movement as a result of his “Square Deal” policy. He sided with workers who engaged in a coal strike. Roosevelt also extensively used the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to get rid of “harmful” trusts and monopolies.</p>
<p>Populist movement:
Their main points are summarized in the Omaha Platform which they drafted after meeting in Omaha, Nebraska
-wanted unlimited coinage of silver
-wanted an income tax
-wanted government to give more support to farmers
-wanted an 8 hour day for industrial workers</p>
<p>-The party died off after it chose to support William Jennings Bryan in the election of 1896</p>
<p>next question:
What kind of economic and political reforms were created during Reagan’s presidency and what impact did he have on future presidents?</p>
<p>Populists:
-Farmers
-Wanted direct popular election of senators
-Wanted voters to be able to enact laws through referendums put on ballot
-Wanted unlimited coinage of silver, graduated income tax, gov ownership of RxRs, loans to farmers, 8 hr day</p>
<p>Progressives:
-Middle class, but adopted some of populist ideals
-Pragmatism
-No laissez-faire
-Guy above me pretty much got rest</p>
<p>EDIT: lol wrote this before your edit</p>
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<p>POPULIST movement - Agrarian Discontent
Southern/Western Farmers believed that the “Big Business” of the Gilded Age were exploiting them through various methods including
<p>They supported
<p>Question: Discuss everything relating to Indians (Native Americans) that happened in America from 1600-present. Just in broad terms, like how the US felt towards them at various eras.</p>
<p>@Jobbin</p>
<p>Haha, yeah I realized that I didn’t type anything about the Populists :D</p>
<p>PROGRESSIVE movement - Social Reform
Mainly middle-class urban Americans, rejected the Gilded Age idea of “social Darwinism” in favor of “social cohesion” in which society would support each individual person.
Campaigned for:
<p>Muckrakers - Investigative journalism to expose public to corruption/urban problems causing increased support for reform </p>
<p>Progressive Presidents: Teddy Roosevelt & Wilson
TR’s Progressive Actions
<p>Wilson’s Progressive Actions
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<p>I know that Reagan adopted what is known as “Reaganomics.” Like Herbert Hoover (first president during Great Depression), Reagan focused on giving more tax cuts. He also “deregulated” the economy (fewer government regulations) and cut government spending. As a result of his policies, the government deficit greatly increased. I think this is one of the reasons that George H.W. Bush went against his promise to not pass new taxes. Future administrations needed to increase taxes so that the government could pay off its debt.</p>
<p>Thanks; that really helped clear it up a bit.</p>
<p>Can anyone list some of the different organizations formed by women to gain rights? I know the general trends, and I’m familiar with the Seneca Falls conference, but some of the more specific organizations I have trouble with.</p>
<p>Lets try to come up with some themes for essay questions. I know CB already has a list but it isn’t very specific. So, some of these are more important than others, but:</p>
<p>-Indians
-Women
-African Americans: slaves, freedmen, Civil Rights Movement, etc.
-Political Parties (other than democ/repub): Greenback, Populist, Progressive, Federalist, Anti-federalist, Anti-masonic, Whigs, Know-nothing, Free-soil, Socialist, Jeffersonian, etc.
-Wars/Diplomacy: yeah.
-Trade/Foreign Relations: idk a bunch.
-Guilded Age
-Unions/Labor
-Big business / Corporations
-Reconstruction
-Immigrants
-Imperialism
-Western Migration / Manifest Destiny</p>
<h2>-Culture: big *** category lol.</h2>
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