Age of Conservatism

• Barry Goldwater• Richard Nixon• Gerald Ford• Ronald Reagan• George H.W. Bush

Conservatives Gain Control

• Some historians view American history as a constant cycle between the forced of public action vs. private interests

• Label each of the following as either “public action” or “private interest”

• Do any patterns emerge? Which “force” will be next?

Progressivism New Federalism

The 20s Ford

The New Deal Carter

Truman Reagan

Eisenhower Bush I

New Frontier Clinton

Great Society Bush II

Obama

Candidates Gallery: Democrats

Vice president Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota

President LBJ Senator Robert F. Kennedy of New York

Senator Eugene McCarthy of Minnesota

Senator George McGovern of South Dakota

Candidates Gallery: Republicans

Former vice president Richard Nixon of New York

Governor Ronald Reagan of California

Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York

Governor George Romney of Michigan

Former governor Howard Stassen of Minnesota