The Rise of Conservatism: Crash Course US History #41

In which John Green teaches you about the rise of the conservative movement in United States politics. So, the sixties are often remembered for the liberal changes that the decade brought to America, but lest you forget, Richard Nixon was elected to the presidency during the sixties. The conservative movement didn't start with Nixon though. Modern conservatism really entered mainstream consciousness during the 1964 presidential contest between the incumbent president and Kennedy torch-bearer Lyndon B Johnson, and Republican Senator Barry Goldwater. While Goldwater never had a shot in the election, he used the campaign to talk about all kinds of conservative ideas. At the same time, several varying groups, including libertarian conservatives and moral conservatives, began to work together. Goldwater's trailblazing and coalition-building would pay off in 1968 when Richard Nixon was elected to the White House, and politics changed forever when Nixon resigned over the Watergate scandal. You'll also learn about the ERA, EPA, OSHA, the NTSB, and several other acronyms and initialisms.

Chapters:
Introduction: The Rise of Conservativism 00:00
Anti "Big Government" Beliefs 1:32
The Election of 1964 2:45
Why the South Abandoned the Democratic Party 4:19
The Election of 1968 4:42
Nixon and the "Silent Majority" 5:31
Nixon's Domestic Agenda 6:36
Warren Burger 7:19
Roe vs. Wade 8:07
The Decline of Traditional Family Values 8:26
Opponents of the Equal Rights Amendment 9:10
Nixon and the Watergate Scandal 10:27
Mystery Document 12:09
Why Conservativism Gained Traction 13:04
Credits 14:09

Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on the internet?

[thatfighterguy]

Political comments 10%

Comments warning about political comments 90%

[StretchedSquash]

The comments section in this video is going to be a tangled mass of horror and anger. So I'd just like to say that you, dear reader, look very good today. Is that a new shirt? You wear it well.

[mythics]

"In those days, Republicans and Democrats could have civil, human interaction" 😂😂

[andrewmartin]

"People like Medicare"

The future is wild, John lol

[TransitioningBeauty]

lol at 8:45 she's pregnant and the baby came out black and then they got divorced XD

[WKYanks]

Wow, a video about Conservatism that didn't mention Reagan.

[linds]

5:54 "stop me if any of this sounds familiar" oh john from the past, if only you knew

[dieter]

Wonder why the couple at 08:50 got divorced.

[radiofrog]

Hey look it's a bunch of conservatives and liberals in the comments forming massive generalizations of the opposing side without providing any solid facts, evidence, or rational details to back up their points and instead resort to name-calling and keyboard raging.

Good job!

[AdRam]

Imagine watching this in a future where Roe Vs Wade was overturned.

[dylandavis]

Quarantine: exists
*Kids watching Crash course for school*
John: stonks

[ngusumakofu]

Come on man! How could you do a whole show on conservatism without mentioning the role of Regan?

[vwjqtoe]

Anyone else notice that at 8:48 the couple divorced because the pregnant lady cheated with a black guy XD

[luke-beyw]

You should have included at least something about the Reagan Administaration.

[Frivolitility]

"Scoodley-pooping"... Thanks for ruining sex, John.

[biffyqueen]

I love how in the TB everyone is smoking.

Because everyone smoked. All the time. Everywhere.

[galindoof]

"History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes."

[Kewljack]

[Insert politically charged comment here]

[felixmarvelo]

I'm socially Liberal and fiscally moderate. I am 100% with the Conservatives on gun rights and the "work your ass off and you'll succeed" concept, but conservative ideology is being destroyed by tea partiers, Christian zealots and social Conservatism. Also, for a party that totes "small government", they don't seem to have any problems with monumental military spending, funding the drug war and using the government to tell you who you can and cannot marry. Conservatives need to get their shit together if they want to be taken seriously. Same thing applies to hyper PC liberals who believe that big bad America is the greatest evil in the world.

[jeffnaslund]

When corporations took over government, that’s when problems occurred