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1970s: Women's Rights & Neoconservatism

The domestic challenges of the 1970s included the rise of second-wave feminism and the women's rights movement, high inflation rates that peaked at 13% in the late 1970s, and economic stagnation due to increased federal spending on social programs and the Vietnam War which contributed to rising national debt and inflation. The decade also saw the Watergate scandal undermine public trust in the presidency and revelations about government secrecy and overreach of power in the Pentagon Papers case. These events helped spur the rise of neoconservatism and calls for smaller government led by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

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1970s: Women's Rights & Neoconservatism

The domestic challenges of the 1970s included the rise of second-wave feminism and the women's rights movement, high inflation rates that peaked at 13% in the late 1970s, and economic stagnation due to increased federal spending on social programs and the Vietnam War which contributed to rising national debt and inflation. The decade also saw the Watergate scandal undermine public trust in the presidency and revelations about government secrecy and overreach of power in the Pentagon Papers case. These events helped spur the rise of neoconservatism and calls for smaller government led by Ronald Reagan in the 1980s.

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What Were The Domestic

Challenges Of The 1970S?

Adjectives: equal, scandal, feminism, energy,


environment, inflation, conservatism.
I think that the 1970s was an influential era in regards to womans
rights and activism because of court cases like Title IX which ended
discrimination in education
I feel like Richard Nixon would have been a good
president, if the pentagon papers weren't ever
Synthesis: Womans role in society was challenged
released because he was mix of liberal and
on the federal level in the early quarter of the
conservative.
twentieth century. Although controversial at the
time, the ramification of the 19th amendment I wonder if Nixon was still president of the rise of
gave woman voting rights, despite severe neoconservatism would have been hindered .
opposition from both men and woman fearing it The rivaling thoughts between liberals and
would disrupt American values, similar to conservatives at this time was over the pressing matter
neoconservatives views on abortion. of woman rights specifically in abortion, which they
passed laws banning abortion in wade vs roe.
Nixon was invloed in the watergate
scandal and dnte in Vietnam, in
which severely hindered the publics
trust in the presidents power as
well as showcasing a low morale
over our military and involvement
in government procedures. The
pentagon paper exposed him and
caused domestic issues to arise over
how much power the federal
government has, influence Reagan push for a smaller a
smaller government.

The rate of inflation had been on the rising, and by


end of the 1970s , it was at 13%. Americans
learned that they were no longer economically
isolated from the world, and ushered in a new era of
neoconservatism domestically in response to the
economic depression
Two Questions:
What was a turning point in the rise of counter
culture opponents known as neoconservatives?
I believe the rise of neoconservatives stems from
economic distress caused by widespread social
programs that were enacted by the federal
government domestically. However i feel that the
issue of abortion brought upon the values of counterculture
and neoconservatives to a head, and is still challenged
today.
What was a reason behind the increase of American
stagnation?
I believe that the economic distress from the great society
programs and Vietnam hindered economic growth during
the 1970s from widespread federal spending. This caused
an enormous amount of debt to occur as well as inflation,
due to an increase in regulation of commerce, allowing
foreign countries to become dominant in once thriving
american industries.

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