Reading Guide Questions are meant to show that you have carefully read the assigned readings and understand what you have read. The length of the responses will vary. Sometimes a simple definition or list is all that is required. Other times a more substantial Thursday by 11:45pm.
1. What were the basic objections of the conservative right to the New Deal and liberal politics and policies of the 60s?
2. What were the basic core beliefs of the rising conservative movement?
3. Why was Goldwater unable to win the presidency?
4. In what way was 1968 a truly unique year of revolution around the globe? List some examples.
5. What was the long term effect of the Tet offensive?
6. Why were young blacks turning away from Martin Luther King and others like him towards the end of the decade? In what way was Martin Luther King’s assassination ironic?
7. Who were the Yippies and what did they stand for?
8. What effect did the George Wallace run for presidency as an Independent have on the 1968 election?
9. Having read the "debate" between former Yippie allies Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman (Morrison and Morrison – Yippies and Yuppies), do you think Jerry Rubin "sold out" to the mainstream or just developed intellectually? Hoffman accuses him of losing his idealism – do you think he did? Is entering the mainstream always a "selling out"? Do you think that radicals accomplish more by remaining outside the mainstream (Hoffman) or by entering into it with new different ideas (Rubin)? Elaborate your thoughts on this reading.
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