https://padlet.com/2296013/bqgf3c8bmgc5vz5j The causes. en-us 2021-10-11 04:46:29 UTC 2021-10-11 12:09:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1391907044/7bc1ca75c66d381515e5ebf9d75da172/download__9_.jpeg 2296013 https://padlet.com/2296013/bqgf3c8bmgc5vz5j/wish/1806671758 The Vietnam War was a conflict between communist North Vietnam, the Viet Cong, and other communist allies like China and the Soviet Union, against South Vietnam, the United States, and other anti-communist countries like Australia and the Philippines.  The need to become a part of this war and aid in the disbanding of this communist nation led to many lives lost and the misdirected attention from the much-needed help the poverty-driven citizens needed in America. With the growing amount of attention and resources required for the Vietnam War, President Lyndon B. Johnson had to redirect and cut spending for policies and programs that aided in helping those in need.  In an article written by T. Carson and M. Bank, they said, “The War in Vietnam claimed an increasing amount of Johnson's attention. And the war became just as controversial as Johnson's War on Poverty. It was also becoming more and more expensive as troops and supplies poured into the region to combat the "Viet Cong" guerilla fighters and the North Vietnamese Army” (Gale, 1999, para. 11).  The Vietnam War commanded more and more attention from John, as more and more troops were being sent out, bringing more and more cost with them.  In an article called Great Society by Gale, they said “The war affected the Great Society initiatives because funding needed to be diverted from the initiatives to pay for the war effort, and as war opposition and protests increased, Johnson’s popularity began to decrease. The voices of those who were opposed to government involvement in the lives of individuals grew louder and began to affect support for the Great Society.” (Gale, 2001, para. 2019).  The new war made it harder and harder to direct funds towards programs for poverty and racial inequalities.  This and the fact that people were starting to voice their disapproval led to the easy disband of these programs by Presidents like Richard Nixon and Ronald Regan.

]]> 2021-10-11 04:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2296013/bqgf3c8bmgc5vz5j/wish/1806671758 2296013 https://padlet.com/2296013/bqgf3c8bmgc5vz5j/wish/1806674089 With the new presidency of Ronald Reagan, many of the policies of The Great Society went into questioning.  Reagan had new policies in mind, more Laissez-faire economics.  He was not in favor of Government spending for purposes like this.  He felt it was unjust for the rest of America to not be receiving the same treatment, let alone special treatment for minorities, so he put an end to those policies.  In an article called ‘The New Conservatism and the Fate of the Great Society’ by Baughman, it was said that, “Reagan represented conservatives who, since the days of Herbert Hoover, had argued that social programs create dependent individuals and undermine private-sector initiative.” (Gale, 2001, Para.7).  Regan believed that too much government intervention would ultimately lead to dependent people instead of its intended purpose of helping give equity to those in need to have a better chance at opportunities others of higher classes and different races have.  In an effort to dismantle The Great Society altogether Baughman wrote, “Reagan, who outflanked both men on this issue, had a far simpler solution: abandon the Great Society altogether. On the strength of this position, as well as on a somewhat belligerent posture in foreign policy, Reagan led the neoconservative movement, the most significant political insurgency of the 1970s.” (Gale, 2001, Para. 6).  Neoconservatives believed that any country with a different domestic political system is a direct threat to America, and shall be defeated by any means possible, including war.  Regan believed that too much intervention would change the systems of our country to more of a communist nation, something that he felt was a direct threat to our nation.

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