What major points do US historians disagree about when interpreting the radical movements of the 1960s?
Other examples of such debates pertaining to different issues would be: *** -The extent of advancement and size of populations in pre-Columbus America -The intent of the constitution and founding fathers -Whether or not President Jackson actually promoted democracy -How we should see slavery as it fits into our understanding of broader US history -The causes of the civil war -Whether or not the frontier represented an ideal of individualism -The motivations behind progressive reformers -Causes of the great depression -The radicalism of the New Deal -The morality of dropping the atomic bomb -Justification of the Vietnam War *** So along those lines, what are the issues regarding radical movements and civil rights movements and counterculture etc. that historians are disagreeing about?
2007-04-04T18:24:48Z
I'm looking for much bigger picture issues than the ones that you have brought up
southwind2007-04-04T19:03:11Z
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- Did popular rock music incite radical movements. - Would we have won the Vietnam Conflict if we had stayed - What effect did the peace movement have on ending the war - Did President Kennedy or President Johnson do more for the cause of civil rights - Was the Gulf of Tonkin incident which lead to the war in Vietnam provoked by the US - Was the fact that media had a free hand to reporting in Vietnam counter productive or did it save lives in the end - Did the Kent State University shooting by the Ohio National Guard increase or decrease student unrest - Were the peace, civil rights and anti-war movements a communist plot - Were the murders of JFK, Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy linked to anti-civil rights advocates - Was the Vietnam Conflict fought for freedom - Did the fashions created by the rise of the counterculture advance the cause of womens liberation - Did the racial riots of the 60's have a profound effect on civil rights - Did Dr. Martin Luther King actually promote violence - Were the 60's movements induced on youth through the use of drugs - Was the final outcome of the upheaval caused by the 60's movements good or bad for the US
Hiya, C.W.! It depends (surprise!) on with whom I'm arguing... If I am becoming angry (usually with the PERSON -some people don't know the difference between opinion and fact) I will agree to disagree -whether they do, or not! and let it go. If it's with someone who knows HOW to argue... I hang in there 'til the last dog is hung. I LOVE to argue! If someone understands no world-shaking decisions will be made here today... it's a great time! *And-occasionally-... I LEARN something! - (who knew?!) heh }:>
Who killed Kennedy? Why did Kennedy chicken out at the Bay of Pigs? Who led the arms race? Who was more effective, ML King of Malcolm X? Who really killed Malcolm X? Would Geo. Wallace have won? Who ran the War in Vietnam: Congress or the Generals? Was J. Edgar Hoover really a transvestite? (yes, that's a serious one, I'm not kidding) Who killed Marilyn Monroe?