Liberal Fascism - Chapter Six

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2. What is Goldberg's conclusion about the conventional American political narrative that has conservatives trying to shrink the size of government and liberals trying to expand it?

It is true because there is much evidence for it.

It is false because neither Reagan nor the Bushes decreased the size of government.

It is false because liberals are really fascists, not liberals.

It is a superficial stand-in for arguments about the role of government.

3. What was not a "right" listed in FDR's Second Bill of Rights?

A just equality

A decent home

A good education

A useful and remunerative job

4. What was the chief difficulty in constructing the myth of JFK?

The fact that he was killed by a Communist.

The fact that he didn't write his own books.

The fact that he was a faithless philanderer.

The fact that he was a strong supporter of military spending.

5. What caused a permanent schism on the American Right?

The appointment of liberal Supreme Court justices by Republican presidents.

The decision of Republican moderates to support the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The decision of foreign policy hawks to support a large national security state.

The decision of the Republican National Convention to nominate Barry Goldwater for president.

6. How many crises did the Kennedy administration face in its first eight months?

One

Two

Four

Sixteen

7. What replaced religion for American progressives at the dawn of the 1950s?

Action

Secular humanism

Psychology

Biology

8. What freed the progressive movement from its dependence upon war or economic crisis?

The Vietnam War.

The 1960s.

The civil rights movement.

The martyrdom of JFK.

9. What date does Goldberg suggest as a specific starting date for the Progressive race for the Great Society?

1794

1888

1933

1965

1888 was the year Edward Bellamy’s novel "Looking Backward" was published.

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