The End of New Deal Liberalism and the Rise of Populism

The political legacy of the New Deal and the impact of the Cold War kept alive the rationale for a powerful central state. From the late 1930s until the mid-1960s, the American public, according to opinion polls, had confidence in the federal government and in such institutions as universities, corporations, churches and the military. Liberalism was ascendent. It was associated with strong presidents, victory in WWII, the early foreign policy successes of the Cold War (the Marshall Plan, the Berlin Blockade, NATO, the democratization of West Germany and Japan), prosperity, new opportunities for workers and minorities and a dramatic increase in the nation's wealth

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