How and why did the conservative reaction to political and social chan

How and why did the conservative reaction to political and social change in the 1960s emerge?

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An ideal answer will:
1. Discuss the results of Kevin Phillips’ study that noted the major changes brewing in American politics and the emergence of a new middle-class, white Republican Party with a power base in the South, West, suburbia, and among the Irish in New York City.
2. Discuss the anger among voters who feared the major changes in society due to the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement and the massive expansion of the federal government through Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society.
3. Discuss the emergence of both prominent conservative authors, such as William Buckley and Ayn Rand, and religious leaders who shaped conservative doctrine.
4. Discuss the influence of Barry Goldwater, in both his political campaigns and his writings that saw the middle-class unhappy with taxes, the size of the federal government and its intrusion on the lives of average Americans, and the major benchmarks in the Civil Rights Movement, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Brown v. Board of Education decision.
5. Discuss how Richard Nixon tapped into the Goldwater philosophy, rather than Dwight Eisenhower’s, in order to win election to the presidency.
6. Write a concise and effective conclusion.