Causative Factors of the Third Party Movement

By James Killebrew

The setting for this investigation of causative factors to a social movement will be the stage of a conversation between a Professor of History and Sociological Studies and his student who wants to learn the root causes of a social movement. The tool for that study of a social movement will be the Governor of Alabama running for President of the United States through forming a Third Political Party called, "The American Party." The examination will focus on the causative factors that essentially drove a large number of people to participate in that movement in hopes of changing the landscape of American government.

• Language: English
• Publisher: New Harbor Press
• Release date: Apr 4, 2019
• ISBN: 9781386575788

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CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT

CAUSATIVE FACTORS OF THE THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT

THE AMERICAN THIRD PARTY MOVEMENT

James Killebrew

New Harbor Press

Copyright © 2019 James Killebrew

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Contents

Forward

Chapter 1: The Movement

Chapter 2: Political Climate

Chapter 3: National Poverty

Chapter 4: Southern Poverty

Chapter 5: The Negro Movement

Chapter 6: A Third Party Formed

Epilogue

End Notes

References

Author Information

Forward

Through the years there have been many political movements in the United States. Some of the most important ones could be considered examples like the election of Abraham Lincoln. His candidacy brought into focus the plights of the issue of slavery in America. The Southeastern States fought against his election, and were totally in support of keeping their institution of slavery to the point of actually going to war over it.

Another example of a political movement was the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. The American Great Depression had begun under the Herbert Hoover Administration, and the sentiment of the American citizen was a change needed to be made to help the people survive the Great Depression. President Roosevelt offered a New Deal that seemed favorable to the people. His leadership led to his being elected to the Office of President of the United States four (4) times.

Another example was the election of John F. Kennedy. The country had experienced two full terms of the Eisenhower Administration, the WWII had been over for several years, Harry Truman had completed a term of his own, and for the most part, the United States was on the road to economic prosperity when a new, young, energetic Senator from Massachusetts emerged as a popular, wealthy candidate with a quick wit and a contrast to the more sober, Richard Nixon who had served as the Vice-President for eight (8) years. The citizens had turned the page and wanted new blood in the White House.

The commonality of these historical social movements is they have all contained causative factors that would eventually set the stage for the actual movement to gain forward movement involving the American citizen to participate on one side or the other. Contrary to popular belief, social movements rarely emerge as spontaneous events. They don’t just happen one day and gain forward movement and power to sustain themselves without the causative factors at least being identified and carried out. The causative factors serve as the fuel for the engine, the power to overcome the inertia of standing still. Once the movement starts, it continues to use the causative factors to keep the social movement going.

This writing is focused not on just the end product of the George Wallace American Third Party, and his run for President under that banner, but rather, it will focus on those causative factors that allowed people to become involved in the social movement as it gained speed.

The setting for this investigation of causative factors to a social movement will be the stage of a conversation between a Professor of History and Sociological Studies and his student who wants to learn the root causes of a social movement. The tool for that study of a social movement will be the Governor of Alabama running for President of the United States through forming a Third Political Party called, The American Party. The examination will focus on the causative factors that essentially drove a large number of people to participate in that