Chapter 26 The Cold War Abroad and at Home
Post war politicsAnti-Communism and Containment
Truman’s Domestic politicsMcCarthyism
Post War political setting
• Demobilization and Reconversion• GI Bill of Rights• Economic Boom Begins• Truman’s Domestic Program
Anticommunism and containment
• Polarization and the Cold War• The Iron Curtain Descends• Containing Communism• Confrontation in Germany• The Cold War in Asia• The Korean War
The Truman Admin at Home
• The 80th Congress• Politics of Civil Rights and the election of 1948• The Fair Deal
The Politics of Anticommunism
• Loyalty and Security• The Anticommunist Crusade• Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs• McCarthyism• The Election of 1952
Chapter 27 America at Midcentury
EisenhowerCold War
Affluent societyConsensus and Conservatism
The Other AmericaSeeds of Disquiet
The Eisenhower Presidency
• “Dynamic Conservatism”• Downfall of McCarthy• Jim Crow in Court• Laws of the Land
Cold War Cont.
• Ike and Dulles• CIA Covert Actions• Vietnam Domino• Troubles in the Third World• Eisenhower Legacy
Affluent Society
• New Industrial Society• Ages of Computers• Costs of Bigness• Blue-Collar blues• Prosperity and the Suburbs
Consensus and Conservatism
• Togetherness and the Baby Boom• Domesticity• Religion and Education• The Culture of the 50s• The Television Culture
The Other America
• Poverty and Urban Blight• Blacks’ Struggle for Justice• Latinos and Latinas• Native Americans
Seeds of Disquiet
• Sputnik• A Different Beat• Portents of Change
Chapter 28 Liberal Era
JFKStruggle for Black Equality
Liberalism AscendantVoices of Protest
The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam
JFK Presidency
• A New Beginning• Kennedy’s Domestic Record• Cold War Activism• To the Brink of Nuclear War• 1000 Day Presidency
The Struggle for Black Equality
• Non violence and Violence• The African-American Revolution• The march on Washington• Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act• Fire in the Streets• Black Power
Liberalism Ascendant
• Johnson Takes Over• Election of1964• Triumphant Liberalism• The Warren Court in the 60s
Voices of Protest
• Native American Activism• Hispanic Americans Organize• Asian-American Activism• A Second Feminist Wave• Women’s Liberation
The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam
• Kennedy and Vietnam• Escalation of the War• The Endless War• Doves V Hawks
Chapter 29 A time of Upheaval
The Youth MovementThe Counterculture
1968 Politics of UpheavalNixon and World Politics
Domestic Problems and DivisionsThe Crisis of the Presidency
Youth Movement
• Toward a New Left• From protest to Resistance• Kent State and Jackson State• Legacy of Student Frenzy
Counterculture
• Hippies and Drugs• Musical Revolution• The Sexual Revolution• Gay Liberation
1968 politics of Upheaval
• The Tet Offensive• A Shaken President• Assassinations and Turmoil• Conservative Resurgence
Nixon and World Politics
• Vietnamization• LBJ’s War becomes Nixon’s War• America’s Longest War Ends• Détente• Shuttle Diplomacy
Domestic Problems and Divisions
• The Nixon Presidency• A Troubled Economy• Law and Order• The Southern Strategy
The Crisis of the Presidency
• The Election of 1972• The Watergate Upheaval• A President Disgraced
Chap 30 Conservative Resurgence, Economic Woes, Foreign Challenges
Cultural TrendsEconomic and Social Changes
Years of MalaiseReagan Revolution?
Reagan’s Second Term
Cultural Trends
• Personal Pursuits and Diversions• Changing Gender Roles and Sex Behavior• The Persistence of Social Activism• Grass-Roots Conservatism• Evangelical Protestants Mobilize
Economic and Social Changes in Post 1960s America
• Changing Economy• 2 Worlds of Black America• Brightening Prospects for Native Americans• New Patters of Immigration
Years of Malaise
• Caretaker Presidency of Gerald Ford• The Outsider as Insider: President Carter• The Middle East: Peace Accords and Hostages• Troubles and Frustration as Carter’s Term ends
The Reagan Revolution
• Roots of the Reagan Revolution• Reaganomics• The “Evil Empire” and the Crisis in the Mid
East• Military Buildup and Antinuclear Protest• Reagan Reelected
Reagan’s Second Term
• Supreme Court Appointments, Budget Deficits, the Iran –Contra Scandal
• Reagan’s Mission to Moscow• The Middle East: Tensions and Terrorism• Assessing the Reagan Years
Chapter 31Beyond the Cold War
Bush YearsClinton Era
Clinton Foreign PolicyClinton Era OverCultural Trends
The Bush Years
• The Election of 1988• Cold War Ends• Persian Gulf War• Home-Front Problems and Domestic Policies• 1992: Clinton Versus Bush and Perot
The Clinton Era Begins: Debating Domestic Policy
• Shaping a Domestic Agenda• A Sharp Right Turn
The Economic Boom of the 90s
• An Uneven Prosperity• America and the Global Economy
Clinton’s Foreign Policy
• The Balkans, Russia, and Eastern Europe in the Post Soviet Age
• The Mid East• Nuclear Proliferation, Terrorism and
Peacekeeping• A New World Order
The Clinton Era Ends
• Campaign of 1996• Scandal• Election of 2000: Bush v Gore
Cultural Trends of the 1990s
• Pearl Jam• Affluence and a Search for heroes• Outbursts of Violence Stir Concern• Cultural Wars: A Broader View
Chapter 32 Global Dangers
America Under Attack
• Bush Admin Begins• Day of Horror• Confronting the Enemy in Afghanistan• Tightening Home-Front Security• The Campaign in Iraq
Politics and the Economy in Bush’s First Term
• Economic Reverses and Corporate Scandals• The republican Domestic Agenda• Campaign Finance Reform and the election of
2004
Foreign Policy in a Threatening Era
• The Continuing Struggle in Iraq• Nuclear Proliferation Threats• A widening Trade Gap and China’s Growing
Power• Environmental Hazards Become a Global
Concern
Social and Cultural Trends
• Increasingly Diverse People• Upward Mobility and Social Problems• The “New Economy” and the Old
Domestic Policy
• Funding Social Security and Health Care and Federal Deficits
• Hurricane Katrina• Extending Republican influence• Debating Immigration• The Election of 1906
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