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