Alan Brinkley American History 14e Chapter 30 The

Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 30: The Crisis of Authority

Highlights n Youth Culture n The Mobilization of Minorities n The New Feminism n Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society n Nixon, Kissinger, and the War n Nixon, Kissinger, and the World n Politics and Economics under Nixon n The Watergate Crisis 2 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Youth Culture – “Liberation” n The New Left – Sources of the New Left – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) – Free Speech Movement – People’s Park 3 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Youth Culture n The Counterculture – “Hippies” – Haight-Ashbury – Growing Influence of Rock ’n’ Roll 4 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Mobilization of Minorities n Seeds of Indian Militancy – Native American Grievances – Failure of “Termination” n The Indian Civil Rights Movement – American Indian Movement (AIM) – Occupation of Wounded Knee – Important Legal Victories 5 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Mobilization of Minorities Aboriginal Territories and Modern Reservations of Western Indian Tribes 6 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Mobilization of Minorities n Latino Activism – Surging Latino Immigration – “Chicano” Activism – César Chávez 7 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Mobilization of Minorities n Gay Liberation – “Stonewall Riot” – Impact of the Gay Liberation Movement 8 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Feminism n The Rebirth – The Feminine Mystique – National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded Betty Friedan (Library of Congress) 9 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Feminism n Women’s Liberation – New Directions in the Women’s Movement 10 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Feminism Women in the Paid Workforce, 1940 -2010 11 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Feminism n Expanding Achievements – Political and Economic Success – Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) ERA YES button (The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. / Ken Cavanagh Photographer) 12 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The New Feminism n The Abortion Controversy – Roe v. Wade Contraceptives (The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. / Jill Braaten, photographer) 13 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society n The New Science of Ecology – Idea of an Interrelated World – Ecology’s Postwar Growth n Environmental Advocacy – New Professional Environmental Activists 14 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society n Environmental Degradation – Water and Air Pollution n Earth Day and Beyond – The First “Earth Day” – Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Established Air pollution (Royalty-Free/CORBIS) 15 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nixon, Kissinger, and the War n Vietnamization – Henry Kissinger – Consequences of “Vietnamization” n Escalation – Kent State – My Lai Massacre – Easter Offensive 16 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nixon, Kissinger, and the War n “Peace with Honor” – “Christmas Bombing” n Defeat in Indochina – Fall of Saigon 17 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Nixon, Kissinger, and the World – Toward a “Multipolar” World n China and the Soviet Union – Nixon’s China Visit – SALT I n The Problems of Multipolarity – Nixon Doctrine – “Six-Day War” – Arab Oil Embargo 18 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Politics and Economics under Nixon n Domestic Initiatives – Dismantling the Great Society n From the Warren Court to the Nixon Court – Baker v. Carr – Bakke v. Board of Regents of California Richard M. Nixon (Library of Congress) 19 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Politics and Economics under Nixon n The Election of 1972 – George Mc. Govern – Nixon’s Landslide n The Troubled Economy – Inflation – Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – Deindustrialization 20 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Politics and Economics under Nixon n Inequality n The Nixon Response – “Stagflation” Inflation, 1960 -2010 21 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

The Watergate Crisis n The Scandals – The Changing Presidency – The Watergate Break-In – “Cover-up” – “Saturday Night Massacre” n The Fall of Richard Nixon – U. S. v. Richard M. Nixon – Nixon Resigns 22 © 2012, The Mc. Graw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved.