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Decades of Social Change

Decades of Social Change. AP U.S. History. Warm Up. To do: t ake out notes sit with study buddy discuss question. The 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement was James Baldwin ’ s The Fire Next Time Michael Harrington ’ s The Other America

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Decades of Social Change

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  1. Decades of Social Change AP U.S. History

  2. Warm Up • To do: • take out notes • sit with study buddy • discuss question • The 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement was • James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time • Michael Harrington’s The Other America • Alice Walker’s In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens • Jack Kerouac’s On the Road • Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring

  3. 37th Administration • “silent majority” • conservatism (New Federalism) • the “Southern strategy” • stagflation • 1973 oil embargo • détente • SALT Treaty

  4. Watergate • 1972 • members of the burglary are part of the Committee to Reelect the President • Woodward and Bernstein of the New York Times investigate • Deep Throat

  5. The Constitutional Crisis • Senate investigations implicate Nixon • White House tapes subpoenaed • Nixon v. United States of America • Nixon resigns

  6. 38th Administration • Pardons Nixon • Fall of South Vietnam

  7. 39th Administration • an “outsider” • energy crisis • stagflation and recession • Bakke v. Univ. of California • human rights advocate • troubles in the Middle East • Camp David Accords • Iran Hostage Crisis

  8. Warm Up • To do: • take out notes • sit with study buddy • discuss question • One of the goals of Reaganomics was to • Encourage private investment through tax cuts for businesses and the wealthy • Redistribute income to the bottom fifth of wage earners • Reduce the United States nuclear arsenal • Restrict immigration from Mexico • Outsource United States manufacturing to Asian countries

  9. 40th Administration • Conservatism allies itself with Christian Right • 1980 election

  10. increased military spending and tax cuts create hugest deficit ever

  11. Iran-Contra Scandal

  12. Glasnost and perestroika = liberalization 14 of the “satellite states” declared independence Gorbachev resigns Yeltsin president Cold War Ends

  13. 41st Administration • First Gulf War

  14. To do: • take out notes • sit with study buddy • discuss question Warm Up

  15. Review • List presidents 1-44. • List major battles/events of WWII in chronological order. • Identify major laws/ agencies/ policies that impacted diverse groups on the home front. • List the major events of the Cold War in chronological order. Try to organize events by president. • Explain how the Cold War affected Americans on the home front.

  16. List the events of the civil rights movement in chronological order. Try to organize by president. • Identify key figures (political and cultural) from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. • Describe the domestic policies of JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Carter, and Reagan.

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