Chapter 26 The Cold War Abroad and at Home

1. Chapter 26 The Cold War Abroad and at Home Post war politics Anti-Communism and Containment Truman’s Domestic politics McCarthyism

2. Post War political setting • Demobilization and Reconversion • GI Bill of Rights • Economic Boom Begins • Truman’s Domestic Program

3. 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

4. The Truman Admin at Home • The 80th Congress • Politics of Civil Rights and the election of 1948 • The Fair Deal

5. The Politics of Anticommunism • Loyalty and Security • The Anticommunist Crusade • Alger Hiss and the Rosenbergs • McCarthyism • The Election of 1952

6. Chapter 27 America at Midcentury Eisenhower Cold War Affluent society Consensus and Conservatism The Other America Seeds of Disquiet

7. The Eisenhower Presidency • “Dynamic Conservatism” • Downfall of McCarthy • Jim Crow in Court • Laws of the Land

8. Cold War Cont. • Ike and Dulles • CIA Covert Actions • Vietnam Domino • Troubles in the Third World • Eisenhower Legacy

9. Affluent Society • New Industrial Society • Ages of Computers • Costs of Bigness • Blue-Collar blues • Prosperity and the Suburbs

10. Consensus and Conservatism • Togetherness and the Baby Boom • Domesticity • Religion and Education • The Culture of the 50s • The Television Culture

11. The Other America • Poverty and Urban Blight • Blacks’ Struggle for Justice • Latinos and Latinas • Native Americans

12. Seeds of Disquiet • Sputnik • A Different Beat • Portents of Change

13. Chapter 28 Liberal Era JFK Struggle for Black Equality Liberalism Ascendant Voices of Protest The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam

14. JFK Presidency • A New Beginning • Kennedy’s Domestic Record • Cold War Activism • To the Brink of Nuclear War • 1000 Day Presidency

15. 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

16. Liberalism Ascendant • Johnson Takes Over • Election of1964 • Triumphant Liberalism • The Warren Court in the 60s

17. Voices of Protest • Native American Activism • Hispanic Americans Organize • Asian-American Activism • A Second Feminist Wave • Women’s Liberation

18. The Liberal Crusade in Vietnam • Kennedy and Vietnam • Escalation of the War • The Endless War • Doves V Hawks

19. Chapter 29 A time of Upheaval The Youth Movement The Counterculture 1968 Politics of Upheaval Nixon and World Politics Domestic Problems and Divisions The Crisis of the Presidency

20. Youth Movement • Toward a New Left • From protest to Resistance • Kent State and Jackson State • Legacy of Student Frenzy

21. Counterculture • Hippies and Drugs • Musical Revolution • The Sexual Revolution • Gay Liberation

22. 1968 politics of Upheaval • The Tet Offensive • A Shaken President • Assassinations and Turmoil • Conservative Resurgence

23. Nixon and World Politics • Vietnamization • LBJ’s War becomes Nixon’s War • America’s Longest War Ends • Détente • Shuttle Diplomacy

24. Domestic Problems and Divisions • The Nixon Presidency • A Troubled Economy • Law and Order • The Southern Strategy

25. The Crisis of the Presidency • The Election of 1972 • The Watergate Upheaval • A President Disgraced

26. Chap 30 Conservative Resurgence, Economic Woes, Foreign Challenges Cultural Trends Economic and Social Changes Years of Malaise Reagan Revolution? Reagan’s Second Term

27. Cultural Trends • Personal Pursuits and Diversions • Changing Gender Roles and Sex Behavior • The Persistence of Social Activism • Grass-Roots Conservatism • Evangelical Protestants Mobilize

28. Economic and Social Changes in Post 1960s America • Changing Economy • 2 Worlds of Black America • Brightening Prospects for Native Americans • New Patters of Immigration

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. Chapter 31Beyond the Cold War Bush Years Clinton Era Clinton Foreign Policy Clinton Era Over Cultural Trends

33. 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

34. The Clinton Era Begins: Debating Domestic Policy • Shaping a Domestic Agenda • A Sharp Right Turn

35. The Economic Boom of the 90s • An Uneven Prosperity • America and the Global Economy

36. 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

37. The Clinton Era Ends • Campaign of 1996 • Scandal • Election of 2000: Bush v Gore

38. Cultural Trends of the 1990s • Pearl Jam • Affluence and a Search for heroes • Outbursts of Violence Stir Concern • Cultural Wars: A Broader View

39. Chapter 32 Global Dangers

40. America Under Attack • Bush Admin Begins • Day of Horror • Confronting the Enemy in Afghanistan • Tightening Home-Front Security • The Campaign in Iraq

41. 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

42. 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

43. Social and Cultural Trends • Increasingly Diverse People • Upward Mobility and Social Problems • The “New Economy” and the Old

44. Domestic Policy • Funding Social Security and Health Care and Federal Deficits • Hurricane Katrina • Extending Republican influence • Debating Immigration • The Election of 1906