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Explore key historical events from the 1960s to the 1980s, including the environmental movement, Watergate, Reaganomics, and the end of the Cold War. Learn about important figures and policies that shaped American society during this transformative period.
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Decades of Social Change AP U.S. History
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
37th Administration • “silent majority” • conservatism (New Federalism) • the “Southern strategy” • stagflation • 1973 oil embargo • détente • SALT Treaty
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
The Constitutional Crisis • Senate investigations implicate Nixon • White House tapes subpoenaed • Nixon v. United States of America • Nixon resigns
38th Administration • Pardons Nixon • Fall of South Vietnam
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
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
40th Administration • Conservatism allies itself with Christian Right • 1980 election
increased military spending and tax cuts create hugest deficit ever
Glasnost and perestroika = liberalization 14 of the “satellite states” declared independence Gorbachev resigns Yeltsin president Cold War Ends
41st Administration • First Gulf War
To do: • take out notes • sit with study buddy • discuss question Warm Up
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.
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.