CHAPTER OUTLINE

Roots of rebellion Youth revolt Baby-boomers as young adults Sit-ins and end of apathy New Left Students for a Democratic Society Port Huron Statement Participatory democracy Free Speech movement Berkeley Quality of campus life Antiwar protests Growing militancy 1968 Columbia University uprising Democratic convention in Chicago Fracturing of SDS Counterculture Descendants of the Beats Contrasted with New Left Drugs, communes, hedonism Rock music Woodstock Altamont Feminism Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique National Organization for Women Federal actions Affirmative action Roe v. Wade Equal Rights Amendment’s failure Divisions and reactions Sexual revolution and the pill Major changes Tolerance of premarital sex Women more sexually active Birth-control pill Approved in 1960 Popularity Minorities Hispanic rights Effects of World War II Activism in 1950s and 1960s Use of term Chicano United Farm Workers César Chavez Migrant workers Grape strike and boycott American Indians Emergence of Indian rights American Indian Movement Legal actions Gay rights Stonewall Inn raid Gay Liberation Front Gay rights movement AIDS Nixon and Vietnam Policy of gradual withdrawal Movement on three fronts Insistence on Communist withdrawal from South Vietnam Efforts to undercut unrest in the United States Troop reductions Lottery and volunteer army Expanded air war Occasions for public outcry against the war My Lai massacre Cambodian “incursion” Campus riots Public reaction Pentagon Papers Method of disclosure Revelations of the papers Supreme Court ruling American withdrawal Kissinger’s efforts before the 1972 election Christmas bombings Final acceptance of peace U.S. withdrawal in March 1973 Ultimate victory of the North: March–April 1975 Assessment of the war Communist control Failure to transfer democracy Erosion of respect for the military Drastic division of the American people Impact on future foreign policy Nixon and Middle America A reflection of Middle American values Domestic affairs Continuance of civil rights progress Voting Rights Act continued over a veto Courts uphold integration In Mississippi School busing Limitation on busing The Bakke decision Revenue sharing Other domestic legislation The economic malaise The causes of “stagflation” Nixon’s efforts to improve the economy Reducing the federal deficit Reducing the money supply Wage and price controls Nixon’s triumphs Rapprochement with China Détente with the Soviet Union The visit to Moscow The SALT agreement Trade agreements Kissinger’s shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East Election of 1972 Removal of the Wallace threat The McGovern candidacy Results of the election Watergate Unraveling the cover-up Judge Sirica’s role Nixon’s personal role April resignations Discovery of the tapes The Saturday Night Massacre The Court decides against the president Articles of impeachment The resignation The aftermath of Watergate Ford’s selection The Nixon pardon Resiliency of American institutions War Powers Act Campaign financing legislation Freedom of Information Act An unelected president Ford administration Drift at the end of Nixon administration Battle with the economy Diplomatic accomplishments Election of 1976 Ford’s nomination Rise of Jimmy Carter Carter’s victory Carter presidency Early domestic moves Appointments Amnesty for draft dodgers Environmental legislation Energy crisis Crisis of confidence Foreign policy initiatives Human rights Panama Canal treaties Camp David Agreement Troubles Stagflation SALT II Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Iranian crisis Background Efforts to aid the hostages End of 444-day crisis