Sputnik The Soviets’ Triumph American Reactions Critique of complacency Questions about national security Questions of National Security Reconsidering the Nation’s Defense Strategy Emphasizing science and education NASA and missile technology Growing criticism of "massive retaliation" Cuba Castro’s takeover American reaction U.S.-Soviet Relations The "kitchen debate" The U-2 incident Breaking with Conformity An Emerging Culture of Dissent A culture of conformity Critics of conformity Personal Rebellion and Public License Novelists and playwrights Abstract expressionists The Beats Portrayals of sexuality Young America Portrayals of adolescents Rock and roll Censorship and the Law Conservative attempts at censorship Supreme Court’s attack on censorship Civil Rights: Becoming a Movement School Desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas Voting Rights Civil Rights Act of 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1960 Sit-Ins The Greensboro sit-in Formation of SNCC The End of the Eisenhower Era Growing Discontent The Election of 1960 Nixon vs. Kennedy The campaign The Eisenhower Legacy Kennedy: Idealism Without Illusions Kennedy’s Inauguration Personal Qualities Style of Governance Kennedy and the Third World "Flexible Response" Latin America Cuba Alliance for Progress Southeast Asia Laos Vietnam Kennedy and the Soviets Project Apollo Crisis over Berlin The Cuban Missile Crisis The Test-Ban Treaty Kennedy at Home Economic Issues Concerns about economic growth Rediscovering poverty The inflation threat Assessment Science, Technology, and the Economy Faith in science Route 128 and Silicon Valley Federal funding for R&D Horizons of Health Federal support for health care Deinstitutionalizing the mentally ill Kennedy and Civil Rights Growing Pressure to Act JFK’s initial resistance The Freedom Rides Justice Department actions James Meredith and the University of Mississippi Birmingham and Beyond The Birmingham campaign JFK’s changing views White sympathizers and activists Continuing racial violence in the South The Quality of Life The Kennedy White House Cultural Stirrings Promotion of high culture Pop Art Architectural Preservation Environmental Preservation Preservation vs. conservation-for-use The battle over Dinosaur National Monument Poisons and Pollutions Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Broadening the environmental movement The Thousandth Day Kennedy’s Assassination Assessing the Kennedy Legacy Lyndon Johnson: Taking Charge The New President Biography Political style and values Enacting the Kennedy Program Tax reduction The Civil Rights Act of 1964 The War on Poverty Liberty, Equality, and the Supreme Court Voting rights Prayer in schools Freedom of the press Rights of suspects and defendants Contraceptive use The first black justice Toward the Great Society The New Right and the Election of 1964 Johnson, Humphrey, and the "Great Society" An emerging conservative coalition Barry Goldwater Johnson triumphant Enacting the Great Society Material issues Quality of life Environmental protection Voting Rights Freedom Summer The March on Selma The Voting Rights Act of 1965 The Revival of Feminism 1963 report of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women Impact of the civil rights movement Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique Consciousness-raising groups NOW and the EEOC Domestic Reckoning