Unit+8

unit 8

Vietnam War Map p.839
 * area wise the country is not very large
 * the country is mainly coast line
 * bordered by cambodia, laos, and china
 * the US had many bases in southern vietnam and in thailand
 * the ho chi minh trail went from the north to the south through Laos
 * in 1970 the US invaded cambodia

Vietnam War Timeline
see Projects

=﻿The Crisis of Authority=
 * ideas of rebellion / who's in charge
 * challenging traditional patterns of thought and behavior
 * america was in a cultural revolution
 * student uprising
 * woodstock
 * fall of saigon
 * aids and gay liberation movement
 * women's liberation
 * EPA and eviromental movement
 * SALT 1

The New Left
MI: The new left was made up of the growing youth generation and developed a strong criticism of the conformity to the same values and changing the status quo to more equality, freedom, independance, opportunity, progressivism details: college protest of the war in vietnam and the rest of indochina
 * many of their ideas were drwn from old left leaders and communists
 * were briefly connected to the labor movement until the AFL-CIO became anticommunist
 * the civil rights movement and the injustices it made public had a large influence on the new left
 * formed the students for democratic society to try to get the poor involved in pollitics
 * were large advocators of the free speech movement

The Counterculture MI: as the new left challenged the political norms the countreculture went against teh social norms exploring new areas such as sex, drugs, and rock and roll details: Jimi Hendrix performing at woodstock
 * hippies
 * increased drug use from marijuana to LSD
 * increased sexuality
 * went against the surburban norms and created their own societies

24: The 1950s a) Emergence of the modern civil rights movement b) The affluent society and "the other America" c) Consensus and conformity: suburbia and middle-class America d) Social critics, nonconformists, and cultural rebels e) Impact of changes in science, technology, and medicine

__Since 1960__ 25: The Turbulent 1960s a) From the New Frontier to the Great Society b) Expanding movements for civil rights c) Cold War confrontations: Asia, Latin America, and Europe d) Beginning of Détente e) The antiwar movement and the counterculture

26: Politics and Economics at the End of the Twentieth Century a) The election of 1968 and the "Silent Majority" b) Nixon's challenges: Vietnam, China, Watergate c) Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, deindustrialization, and the service economy d) The New Right and the Reagan revolution e) End of the Cold War

27: Society and Culture at the End of the Twentieth Century a) Demographic changes: surge of immigration after 1965, Sunbelt migration, and the graying of America b) Revolutions in biotechnology, mass communication, and computers c) Politics in a multicultural society

28: The United States in the Post-Cold War World a) Globalization and the American economy b) Unilateralism vs. multilateralism in foreign policy c) Domestic and foreign terrorism d) Environmental issues in a global context =Women's Rights=
 * Women's suffrage
 * 1920's flapper
 * property rights
 * divorce
 * availibility of jobs and equal opportunities in jobs
 * "cult of domesticity" motherhood expectations
 * increased participation in government and government positions
 * single women/did not need to be married
 * WWII aided in breaking social barriers about women in the work place
 * NOW founded
 * abortion rights
 * equality in the workplace "equal pay for equal work"
 * education opportunities coed coelleges
 * military opportunities (women still can't serve on frontlines)
 * women on the homefront during wars
 * domestic violence, rape, sexual abuse laws changed

60's and 70's women's liberation

 * feminine mystique
 * NOW founded
 * backlash against comfortable surburban housewife comformity
 * Roe v. Wade decision to allow abortion
 * equal pay act
 * two career/income family

Feminism
The movement for the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men

Women's Liberation
women freeing themselves from the social norms of a male dominated society and freedom to make their own choses

Abortion and Roe v. Wade

 * the right to privacy was the ruling in the abortion case stating that abortion is legal in the first trimester of development
 * pro life argument is that the fetus is already a person so it is legal to kill it with out a trial as a normal person would have to go through
 * pro choice argument is that the mother should still have the choice whether or not to have a child

Chapter 32 top tens
 * Liberation (852) the new left looked to escape the dehumanizing pressures from the modern technocracy
 * Kent state (870) a protest against the Vietnam War after the invasion of Cambodia led to the national guard shooting and killing several students at the college
 * Fall of Saigon (872) without American support the north quickly took over and established a harsh rule from Hanoi
 * SALT 1 (873) strategic arms limitation treaty stopped the growth of the ICBM production of both the Soviet Union and the US
 * Six-day war (874) the Israelis managed to defeat the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian forces causing massive problems with the territory they gained and the people displaced
 * Dismantling the great society (875) he worked for his believed constituency the “silent majority” and tried to destroy federal interference in local affairs for these conservative middle class Americans
 * OPEC (877) Organization of Petroleum exporting countries gained strength in the 70’s allowing Arabic countries to assert power over other countries due to the economic and political leverage of oil
 * The changing presidency (879) Nixon began stretching the role of the president beyond its boundaries to try to accomplish what he thought was right often stepping across into illegal activities
 * U.S. v. Richard Nixon (880) three articles of impeachment were created including the obstruction of justice, misuse of federal agencies and refusal to deliver subpoenaed material
 * Nixon resigns (881) at the doorstep of impeachment Nixon finally decided to resign and go home. Gerald ford then took the oath of office and controversially pardoned Nixon.

=Nixon Video= ran on leaving vietnam but actually wanted to stay congressman senator and vice president had many enemies, was very insecure and believed that everyone was an enemy was very powerhungry and controlling did much of his foriegn policy illegally and secretively his visit to china and SALT1 allowed him to win the presidency again

=Chapter 33= =Domestic= was to reduce taxes because they were slowing growth in the economy by limiting the amount of capital for investors in business. reagan also eliminated many regulations on coroporations because it was believbed that government intervention in the economy had negative affects. this policy is an example of "Trickle down" economics meaning that if you support the supply side or richer side of the country it will eventually spread down to the other americans, "a rising tide lift all ships." the loss of taxes lked to a large increase in the national debt and a dramatic loss of government spending and programs. =Foriegn=
 * high interest rates
 * Reaganomics/supply side economics
 * deregulation
 * increasing national debt
 * the new right and the rise of sunbelt
 * sagebrush rebellion
 * recessions
 * savings and loan crisis
 * presidnet Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush,Clinton
 * camp david accords
 * iranian revolution
 * End of USSR/cold war
 * reagan doctrine
 * combating terrorism
 * iran-contra scandal
 * first gulf war