1. America Reaches Her Limits Vietnam Aftermaths of the 1960s Watergate Foreign Policy in the 1970s and 1980s Domestic Problems

2. Vietnam: Quagmire Contexts: French/Indo-China WW II Cold War Ngo Dinh Diem Viet Minh Hi Chi Minh Escalation Vietnamization Henry Kissinger Election of 1968 Kent State

4. Aftermaths of the 1960s Counterculture/Hippies Riots Black Panthers MLK/RFK

5. Watergate Richard Nixon in the White House Foreign Policy: Détente SALT I China Watergate CREEP Plumbers Unit War Powers Freedom of Information Act

6. Foreign Policy in the 1970s and 1980s Jimmy Carter Panama Canal (1977) Camp David Accords (1978) Carter Doctrine (1980) Iranian Revolution/Hostages (1979-80) Afghanistan

7. Domestic Crises Energy OPEC Stagflation Rust Belt Cities

9. Not to mention: End of the Cold War— Rise of New Republican Party Culture Wars-- Modern Terrorism— How did the events of the last fifty years lead us to the present?