America’s History Eighth Edition America: A Concise History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 29 The Search for Order in an Era of Limits 1973–1980 Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s James A. Henretta Eric Hinderaker Rebecca Edwards Robert O. Self

I. An Era of Limits A. Energy Crisis 1. OPEC 2. Conflict in the Middle East

I. An Era of Limits B. Environmentalism 1. Environmental Protection Agency 2. Nuclear Power

I. An Era of Limits C. Economic Transformation 1. Deindustrialization 2. Organized Labor in Decline

I. An Era of Limits D. Urban Crisis and Suburban Revolt 1. Urban crisis revisited 2. Tax revolt and economic inequality

II. Politics in Flux, 1973 – 1980 A. Watergate and the Fall of a President 1. Watergate Babies 2. Political Realignment

II. Politics in Flux, 1973–1980 B. Jimmy Carter: The Outsider as President

III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s A. Civil Rights in a New Era 1. Affirmative Action

III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s B. The Women’s Movement and Gay Rights 1. Women’s Activism 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Roe v. Wade 4. Harvey Milk

III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s C. After the Warren Court 1. The Burger Court

IV. The American Family on Trial A. Working Families in the Age of Deindustrialization 1. Women Enter the Workforce 2. Workers in the National Spotlight

IV. The American Family on Trial B. Navigating the Sexual Revolution 1. Sex and Popular Culture 2. Middle-Class Marriage

IV. The American Family on Trial C. Religion in the 1970s: The Fourth Great Awakening 1. Evangelical Resurgence 2. Religion and the Family