Alan Brinkley, American History 14/e Chapter 30: The Crisis of Authority

Highlights Youth Culture Youth Culture The Mobilization of Minorities The Mobilization of Minorities The New Feminism The New Feminism Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society Nixon, Kissinger, and the War Nixon, Kissinger, and the War Nixon, Kissinger, and the World Nixon, Kissinger, and the World Politics and Economics under Nixon Politics and Economics under Nixon The Watergate Crisis The Watergate Crisis © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 2

Youth Culture –“Liberation” The New Left The New Left –Sources of the New Left –Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) –Free Speech Movement –People’s Park © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 3

Youth Culture The Counterculture The Counterculture –“Hippies” –Haight-Ashbury –Growing Influence of Rock ’n’ Roll © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 4

The Mobilization of Minorities Seeds of Indian Militancy Seeds of Indian Militancy –Native American Grievances –Failure of “Termination” The Indian Civil Rights Movement The Indian Civil Rights Movement –American Indian Movement (AIM) –Occupation of Wounded Knee –Important Legal Victories © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 5

The Mobilization of Minorities © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 6 Aboriginal Territories and Modern Reservations of Western Indian Tribes

The Mobilization of Minorities Latino Activism Latino Activism –Surging Latino Immigration –“Chicano” Activism –César Chávez © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 7

The Mobilization of Minorities Gay Liberation Gay Liberation –“Stonewall Riot” –Impact of the Gay Liberation Movement © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 8

The New Feminism The Rebirth The Rebirth –The Feminine Mystique –National Organization for Women (NOW) Founded © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 9 Betty Friedan (Library of Congress)

The New Feminism Women’s Liberation Women’s Liberation –New Directions in the Women’s Movement © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 10

The New Feminism © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 11 Women in the Paid Workforce,

The New Feminism Expanding Achievements Expanding Achievements –Political and Economic Success –Failure of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 12 ERA YES button (The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc./ Ken Cavanagh Photographer)

The New Feminism The Abortion Controversy The Abortion Controversy –Roe v. Wade © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 13 Contraceptives (The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc./ Jill Braaten, photographer)

Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society The New Science of Ecology The New Science of Ecology –Idea of an Interrelated World –Ecology’s Postwar Growth Environmental Advocacy Environmental Advocacy –New Professional Environmental Activists © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 14

Environmentalism in a Turbulent Society Environmental Degradation Environmental Degradation –Water and Air Pollution Earth Day and Beyond Earth Day and Beyond –The First “Earth Day” –Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Established © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 15 Air pollution (Royalty-Free/CORBIS)

Nixon, Kissinger, and the War Vietnamization Vietnamization –Henry Kissinger –Consequences of “Vietnamization” Escalation Escalation –Kent State –My Lai Massacre –Easter Offensive © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 16

Nixon, Kissinger, and the War “Peace with Honor” “Peace with Honor” –“Christmas Bombing” Defeat in Indochina Defeat in Indochina –Fall of Saigon © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 17

Nixon, Kissinger, and the World –Toward a “Multipolar” World China and the Soviet Union China and the Soviet Union –Nixon’s China Visit –SALT I The Problems of Multipolarity The Problems of Multipolarity –Nixon Doctrine –“Six-Day War” –Arab Oil Embargo © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 18

Politics and Economics under Nixon Domestic Initiatives Domestic Initiatives –Dismantling the Great Society From the Warren Court to the Nixon Court From the Warren Court to the Nixon Court –Baker v. Carr –Bakke v. Board of Regents of California © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 19 Richard M. Nixon (Library of Congress)

Politics and Economics under Nixon The Election of 1972 The Election of 1972 –George McGovern –Nixon’s Landslide The Troubled Economy The Troubled Economy –Inflation –Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) –Deindustrialization © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 20

Politics and Economics under Nixon Inequality Inequality The Nixon Response The Nixon Response –“Stagflation” © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 21 Inflation,

The Watergate Crisis The Scandals The Scandals –The Changing Presidency –The Watergate Break-In –“Cover-up” –“Saturday Night Massacre” The Fall of Richard Nixon The Fall of Richard Nixon –U.S. v. Richard M. Nixon –Nixon Resigns © 2012, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 22