Unit+8



4/4/11 =﻿UNIT 8: Chapter 31 p823=

//Expanding the Liberal State:// 4 Government spending:
 * 1) defense
 * 2) medicare
 * 3) medicaid
 * 4) S.S

=﻿JFK's Presidency video=
 * JFK's generation is the youth of America
 * Democrat 1961-1963
 * despite his unprecidently actions at times, he still made great decisions
 * "The Bay of Pigs" = disaster (FDR gave FBI okay to train Cubban exiles to overthrow Castro)
 * CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS (American's thought the Soviet was planning a nuclear bombimg)
 * he & the Soviet leader made peace treaty about not using missles
 * didn't do much for domestic matters
 * JFK was cold hearted, but he wasn't a hawk (hawk = pushing for military actions)
 * Matrin Luther King Jr. started leading Civil Rights Movement
 * Kennedy approved assassination of president of Korea
 * "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"
 * Started the Peace Corp - spending min of 2 years of volunteer
 * Started the Peace Corp - spending min of 2 years of volunteer


 * Lyndon B. Johnson
 * competitive, fierce...
 * had an IN-YOUR-FACE treatment
 * Johnson plan -->Civil Rights Acts, etc = government doing more
 * cut in 1/2 the number of poverty
 * From Truman's Containment Plan to Johnson's War (Vietnam War goes through several presidents, but during Johnson's was the most prominent)
 * Domestically - Great President
 * Internationally - Failure...

4/5/11

Vietnam War

4/8/11 =Ch. 32: ﻿The Crisis of Authority=

//Predictions/Inferences://
 * gov't losing authority
 * teen agers rebelling
 * militarily out of control?
 * "The United States was in the throes. some believed, of a cultural revolution..."
 * Free Speech Movement!
 * The New Left = defending minorities
 * "Hippies"
 * "Seeds of Indian Militancy" --> Native Americans had grievances
 * The Indian Civil Rights Movement
 * Lation Activism
 * Gay Liberation
 * "Stonewall Liberation"
 * The New Feminism --> women in work ^
 * Environmentalism in a turbulent society
 * "Peace with Honor"
 * Defeat in Indochina
 * Under Prez. Nixon, American Society was going on a downward spiral

Towards the end of the chapter, the American society started getting worse under the control of President Nixon. What he became well-known for was the Watergate Crisis, in which he cause a widespread distrust of the government and the attitude that all politicians are the same.

4/11/11 =Ch. 32: Authority being challenged:=


 * politics against the Vietnam War
 * racial hierarchy
 * social norms (music, drugs, sex, homosexuality)
 * M.O. - military tactics
 * criticism of gov't & military...
 * college students were protesting

4/11/11 =﻿THE NEW LEFT= //Formed in the 1960's by college students who challened the political system. They supported African Americans and other minorities. Created movements & defended what they believed in.// White college students were struck by the Civil Rights Movement & wanted to take part formed Students for Democratic Society (SDS) Protest for Free Speech at Berkeley People's Par battle fought by students at Berkeley to created a "People's Park"



=﻿THE COUNTERCULTURE= //Also formed by the youth of America, except it dealt with social issues such as the middle class society. Rejectred traditions values// Most students were "hippies" Did drugs and had more sexual desires



=﻿BOTH:= Against conformity for equality, liberation, social justice, freedom, independence, opportunity Left = Liberal (pushing for CHANGE) New Left = Changing the status quo for more equlity, PROGRESSIVISM

4/12/11 =﻿Class Discussion of topics=

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

4/14/11 =﻿WOMEN'S ISSUES=


 * voting rights
 * recognition
 * property rights
 * unequal payment -- "equal pay for equal work"; promotions: opportunity for advancements
 * job limitations
 * political rights
 * divorce
 * domestic violence/abuse
 * involvement in war
 * abortion rights
 * cult of domesticity -- expectations for housewives
 * women's suffrage
 * homefront issues

CHANGES

 * gained voting rights
 * equal payment
 * cult of domesticity disappearing more in progressive regions
 * Equal Pay Act & Title VII of Civil Rights Acts
 * Nation Organization Women
 * maternal leave
 * Roe v Wade -- constitutional "right to privacy" for women's abortion

4/14/11


 * feminism:** A social theory or political movement supporting the equality of both sexes in all aspects of public and private life; specifically, a theory or movement that argues that legal and social restrictions on females must be removed in order to bring about such equality


 * feminist movement** (also known as the Women's Movement, Women's Liberation, or Women's Lib): a series of campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women's suffrage, sexual harassment and sexual violence

fredom from social constraints


 * abortion:**
 * Roe v Wade:** "right to privacy"

4/25/11 =﻿CH. 33: Domestic and Foreign Affairs=


 * Domestic:**
 * **Reaganomics**: less taxes are better for the economy b/c it encouraged investmentism --> helped recession's speedy recovery, but ^ national debt & provided less help to citizens
 * **"Sunbelt"**
 * **New Right w/ neo-conservatives**
 * **Sagebrush Rebellion**
 * **Presidents: Ford, Cart, Reagan, Bush, Clinton**
 * **recessions**
 * **high interest rates**
 * **great national debt**

=
 * Foreign:**
 * **terrorits**
 * **Star Wars**
 * **Gulf War**
 * **Reagan Doctrine**
 * **the fall of USSR**
 * **Iran-contra Scandal**
 * **end of Cold War**
 * **Camp Davis Accords**
 * **Tiananmen Square massacre**

= =Reagan Movie=


 * Ronald Reagan - Republican
 * "great Communicator"
 * Iran-contra affair -- denied that he knew about it
 * Reagan: "Government is not the solution to the problem, government is the problem."
 * **"Reaganomics"** -- Reagan was devoted to lowering taxation (income & business taxes) b/c it slowed the growth of economy. Did it in belief that businesses could expand = new, better, higher paying jobs. Makes America more powerful. Regulations was being removed as well b/c it too slowed growth -- "Deregulation."
 * "Supply-Side Economics" -- focus on businesses
 * "Trickle Down Economics" -- if you favor the Supply Side, things will trickle down to the other classes and everyone will benefit
 * his leadership won the Cold War of America
 * SDI scared the Soviet (haha!)
 * some say that he ended the Soviet war b/c he was at the right place at the right time... it was due to the help of each president who stuck with goal of demolishing USSR power throughout the 40 years.