Chapter 30 - The 1970s - Crisis of Authority

American's optimism and trust in government is shattered by the Watergate scandal and the seemingly never-ending Vietnam war. America and the Soviet Union ease tensions during the seventies but Reagan rides a roller-coaster of diplomatic relations during the eighties.  The escalated arms race of the eighties is just one of the factors that will lead to the collapse of international communism.

The specific focus of this unit will be on:

D. Beginning of Détente

E. The antiwar movement and the counterculture

A. The election of 1968 and the “Silent Majority”

B. Nixon’s challenges: Vietnam, China, and Watergate

C. Changes in the American economy: the energy crisis, de-industrialization, and the service economy

Reading Assignments:

Wednesday-4/13  

• Reading Quiz                                                     Chapter 30 Questions and Outline with Terms Due

Thursday- 4/07 Enrichment is Due 

AP Review for 1st Tri Final.pdf

AP Review for 2nd Tri Final.pdf

AP Review for 3rd Tri Final.pdf 

1970s Presentation.pdf

Actual Audio from the White House- the "Watergate Tapes"

http://www.maryferrell.org/wiki/index.php/Audio_-_Watergate

The Washington Post Investigates.pdf

A Chronology of the Watergate Crisis.pdf 

Homework Assignments: 

Part 1 - Terms: All terms should be underlined and identified in your reading notes or outline.

1. "New Left"
2. SDS
3. Counterculture
4. American Indian Movement [A. I. M.]
5. Latino Activism
6. Stonewall Riot
7. NOW
8. Failure of ERA
9. Roe v. Wade
10. Silent Spring
11. EPA
12. Henry Kissinger
13. Vietnamization
14. Kent State Massacre
15. Paris Accords (1973)
16. Fall of Saigon
17. SALT I
18. Nixon Doctrine
19. 1973 Arab oil embargo
20. Bakke v. Board of Regents, Univ. of CA (1978)
21. George McGovern
22. Stagflation
23. Watergate informants
24. US v. Richard Nixon (1974)

Part 2 - Questions: All questions should be answered in full, typically 2+ sentences.

1. Pages 810-811 Questions #1 and  #3
2. Pages 824-824 Questions #1-#3
3. What forces led to the Rise of the "New Left" and campus radicalism?  How did the Civil Rights Movement help give rise to the movement?
4. Why was Sixties rock music called "simultaneously subversive and liberating?"  What differing views of the counterculture emerged from the Woodstock and Altamont festivals?
5. How did Hispanics, blacks, Indians, and other ethnic groups challenge the "melting pot" ethic?
6. What did the Pentagon Papers reveal about the true nature of the Vietnam War?
7. What advantages did Nixon have going into the 1972 election?  What were George McGovern's liabilities?
8. What role did President Nixon's key advisors play in the Watergate scandal?  What steps did the Nixon White House make to cover-up its involvement in the Watergate break-in?