James L. Roark Michael P. Johnson Patricia Cline Cohen Sarah Stage Susan M. Hartmann CHAPTER 28 Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction, The American Promise A History of the United States Fifth Edition Copyright © 2012 by Bedford/St. Martin's

I. Liberalism at High Tide A. The Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New Frontier 1. Road to the presidency 2. Idealism versus Pragmatism 3. Attack on poverty and growing the economy 4. Assassination 5. Kennedy’s domestic record

I. Liberalism at High Tide B. Johnson Fulfills the Kennedy Promise 1. A different president 2. Civil Rights Act of The Economic Opportunity Act 4. The Community Action Program

I. Liberalism at High Tide C. Policymaking for a Great Society 1. The election of The Great Society 3. The war on poverty 4. Education 5. Health care 6. Expanding liberalism 7. Backlash and last gasps

I. Liberalism at High Tide D. Assessing the Great Society 1. Unequal results in war on poverty 2. Criticism from the Right and the Left 3. Who prospered? 4. No redistribution of income E. The Judicial Revolution 1. The Warren Court 2. Major decisions 3. Reforming the criminal justice system 4. Ruling on religion

II. The Second Reconstruction A. The Flowering of the Black Freedom Struggle 1. The significance of Montgomery 2. The sit-ins 3. The founding of SNCC 4. The Freedom Rides 5. Violence in Mississippi and Alabama 6. The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 7. Freedom Summer 8. The Selma march

II. The Second Reconstruction B. The Response in Washington 1. Lack of initiative 2. The civil rights bill 3. The Voting Rights Act 4. Affirmative action 5. Combating neighborhood segregation

II. The Second Reconstruction C. Black Power and Urban Rebellions 1. Nationwide protest 2. Unrealized promise 3. Violence in the cities 4. Malcolm X 5. Black Power movement 6. Media attention and white backlash 7. King expands the scope of struggle 8. Lack of widespread support

III. A Multitude of Movements A. Native American Protest 1. Red power 2. Occupying Alcatraz 3. American Indian movement 4. The Trail of Broken Treaties 5. Victories

III. A Multitude of Movements B. Latino Struggles for Justice 1. Latino population growth 2. Chicano politics 3. United Farm Workers 4. Brown Power

III. A Multitude of Movements C. Student Rebellion, the New Left, and the Counterculture 1. Worldwide youth protest 2. Students for a Democratic Society 3. The free speech movement 4. Challenges to the collegiate environment 5. The counterculture

III. A Multitude of Movements D. Gay Men and Lesbians Organize 1. Beginning to organize 2. Stonewall riots 3. A difficult struggle

IV. The New Wave of Feminism A. A Multifaceted Movement Emerges 1. Work and education 2. Policy initiatives 3. National Organization for Women 4. Women’s liberation 5. Calls for total social transformation 6. A multifaceted movement

IV. The New Wave of Feminism B. Feminist Gains Spark a Countermovement 1. The Equal Rights Amendment 2. Phyllis Schlafly and defeating ratification 3. Abortion rights 4. Title IX and other gains

V. Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration A. Extending the Welfare State and Regulating the Economy 1. Nixon’s liberal policies 2. Growing government 3. Manipulating the market 4. The energy crisis B. Responding to Environmental Concerns 1. Beyond conservation 2. Silent Spring 3. Government regulation

V. Liberal Reform in the Nixon Administration C. Expanding Social Justice 1. Exploiting protest 2. Affirmative Action and expanding rights 3. Women’s rights 4. Native American justice