America’s History Eighth Edition America: A Concise History Sixth Edition CHAPTER 28 Uncivil Wars: Liberal Crisis and Conservative Rebirth, 1961–1972 Copyright © 2014 by Bedford/St. Martin’s James A. Henretta Eric Hinderaker Rebecca Edwards Robert O. Self

I. Liberalism at High Tide A. John F. Kennedy’s Promise

I. Liberalism at High Tide B. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society 1. The 1964 Election 2. Great Society Initiatives

I. Liberalism at High Tide B. Lyndon B. Johnson and the Great Society (cont.) 3. Assessing the Great Society

I. Liberalism at High Tide C. Rebirth of the Women’s Movement 1. Labor Feminists 2. Betty Friedan and the National Organization for Women

II. The Vietnam War Begins A. Escalation Under Johnson 1. Gulf of Tonkin 2. The New American Presence

II. The Vietnam War Begins B. Public Opinion and the War 1. Television 2. “Credibility gap”

II. The Vietnam War Begins C. Rise of the Student Movement 1. The New Left 2. Young Americans for Freedom 3. The Counterculture

III. Days of Rage, 1968–1972 A. War Abroad, Tragedy at Home 1. The Tet Offensive 2. Political Assassinations

III. Days of Rage, 1968–1972 B. The Antiwar Movement and the 1968 Election 1. Democratic Convention 2. Richard Nixon 3. George Wallace 4. Nixon’s Strategy

III. Days of Rage, 1968–1972 C. The Nationalist Turn 1. Chicanos 2. Black Power

III. Days of Rage, 1968–1972 D. Women’s Liberation 1. “Sisterhood” 2. Sexual politics

III. Days of Rage, 1968–1972 E. Stonewall and Gay Liberation 1. “Come Out!” 2. Stonewall Inn

IV. Richard Nixon and the Politics of the Silent Majority A. Nixon in Vietnam 1. Vietnamization and Cambodia 2. My Lai Massacre 3. Détente 4. Exit America

IV. Richard Nixon and the Politics of the Silent Majority B. The Silent Majority Speaks Out 1. Law and Order and the Supreme Court 2. Busing

IV. Richard Nixon and the Politics of the Silent Majority C. The 1972 Election 1. Democrats in disarray 2. George McGovern