AP United States History Unit 10 Modern America AP United States History Unit 10

Henry Kissinger

Augusto Pinochet

The Energy Crisis Price of Barrel of Oil

Environmentalism

The Watergate Complex

Election of 1972

Woodward and Bernstein

Nixon Resigns

Significance of Watergate combined with Vietnam, it created a deep mistrust of government it diminished the prestige of the presidency it led Congress to re-establish its power (War Powers Act) some argue that Nixon’s resignation proved “the system works”

Khmer Rouge attack on Mayaguez

“Whip Inflation Now”

Election of 1976

Camp David Accords

Iran Hostage Crisis 444 Days Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?

Carter’s “Malaise” speech …So, I want to speak to you first tonight about a subject even more serious than energy or inflation. I want to talk to you right now about a fundamental threat to American democracy. I do not mean our political and civil liberties. They will endure. And I do not refer to the outward strength of America, a nation that is at peace tonight everywhere in the world, with unmatched economic power and military might… The threat is nearly invisible in ordinary ways. It is a crisis of confidence. It is a crisis that strikes at the very heart and soul and spirit of our national will. We can see this crisis in the growing doubt about the meaning of our own lives and in the loss of a unity of purpose for our nation.

Carter’s “Malaise” speech The erosion of our confidence in the future is threatening to destroy the social and the political fabric of America… The symptoms of this crisis of the American spirit are all around us. For the first time in the history of our country a majority of our people believe that the next five years will be worse than the past five years. Two-thirds of our people do not even vote. The productivity of American workers is actually dropping, and the willingness of Americans to save for the future has fallen below that of all other people in the Western world…

Black Power

1950s Gender Roles The ideal modern woman married, cooked and cared for her family, and kept herself busy by joining the local PTA and leading a troop of Campfire Girls. She entertained guests in her family’s suburban house and worked out on the trampoline to keep her size 12 figure. -- Life magazine, 1956 The ideal 1950s man was the provider, protector, and the boss of the house. -- Life magazine, 1955

Home Economics Textbook: Preparing for Married Life 1. Have dinner ready: Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal - on time. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him, and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospects of a good meal are part of the warm welcome needed. 2. Prepare yourself: Take 15 minutes to rest so you will be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your makeup, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people. Be a little gay and a little more interesting. His boring day may need a lift. 3. Clear away the clutter: Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives, gathering up school books, toys, paper, etc. Then run a dust cloth over the tables. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift, too. 4. Prepare the children: Take a few minutes to wash the children's hands and faces if they are small, comb their hair, and if necessary, change their clothes. They are little treasures and he would like to see them playing the part. 5. Minimize the noise: At the time of his arrival, eliminate all noise of washer, dryer, dishwasher or vacuum. Try to encourage the children to be quiet. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and be glad to see him. 6. Some Don'ts: Don't greet him with problems or complaints. Don't complain if he's late for dinner. Count this as minor compared with what he might have gone through that day. 7.Make him comfortable: Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or suggest he lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. Arrange his pillow and offer to take off his shoes. Speak in a low, soft, soothing and pleasant voice. Allow him to relax and unwind.

Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States. Each suburban wife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night – she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question – “Is this all?”

There was no discussion about which one of us would go on for further education. It was just taken for granted that it would be Ben [her husband]. It wasn’t until some time around the late fifties that I began to fell unhappy being at home alone with the kids and seeing that he was advancing himself intellectually and in every way. He was out there and I was in here.

Roe v. Wade (1973) Norma McCorvey “Roe no more”

Equal Rights Amendment “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Impact of Title IX

César Chávez

American Indian Movement (AIM)

“Buy American”