The Present Tense, The Rhetoric of JFK: Ask Not What Your Country can do for You, but What can You do for Your Country.

Patriotism How would you define it? Kennedy’s message? In our times? Historical Perspectives? In defense of Democracy An educated citizenry

The Cold War The Bay of Pigs and Castro Regime Vienna Summit: Khrushchev & JFK Berlin Wall, Summer 61 Vietnam and Counterinsurgency The Cuban Crisis Nuclear Test Ban

Civil Rights & Brown Decision 1960 Election CORE and Freedom Rides James Meredith and Ole Miss Project C in Birmingham Civil Rights Act March on Washington

The New Frontier JFK and the Media: Press Conferences The Underdeveloped World Peace Corp Alliance for Progress Man on the Moon Silent Spring and Environmentalism

Death in Dallas Enemies? Texan Political Scene Dealy Plaza Lone Gunman or Conspiracy The Warren Commission Remaining doubts Loss of Innocence

1964 LBJ: A short composite Civil Rights Act, 1964 Campaign: Goldwater the mad bomber Tonkin Resolution and LBJ’s Promise Free Speech Movement at UCB The Beatles

The Youth In Flux Elvis’s Generation Rock and Roll Movies Speak Volumes Catcher in the Rye The Beatniks Manifesto: On the Road SDS and Port Huron Statement Towards A Counter Culture

LBJ and The Civil Rights Mvmt. Malcolm X factor The Selma March Voting Rights Act Disillusionment Watts Riots Kerner Commission

The Great Society Unconditional War on Poverty Continuation of the New Deal Overview Sacrifices What Happened?

Vietnam 1965 Escalation with Rolling Thunder Saturation Bombing and Body Counts Winning Hearts and Minds Little More Syndrome Half a Million men and women The Tet Offensive

1968 Impact of Tet King’s Opposition and Students Eugene McCarthy and RFK King’s and RFK’s Death Democratic Convention Nixon: law and order Close victory for GOP

Vietnamization U.S. withdrawl and peace with honor Secret bombings Protests and Kent State 1972 and Peace at Hand Secret Negotiations in Paris Cost of War

The Cold War Nixon and multipolar view Soviets and détente Beijing visit 1972 Election SALT I Treaty Yom Kippur War

The Economy Slumping production Stagflation Oil crisis Price controls Civil Rights The Burger Court

Watergate RN’s character CREEP and Plumbers Breakin and cover up Extra legal methods Congressional Investigation The Tapes Obstruction of Justice and Resignation

Ford’s Custodianship 1975 and end in Vietnam WIN Campaign Oatmeal Man Pardon of Nixon 1976 Campaign

Jimmy Carter Appeal: Honesty & outsider Tax cuts The Economy: Slide continues Era of Limits: Crisis of Confidence Environmental Movement: ENERGY Unemployment and Inflation

International Relations Human Rights Shift Normalizing with China Panama Canal SALT II Talks Military Retrenchment Camp David Accords

Carter’s Woes The Economy: Double Digits Afghanistan Invasion Iranian Hostage Crisis Division within the Party Muriel Boat Lift Desert Failure

Reagan Revolution? A Few Slogans: Are You Better Off Bush and Voodoo Economics Government is the problem Public’s Mood v. Big Govt Campaign and Debates Meaning of the Victory