1. CHAPTER 29 The Search for Order in an Era of Limits 1973–1980
James A. Henretta
Eric Hinderaker
Rebecca Edwards
Robert O. Self
America’s History Eighth Edition America: A Concise History Sixth Edition
CHAPTER 29
The Search for Order in an Era of Limits
1973–1980
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3. I. An Era of Limits
A. Energy Crisis 1. OPEC 2. Conflict in the Middle East 3

5. I. An Era of Limits
B. Environmentalism 1. Environmental Protection Agency 2. Nuclear Power

6. I. An Era of Limits
C. Economic Transformation 1. Deindustrialization 2. Organized Labor in Decline

8. I. An Era of Limits
D. Urban Crisis and Suburban Revolt 1. Urban crisis revisited 2. Tax revolt and economic inequality

10. II. Politics in Flux, 1973–1980
A. Watergate and the Fall of a President 1. Watergate Babies 2. Political Realignment

11. II. Politics in Flux, 1973–1980
B. Jimmy Carter: The Outsider as President

12. III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s
A. Civil Rights in a New Era 1. Affirmative Action

13. III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s
B. The Women’s Movement and Gay Rights 1. Women’s Activism 2. Equal Rights Amendment 3. Roe v. Wade 4. Harvey Milk

14. III. Reform and Reaction in the 1970s
C. After the Warren Court 1. The Burger Court

15. IV. The American Family on Trial
A. Working Families in the Age of Deindustrialization 1. Women Enter the Workforce 2. Workers in the National Spotlight 15

16. IV. The American Family on Trial
B. Navigating the Sexual Revolution 1. Sex and Popular Culture 2. Middle-Class Marriage

17. IV. The American Family on Trial
C. Religion in the 1970s: The Fourth Great Awakening 1. Evangelical Resurgence 2. Religion and the Family