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Figure 29.1 In Aaron Shikler’s official portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1970), the president stands with arms folded, apparently deep in thought. The portrait was painted seven years after Kennedy’s death, at the request of his widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. It depicts the president with his head down, because Shikler did not wish to paint the dead man’s eyes.

Chapter Outline 29.1 The Kennedy Promise 29.2 Lyndon Johnson and the Great Society 29.3 The Civil Rights Movement Marches On 29.4 Challenging the Status Quo

Introduction The 1960s was a decade of hope, change, and war that witnessed an important shift in American culture. Citizens from all walks of life sought to expand the meaning of the American promise. Their efforts helped unravel the national consensus and laid bare….

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CHAPTER 30

Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980

Figure 30.1 Pop artist Peter Max designed this postage stamp to commemorate Expo ‘74, a world’s fair held in Spokane, Washington. The fair’s theme was the natural environment. Unfortunately, and ironically, gasoline shortages prevented many from attending the exposition.

Chapter Outline 30.1 Identity Politics in a Fractured Society 30.2 Coming Apart, Coming Together 30.3 Vietnam: The Downward Spiral 30.4 Watergate: Nixon’s Domestic Nightmare 30.5 Jimmy Carter in the Aftermath of the Storm

Introduction From May 4 to November 4, 1974, a universal exposition was held in the city of Spokane, Washington. This world’s fair, Expo ‘74, and the postage stamp issued to commemorate it, reflected….

Module 4: The Cold War

The wartime alliance of the Soviet Union, the United States, and Great Britain was the result of confronting a common enemy they feared more than they distrusted each other. Once the common foe was vanquished, the underlying hostility surfaced quickly as the Soviet Union moved to expand its borders. In March 1946, Britain’s Winston Churchill would proclaim that an “iron curtain” had fallen across Europe, separating east and west. Although the curtain was merely symbolic, it would effectively divide the world into two camps until early 1989, when the most visible embodiment of that iron curtain—the Berlin Wall—was dismantled, signaling the end of the Cold War.

I. The Cold War Begins

II. Baby Boom in Suburbia

III. The Elvis Era

IV. Fighting Communism at Home

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