This coming Friday 3\/30 we have our second in-class exam, covering material from 1963 to 1980. The exam will be open book for the HOT book only. No notes, no Moss book. <\/p>\n
In the HOT book, you’ll be responsible for these primary sources:
\n77 LBJ’s Great Society speech
\n113 Moody, Sit-in
\n117 Black Panthers
\n121 Soy Chicano
\n128 Indians of All Tribes
\n141 We Were Soldiers
\n149 SDS
\n151 Kerry
\n158 Clinton
\n162 McNamara
\n178 Weathermen
\n218 NOW
\n223 No More Miss America
\n226 Soy Chicana Primero
\n230 Schlafly
\n293 Carter’s Crisis of Confidence Speech<\/p>\n
and these secondary sources (with brief summaries written by your classmates during Wed’s class):
\n103 Sitkoff, We Shall Overcome
\nSitkoff says \u201cKing\u2019s biggest victory was in Selma\u201d (108) but riots in Watts and Chicago soon changed King\u2019s goals to earning the lower class of blacks jobs and equality of opportunity, not just equality under the law. <\/p>\n
166 Lind, Genuine Lessons of the Vietnam War
\nLind argues (166) that the Vietnam War was not a huge mistake or a tragic error. He argues that both the siege and duel with Vietnam was necessary; not a context of the Cold War or a crime; it was simply a military defeat (169).<\/p>\n
212 DeHart, Creation of a Feminist Consciousness
\nDuring the feminist movement in the late 1960s, there were two distinct groups, one seeking women\u2019s rights (e.g. NOW) and the other supporting women\u2019s liberation (e.g. Steinem, Ms Magazine, Sara Evans) (213).<\/p>\n
263 Schrag, Forgotten American
\n\u201c[The forgotten American] does all the right things, obeys the law, goes to church and insists \u2013 usually \u2013 that his kids get a better education than he did.\u201d (264) They were not overly engaged in any of the movements, but did not necessarily disagree with what the movements were about.<\/p>\n
273 McQuaid, Watergate
\n\u201cThe war made the United States look ineffective and divided, but Watergate made America look ridiculous in the eyes of its own people\u201d \u201cWashington looked as illegitimate and pathetic as it did misguided or criminal.\u201d (274) <\/p>\n
283 Farber, Taken Hostage
\nAmericans were \u201ctaken hostage\u201d in the 1970s by forces beyond their personal control: rising energy prices, cost of living increases combined with a new awareness of the actions taken outside of the nation by powerful agencies; this led to a feeling of helplessness politically and economically.<\/p>\n
301 Carter, Politics of Anger
\n\u201cGeorge Wallace [an Alabama politician and 1968 presidential candidate] neared the limits of his political popularity, however, he opened the door for his successors to manipulate and exploit the politics of rage.\u201d (315)<\/p>\n
316 McGirr, Piety and Property
\nMcGirr discusses the successes and failures of the Republican party and conservatism since the 1950s, as well as describes the conservative agendas (318, 327-328) and their responses to liberalism. <\/p>\n
329 Dionne, Religious Right and New Republican Party
\n[Republicans of the Religious Right] believed the nation was losing moral values through the growing importance of politics and losing its connection to the Bible in politics. While in 1976 it was still possible for a \u201ccandidate with moderate\u2014which is to say nonconservative\u2014views on social issues to win the Republican nomination. By 1980, that had become virtually impossible.\u201d (334)<\/p>\n
During Monday’s class we clustered these documents into several topical areas and thought about exam questions that might help you demonstrate your knowledge about this time period, using these documents. <\/p>\n
On Wed 3\/28, we’ll talk about the rest of the 1970s and the election of 1980; the reading is 3 rather long essays about the profound social, cultural and political transitions of this era (Carter p. 301, McGirr p. 316, and Dionne p. 329). Read them selectively, i.e. read for argument, rather than for detailed content. If we had these three scholars sitting on a panel, where might they agree, and where might they disagree?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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