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Coursenotes the enduring vision3/25/2023 ![]() His political vision was unclear, and his domestic record proved thin His technocratic approach did not win widespread public support. In 1976 Democrat Jimmy Carter was elected president by a narrow margin. The government of South Vietnam, which had been supported by the United States, fell in 1975. In foreign affairs progress was made toward new arms-control agreements with the Soviet Union. To counter rising inflation, he cut federal spending and the Federal Reserve Board raised the discount rate. In 1974 Gerald Ford assumed the presidency. As in the past, desperate economic conditions at home propelled these newcomers to America. Immigration after the 1960s brought increasing numbers from Latin America and Asia. Nevertheless, high rates of unemployment, alcoholism, and disease persisted. A heightened sense of Native American pride promoted economic development of the reservations. National policy in regard to Native Americans rejected both the disastrous "termination" approach and traditional paternalism in favor of greater autonomy. Thanks to the civil-rights movement, millions of African-Americans were able to experience significant upward mobility, yet about a third of the African-American population was trapped in inner-city slums. The family farm gave way to factory farms and agribusiness. Other groups grappled with economic worries and struggles to move up the ladder. Conservative activists prevented the passage of an Equal Rights Amendment, and there was a revival of religion and spiritual questioning. A conservative backlash that had also begun in the 1960s continued to gains strength. Gay and lesbian rights groups demanded the repeal of anti-gay legislation. The loosening of sexual mores that had begun in the 1960s continued, until the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the 1970s made many Americans more cautious in their sexual behavior. Despite the gains, working women's earnings still lagged behind those of men, and the workplace remained largely gender segregated. The Supreme Court had recognized women's constitutional right to abortion in 1973 and many states had outlawed sex discrimination in hiring. One permanent legacy of the 1960s was the revitalized women's movement. Environmental consciousness was still present, and by the late 1970s it particularly targeted the nuclear power industry. Some social trends and movements rooted in the 1960s survived and grew but millions of young people turned from public to private concerns that easily became self-centered materialism. ![]() It's interesting that all of us have same subjects to study and even similar schedule (had unit 1 test today). The social activism of the 1960s had changed to a new mood. Our teacher is making us all go from the highest score right now so that makes it easier :) ![]() On tests, highest score was (tada!) 79% and that was really an outlier, average was 55%, I had 68%. When reading try to see common mood, how people felt, that is, try to get common image.įor next unit, I'll try doing notecards with each decade from each chapters to see common atmosphere.ĭon't worry about names and people: use to grab and cram vocab on note-cards. Secondly, read chapters really well and do outlines - when you writeyou remember. Strategy goes as follows.įirst, read chapters really well - no comments. Our teacher also gives exceptionally hard MC questions so we with friends had to develop strategies. APUSH is first class where I am studying very hard and even not really procrastinating and still can't get A :(
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