Roark • Johnson • Cohen • Stage • Hartmann • Lawson
The American Promise:
A History of the United States
Fourth Edition
CHAPTER 28
Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction
1960–1974
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
Liberalism at High Tide
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The Unrealized Promise of Kennedy’s New Frontier
Johnson Fulfills the Kennedy Promise
Policymaking for a Great Society
Assessing the Great Society
The Judicial Revolution
The Second Reconstruction
• The Flowering of the Black Freedom Struggle
• The Response in Washington
• Black Power and Urban Rebellions
A Multitude of Movements
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Native American Protest
Latino Struggles for Justice
Student Rebellion, the New Left, and the Counterculture
Gay Men and Lesbians Organize
A New Movement to Save the Environment
The New Wave of Feminism
• A Multifaceted Movement Emerges
• Feminist Gains Spark a Countermovement
Liberal Reform in the Nixon
Administration
• Extending the Welfare State and Regulating the Economy
• Responding to Demands for Social Justice
Chapter 28
Reform, Rebellion, and Reaction: 1960–1974
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Map 28.1 The Election of 1960 (p. 1023)
Map 28.2 The Rise of the African American Vote, 1940–1976 (p. 1036)
Map 28.3 Urban Uprisings, 1965–1968 (p. 1037)
Figure 28.1 Poverty in the United States, 1960–1974 (p. 1029)
President Johnson Signs the Immigration and Nationality Act (p. 1028)
Lunch Counter Sit-in (p. 1032)
Advertising the Pill (p. 1047)