Crisis of Authority: Defeat in Indochina
The North Vietnamese launch a full-scale offensive against the South in March of 1975. Thieu appeals to Washington for assistance. As the North Vietnamese offensive gathers momentum in March and April of 1975, Ford breaks with Kissinger and announce...
Crisis of Authority: Watergate Crisis, The
Watergate includes a range of illegal activities that go beyond the break in at the Democratic National Headquarters. The use of illegal election funds to punish political opponents is just one of a number of disclosures that reveal the secret power...
Crisis of Authority: Nixon's Domestic Initiatives
The Nixon administration attempts to restore balance between the needs of the poor and desires of the middle class, between the power of the federal government and the interests of local communities. In the process, the welfare state expands more dr...
Crisis of Authority: Election of 1972, The
Nixon easily wins reelection against Democratic Senator George McGovern in 1972. Nixon aims to make significant cuts in federal programs. He also wants to use the power of the White House to impound monies, refusing to spend money that Congress has ...
Nation Torn, A: 1968, The Year the Dream Died
The trauma and turmoil of the 1960s seem to converge on the year 1968. On March 31 in this year of the TET Offensive, President Johnson addresses the nation to announce his decision not to run for re-election. Many things have been unraveling for th...
Nation Torn, A: Presidential Race of 1968
In 1968 demonstrations and violent reactions occur within and without the Democratic convention in Chicago. Ultimately, the 1968 presidential election is a contest between the current and former vice president, Hubert Humphrey and Richard Nixon. Nix...
Restless Society: Johnson Assumes Presidency Upon Kennedy Assassination
President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas in November of 1963. Just hours after Kennedy's death, Vice President Johnson is sworn as the nation's 36th president aboard Air Force One. Because of his mastery of Congress, Johnson is abl...
Restless Society: Republican Revival, The
By the late 1950s a growing restlessness lurks beneath the surface of American society. Anxiety about America's position in the world, growing pressure from African Americans and other minorities, and the increasing visibility of poverty are beginni...
Restless Society: Great Society: Assault on Poverty in U.S, The.
Johnson expands on Kennedy's idea of a war on poverty and lays out an agenda for what he calls the "Great Society." In an effort to create full employment, Johnson instigates an $11 billion tax cut and creates programs poor people can use to bring t...
Determined to be Heard: Liberalism and the Civil Rights Movements of 1960s and 1970s
As a result of the various Civil Rights Movements of the late 1960s and 1970s, conservatives and liberals further define their ideology. Democrats continue to advocate minority rights and Republicans assert the aims of an older America for greater u...