The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the American People (Brinkley), 7th Edition

Chapter 30: The Crisis of Authority

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1			What were the main manifestations of the counterculture of the 1960s? What role did drugs play? To what extent was it "an exaggerated expression of impulses that were coursing through the larger society"?
2			What gains did women make in education, the professions, and politics in the 1970s and 1980s?
3			Describe the growing awareness of environmental problems such as water pollution, air pollution, and oil spills. What were the public policy responses to these problems? What effects have the policies had?
4			Explain Richard Nixon's "Vietnamization" policy. How well did it work? Why did it defuse some of the opposition to the war?
5			On balance, what were the costs of the war to Vietnam and the United States?
6			Why did Nixon and Henry Kissinger decide that the time had come for rapprochement with China? What resulted from Nixon's visit and related initiatives?
7			What was the basic thrust of the Nixon Doctrine? What were its implications in Chile?
8			What major decisions of the Warren Court most outrage conservatives? What successes and rebuffs did Nixon meet in his attempts to reshape the Supreme Court?
9			Describe the general outlines of Nixon's economic policy. Was it consistent? Was it effective?
10			On what charges would Nixon's probable impeachment and conviction have been based? Why did he finally resign?

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