Table of Contents

Unit XV

Crisis of Confidence

1969 to 1981

Fall Semester

• Colonialism, 1607-1763

• Independence, 1763-1789

• The Federalist Era, 1789-1801

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1801-1820

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1820-1841

• Expansion, Sectionalism, and Reform, 1841-1850

• The End of Compromise, 1850-1865

• Reconstruction, 1865-1877

• The Gilded Age, 1877-1901

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• The Progressive Era, 1901-1921

• The "Roaring 20s", 1921-1933

• Big Government and World War, 1933-1953

• The Conservative 50s, 1953-1961

• The Liberal 60s, 1961-1969

• Crisis of Confidence, 1969-1981

• The Reagan Revolution, 1981-1989

• A New World Order, 1989-present

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Resources

• Books & Periodicals

• Calendar of Events

• Internet Resources

• Movies

• Media

• Music & Dance

• Political Cartoons

• Quotes

• Study Aids

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One of President Jimmy Carter's most difficult issues to resolve during his tenure in office was how to defuse the Iranian Hostage Crisis.  Blind-folded Americans being paraded in front of the international media projected an image of impotence in world affairs.  Vacillating policies - both domestic and foreign - communicated to the world that the United States was experiencing a Crisis of Confidence.

 

Dates	In-Class Activities	Out-of-Class Activities
1/28/08	33:ii - The Carter Transition	No homework
1/29/08	Map:  The Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1948 to the Present (bring your textbooks to class)	Read 33:iii - Carter's Foreign Policy (pages 940-944)
1/30/08	33:iii - Carter's Foreign Policy	Read 33:iv - Carter's Domestic Issues (pages 946-950)
1/31/08	33:iv - Carter's Domestic Issues	No homework
2/1/08	SNOW DAY	(SCHOOL CANCELLED)
2/04/08	33:iv - Carter's Domestic Issues	read 33:i - The Ford Administration (pages 931 to 935)
2/05/08	33:i - The Ford Administration (Chalk Talk)	Study Guide
2/06/08	Review for Test (Chapters 33-35)	Study Guide
2/07/08	Test:  New World Order (chapters 33-35)	BRING TEXTBOOK TO CLASS TOMORROW (Friday 2/08/08)

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