1. Economic Adversity Transforms the Nation
1973-1989
US History Survey Mini-Lecture
1865 to the Present

2. Week 13 Virtual Classroom
The Shifting World Economy
Mini-Lecture 1: The End of the Postwar
Boom; The New Shape of American
Business; From Nixon to Carter;
Stagflation Politics

3. Remembering the 1970s
The Good Old Days? Really?

4. Recessions and Real Median Family Income,1947 - 2003

5. Urban Consumer Price Index in the 20th Century

6. The End of the Postwar Boom
• 1973 - 1990 Erosion of Purchasing Power
• Starts With 1973 Arab Oil Embargo
• Low Economic Growth + High Unemployment +
Persistent Inflation = "Stagflation"
• Legal and Regulatory Infrastructure

7. The New Shape of American Business
Wal-Mart

8. Stagflation Politics: From Nixon to Carter

9. President Gerald Ford
"Whip Inflation Now" Speech

10. President Gerald Ford
1976 Republican National Convention

11. Economic Adversity Transforms the Nation
1973-1989
US History Survey
1865 to the Present

12. Week 13 Virtual Classroom
The Cold War Thaw
Mini-Lecture 2: Detente
From Nixon to Carter

13. THE COLD WAR - PART 9: Detente

14. Jimmy Carter
The Carter Presidency

15. President Jimmy Carter
Report to the Nation on Energy

16. President Carter's
Address to the Nation on Energy

17. President Carter's
Statement on the Panama Canal

18. President Jimmy Carter
Statement on Iran Rescue Mission

19. President Jimmy Carter
Speech on Afghanistan

20. Economic Adversity Transforms the Nation
1973-1989
US History Survey
1865 to the Present

21. Week 13 Virtual Classroom
The Nation Moves to the Right
Mini-Lecture 3: The Rise of the New
Right; Revolt Against Taxes and Busing;
Gender Politics

22. The Rise of the New Right
• Withdrawal of Many From Voting
• Failure of Democratic Party to Offer Solutions
• Political Mobilization of a "New Right" (vs. "Old Right")
• 1964 Goldwater Campaign
• Richard Viguerie & Direct Mail Campaigns

23. Revolt Against Taxes and Busing

24. Gender Politics

25. Ratification of ERA in the States

26. Economic Adversity Transforms the Nation
1973-1989
US History Survey
1865 to the Present

27. Week 13 Virtual Classroom
The Reagan Revolution and
Economic Disparity
Mini-Lecture 4: Reagan’s Presidency; The
Reagan Boom; The Ranks of the Poor

28. Ronald Reagan - "A Time for Choosing"

30. Reagan’s Presidency
Ronald Reagan

31. Ronald Reagan Address on
Federal Tax Reduction Legislation
(July 27, 1981)

34. The Reagan Boom
Wall Steet
Movie
(1987)

35. Wall Street Trailer (1987)

38. The Ranks of the Poor

39. Milton Friedman on Greed (1979)

40. Economic Adversity Transforms the Nation
1973-1989
US History Survey
1865 to the Present

41. Week 13 Virtual Classroom
Struggling Against the
Conservative Tide
Mini-Lecture 5: The Labor Movement
Under Fire; Reaganism Reaches an
Impasse; Culture Wars

42. Charting the Declining Strength of Labor:
Percentage of Workers Organized Over Time

43. PATCO
The Labor Movement Under Fire

44. Boston Police and
Air Traffic Controller Strikes

45. Reagan speaks on air traffic controllers strike 1981

46. Ronald Reagan Remarks on the
Air Traffic Controllers Strike
(August 3, 1981)

49. Reaganism Reaches an
Impasse: Congress Strikes Back
South Africa
under apartheid

50. Peter Gabriel Biko Live 1986

51. President Reagan, LTC North and the Nicaraguan Contras

52. Iran-Contra
Reaganism Reaches an Impasse: IranContra

53. President Ronald Reagan
Address on Iran-Contra

54. Jack Brooks Statue at Lamar University

55. Reagan's Advisors

56. Culture Wars: Think Tanks

57. Testimony at Attorney General Edwin Meese's
"Pornography Hearings"

58. Persistence of Pluralism: Hip Hop in the Bronx

59. Heritage, USA - after the fall (1989)

60. Cold War Culture
1984 Apple's Macintosh Commercial

61. The Cult of the Mac:
Steve Jobs showcases Macintosh
24-JAN-1984