10/14/75

read in Chapter 33 - The Age of Limits to the Age of Reagan

1. Ford and Carter
   • OPEC, SALT, Helsinki Accords
   • Panama Canal, Camp David, hostages
2. Rise of the New Right
   • Sagebrush Rebellion, Jerry Falwell, Richard Viguerie
   • suburban mall, Orange County, Howard Jarvis
3. Reagan Revolution
   • "uneasy coalition" of the wealthy, neo-conservatives
   • Reaganomics, James Watt, discretionary cuts
   • SDI, nuclear freeze, Sandinistas, PLO

Outlines:

• Gerald Ford 1974-76
• Jimmy Carter 1976-80
• Reagan Revolution 1981-84 and 1985-89
• Cold War Policies
• The Shopping Center
• Environmental History
• Public Health History
• Immigration History
• Television and Radio History
• The Digital Revolution
• Disaster films

Media:

• Television and the Presidency
• CNN The Cold War episode 19 "Freeze"
• CBS Evening News January 11, 1974
• ABC Evening News July 1, 1977
• NBC Evening News for January 27, 1986
• CBS 60 Minutes "Landlord" segment January 10, 1982
• Films: China Syndrome and Miracle