In Search for the American Dream 1917-96

1. Open Door policy: 1850-1940=40 million ppl
2. lose identity
   1. ESCAPE
3. opportunity
   1. WORK
   2. LIVING
4. WASPS
   1. REALITY VS. IMAGINATION
5. MIXED SOCIETY
6. PROSPERITY

1. HARDING+COOLIDGE
   1. 8HR WORKING DAY
   2. MATERNITY AID
   3. REPUBLICAN
      1. RETURN TO NORMALCY
         1. TEAPOT DOME 1922
            1. OHIO GANG
2. FARMING DECLINES
   1. MOVEMENT TO CITIES
   2. 42% BELOW POVERTY LINE
   3. MECHANISATION
3. RED SCARE
   1. PALMER RAIDS
   2. RESTRICTED IMMIGRATION
      1. 350 000 TO 150 000 BY 1929
   3. EXCUSE TO DISCRIMINATE
4. I LACK PANTS
   1. ASSEMBLY LINE
      1. HENRY FORD - TYRANT OR REFORMER?
      2. THE CAR
   2. ELECTRICITY
5. THE ROARING 20S
   1. MOVIES
      1. STAR SYSTEM
      2. ESCAPISM
   2. PROFITABLE- MILLIONS ATTEND
   3. MUSIC+DANCE-JAZZ
6. PROHIBITION 1918-33

   Annotations:

   • perssure of women's group, war no opposition
   1. failure
      1. geography
      2. industrial alc.
      3. treasury agents
      4. bootleggers
      5. laissez faire
      6. gangsterism
         1. AL CAPONE
   2. 66% of budgEt on enforcing it
7. WOMEN
   1. FLAPPERS
      1. REBEL OR NEW NORM?
   2. MOST STILL CONSERVATIVE
      1. COMSTOCK ACT 1873 BANS PUBLICATIONS ON ABORTION
   3. VOTE 1920
      1. HASN'T CHANGED MUCH
         1. STILL 2ND CLASS

1. SEGREGATION

   Annotations:

   • FEAR WHITES OUTNUMBERED
   1. JIM CROW LAWS
2. GREAT MIGRATION
   1. BLACK RENAISSANCE
      1. HARLEM, NY
3. NAACP

   Annotations:

   • NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of COLORED PEOPLE
   1. LEGAL PROTEST
      1. LITTLE ROCK 9
      2. BROWN VS TOPEKA
   2. ROSA PARKES
   3. MONTGOMERY BUS BOYCOTT
   4. MLK, MALCOLM X
4. KKK

   Annotations:

   • white supermacy anti-immigrant anti-communist anti-black anti-Jew/Catholic lynching, intimidation
5. DESEGREGATION OF ARMED FORCES 1948
6. TRUMAN - CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE
7. EISENHOWER DISCONTINUES CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAMMES - CAN'T CHANGE PPLS HEARTS
8. END OF 50S RACE RELATIONS DETERIORATE
   1. EMMETTT TILL
   2. SOUTHERN MANIFESTO
9. FREEDOM RIDERS

Annotations:

• Terrifying Tuesday oct 29- 16.5 million shares sold for fraction of their worth

1. CAUSES
   1. OVERPRODUCTION
   2. PROTECTIONISM, TARIFFS
   3. DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH
      1. RICH VSPOOR
   4. OVERCONFIDENCE
      1. BUYING ON MARGIN
      2. CREDIT
   5. LOSS OF CONFIDENCE
      1. FRANCTIC SELLING 'TIPPING POINT'
   6. POST WW1 DEPRESSION
2. NEGATIVE SPIRAL
   1. BEAR MARKET
3. HOOVER
   1. REPUBLICAN
      1. LAISSEZ FAIRE
   2. SCAPEGOAT
   3. INEFFECTIVE POLICIES
      1. V.UNPOPULAR
         1. BONUS ARMY
            1. 150-200 000 ANGRY VETERANS
      2. SMOOT HAWLEY TARIFFS
      3. TOO OPTIMISTIC- COVERING
      4. CUT TAX
      5. DELEGATION TO STATE GOV
      6. CHARITY
      7. RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORPORATION - TOO LATE
4. ROOSEVELT: NEW DEAL
   1. DEMOCRAT
      1. DOSEN'T UNDERSTAND ECONOMY
      2. 4X ELECTED
   2. RELIEF RECOVERY REFORM
   3. 100 DAYS RULE BY DECREE
   4. 30S AND WW2
      1. CINEMA BOOMS
         1. OTHER BUSINESS
         2. HOLLYWOOD
         3. HAYS CODE- MORAL INFLUENCE
      2. JAZZ AND SWING
         1. DANCING
      3. RADIO
         1. ADVERTISEMENT
         2. MASS CULTURE
      4. ETHNIC INTEGRATION
         1. STILL HIERARCHY
      5. NATURAL DISASTERS :( ECONOMY
      6. BOOM, BUST
         1. HOME OWNERSHIP ON THE RISE
         2. IMPROVING LIVING COND.
         3. HEALTH IMPROVING
         4. SPECTATOR SPORTS POPULAR
         5. CARS
            1. MIGRANT WORKERS
      7. WAR
         1. ISOLATIONISM
            1. LAND LEASE
            2. CASH AND CARRY
         2. PEARL HARBOR
            1. USA ENTERS WAR
         3. WAR = PROSPERITY
         4. WOMEN WORK AGAIN
            1. DANGEROUS
         5. STANDARD OF LIVING INCREASES
         6. CONSUMERISM STARTS
         7. MEDIA FOCUSED ON WAR EFFORT
            1. MUSIC, GLEN MILLER
            2. WAR MOVIES
   5. ALPHABET AGENCIES
      1. CCC
      2. TVA
      3. FHA
      4. REA
      5. BOONDOGGLING
   6. PRIMING THE PUMP
      1. EFFECTIVE? 2ND DEPRESSION
   7. EQUAL RELIEF?

      Annotations:

      • WHITE MIDDLE CLASS MALE BENEFITS MOST, SOME HELP TO WOMEN AND BLACK
      1. WOMEN?
      2. BLACKS?
   8. MAKES PRESIDENCY MOR OPEN
      1. FIRESIDE CHATS
   9. BRAIN TRUST

1. GI BILL OF RIGHTS
2. SOCIAL SAFETY NET
3. CONSUMER SOCIETY
   1. USA HAD 7% OF POULATION BUT POSESSED 42% OF GLOBAL INCOME
      1. EMPLOYEMENT RISES
   2. BOOM IN DISPOSABLE INCOME
   3. BABY BOOM
   4. LABOUR SAVING DEVICES EG. WASHING MACHINE
   5. SHOPPING MALLS
4. SUBURBS
   1. CAR
      1. HIGHWAY ACT
   2. CHEAPER
      1. LEVITTOWNS
   3. 'WHITE FLIGHT'
      1. BY 1960, 60% LIVES THERE
   4. TV
      1. STEREOTYPING WOMEN
         1. I LOVE LUCY
      2. STEREOTYPING BLACKS
5. NUCLEAR FAMILY
   1. 60S,
6. FEAR OF COMMUNIST EXPANSION- CHINA LOBBY
   1. MCCARTHYISM
   2. SPY SCARES
      1. MEDIA, HOLLYWOOD
      2. TRIALS
      3. ROSENBERGS, ALGER HISS
   3. INCREASED MILITARY SPENDING
      1. NUCLEAR WEAPONS
         1. COLD WAR
            1. FEAR OF NUCLEAR ATTACK, DRILLS
7. JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
   1. MORE OF A MYTH
   2. CATCHER IN THE RYE
   3. ELVIS
8. ILLEGAL MEXICAN IMMIGRATION
   1. BRACERO PROGRAMME
9. TERMINATION POLICY 1953: NATIVE AMERICAN RESERVATIONS TO BREAK UP

1. COUNTERCULTURE
   1. BEATNIKS
   2. HIPPIES
   3. WOODSTOCK
2. FREE SPEECH MOVEMENT
   1. WANTING TO GET INVLOVED WITH POLITICS
   2. STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
      1. NEW LEFT
3. FEMINSIT MOVEMENT
   1. EQUALITY AT WORK
   2. CONTORL OVER BODY
      1. CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
   3. BETTY FRIEDAN
   4. GLORIA STEINEM
   5. PHYLISS SCHAFLY
   6. ROE VS. WADE, GRISWALDE VS CONNECTICUT
   7. EQUAL ROGHTS ACT NOT ENDORSED
4. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
   1. WWF
   2. LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION ACT
   3. RACHEL CARSON
   4. NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT
5. LBJ
   1. VIETNAM
      1. V. UNSUCCESSFUL
   2. CRITICISM
   3. CONTAINMENT
   4. MEDIA COVERAGE
   5. PROTEST
6. UNSOLVED URBAN POVERTY

1. NIXON SCANDAL
2. THE FACE OF CHANGE
   1. WELL KNOWN ACTOR
   2. GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS
3. REAGANOMICS
   1. HARDCORE REPUBLICAN POLICIES
   2. SUPPLY SIDE
   3. DEREGULATION
   4. ORA+ERTA STOP INFLATION
   5. TAX CUTS
4. RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM
5. FAILURE TO CLEAR OVERALL DEBT
6. EXPLOITATION IN BUSINESS
7. TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMY - FAILED
8. GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR
   1. MINORITIES SUFFER
      1. VIOLENCE INCREASES
9. STATE SAFETY NET REMOVED
   1. SOCIAL PROBLEMS INCREASE
10. AFGHANISTAN
11. ANTI-COMMUNIST
    1. IRAN-CONTRA: CHARM SAVES HIM
    2. TEFLON PRESIDENT
    3. LARGE SPENDING ON DEFENCE