Dakota Wesleyan University
HIST 201: U.S. History I HIST 202: U.S. History II
Concepts addressed: Recent Developments (1960's-Present)
Lyndon B. Johnson The major initiatives and programs of the "Great Society" and "War on Poverty" Origins and course of U.S. involvement in Vietnam The "domino theory" Gulf of Tonkin Resolution Tet Offensive Pentagon Papers My Lai Massacre Vietnamization Mississippi Freedom Summer Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Malcolm X Black Power Black Panthers Watts Riot Betty Freidan’s The Feminine Mystique National Organization for Women American Indian Movement Cesar Chavez Students for a Democratic Society Counterculture of the 1960s 1968 Democratic Convention Richard Nixon's foreign policy detente The Watergate Scandal Economic downturn in the 1970s The demographic rise of the so-called "sunbelt" states The environmental movement The political rise of the "New Right" Equal Rights Amendment Roe v. Wade Presidency of Jimmy Carter stagflation Camp David Accords Iran Hostage Crisis The Election of 1980 Ronald Reagan The principles and policies of "Reaganomics" AIDS Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant. Summit meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev Iran-Contra Affair George Bush The Persian Gulf War The end of the Cold War Los Angeles Riots of 1992 The Election of 1992 Bill Clinton Failure of health-care reform Congressional Elections of 1994 and the "Contract with America" Welfare reform The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City Impeachment of Bill Clinton North American Free Trade Agreement General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade Balkan crises and U.S. responses The "New Immigrants" The internet and worldwide web The Election of 2000 George W. Bush Terrorists attacks on U.S. at home and abroad 9/11 War in Afghanistan War in Iraq * Reviewing their class notes and readings, students should be able to identify these terms and concepts and situate them in their historical context. In addition to these terms, students should refer to lecture outlines, study guides, and the various review materials in their survey textbook for the course.
Development of this review sheet was made possible by funding from the US Department of Education through South Dakota’s EveryTeacher Teacher Quality Enhancement grant.