History 65: March classes

March 2: 1968 (SUBMIT RESEARCH PAPER TOPIC BY THIS DATE)

• Carter, The Politics of Rage, pp. 294-370.
  Chicago Democratic convention (summary and photos); Republicans exploit
  Democrats mock the choice of GOP V-P candidate Spiro Agnew
  George Wallace demands law and order and an end to school busing

March 7: Richard Nixon and the World: QUIZ

• Gaddis, Strategies of Containment, pp. 272-341.
  Nixon-Zhou En-lai memoranda of conversations: 1, 2
  Nixon administration and Chile: 40 Committee; Henry Kissinger

March 9: Watergate

• Carter, The Politics of Rage, pp. 415-474.
  Watergate timeline and key players
  U.S. v. Nixon (1974)
  Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, on Nixon's pardon

March 14: Midterm

March 16: After Watergate

• Roe v. Wade (1973)
  Watergate and the transformation of American governmental structures
  Buckley v. Valeo (1976)

March 21: 1970s Foreign Policy

• Chile and human rights
  Jeane Kirkpatrick, "Dictatorships and Double Standards"

March 23: The Transformation of the American Economy

• AT&T divestiture timeline
  1970s economic statistics
  Macintosh "1984" ad
  Republicans parodying Speaker Tip O'Neill: Dems "out of gas"
  Reagan on home ownership

March 28: The Reagan Agenda: QUIZ

• Fitzgerald, Way Out There in the Blue (handout).
  Reagan's "evil empire" speech
  Arthur Laffer, "The Laffer Curve"
  Sony v. Universal Studios (1984) [Betamax decision]

March 30: Ending the Cold War

• Gaddis, Strategies of Containment, pp. 342-379.