America’s History: Printed Page 934
| MAKING CONNECTIONS | Recognize the larger developments and continuities within and across chapters by answering these questions. |
ACROSS TIME AND PLACE In what ways was the Great Society an extension of the New Deal? In what ways was it different? What factors made the period between 1932 and 1972 a “liberal” era in American politics? What events and developments would you use to explain your answer?
VISUAL EVIDENCE Compare the photographs of the prowar rally (p. 928) and the counterculture (p. 918). Why did clothing and appearance become so important to many social movements in the 1960s — the women’s movement, the Black Power movement, the antiwar movement, and others? How are these visual images historical evidence?