America’s History: Printed Page 965
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| REVIEW QUESTIONS | Answer these questions to demonstrate your understanding of the chapter’s main ideas. |
Why did the U.S. economy struggle in the 1970s? How was the period after 1973 different from 1945–1972?
How was the “rights liberalism” of this era different from the “welfare liberalism” of the 1930s and 1940s?
How was the American family of the 1970s different from that of the 1950s? Without romanticizing either period, how would you account for the differences?
THEMATIC UNDERSTANDING Examine the category “Work, Exchange, and Technology” on the thematic timeline. How did economic developments in the 1970s reverse the course the national economy had been on since World War II? More broadly, can you identify events in each of the timeline categories that made the 1970s a decade of important historical transition?