Chapter 29:
This chapter describes the continuing upheaval that shook American society in the 1970s. It shows the Nixon administration's efforts to extricate American soldiers from the devastating struggle in Vietnam, while widening the war at the same time and creating further chaos in the United States. It chronicles the most serious political scandal in American history that led the president to resign. And it describes the ongoing effort to provide liberty and equality in racial, gender, and social relations. While political challenges came from middle-class activists, social complaints came from often marginalized Americans who finally spoke out in an attempt to make the nation live up to its professed values. This chapter highlights the voices of political and social protest that continued to echo throughout the 1970s in a heated debate about the distribution of power in the United States.
