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Authors: James T. Patterson
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Electoral college,
420
–21,
420
nn72–73
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
See
ESEA
Ellis, Joseph,
399
Embargo, of oil,
7
,
65
Endangered Species Act of 1973,
116
,
118
Endara, Guillermo,
227
Energy: America’s use of,
350
Energy policies: of Carter,
110
,
111
,
119
–21
of Ford,
97
England.
See
Great Britain
Enola Gay,
262
Entitlements,
14
,
75
,
88
,
302
Environmental policies,
354
of Bush, George H. W.,
240
of Reagan,
176
–77
Environmental Protection Agency.
See
EPA
Environmentalists,
38
,
86
,
113
,
116
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency),
116
,
118
,
177
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
See
EEOC
Equal pay,
54
–57
Equal rights,
51
,
272
Equal Rights Amendment.
See
ERA
Equality.
See also
Income
inequality in: economic,
18
,
304
–6
social,
18
ER,
286
ERA (Equal Rights Amendment),
3
,
52
,
54
,
54
n
33,
115
,
134
,
139
“Era of Decline,”
10
,
11
,
152
ESEA (Elementary and Secondary Education Act),
34
,
239
–40
Eskimos,
26
–27
Ethics in Government Act of 1978,
85
,
325
Ethiopia,
104
Ethnicity,
25
–26
“Ethno-racial pentagon,”
27
Europe, immigration and,
295
Euthanasia,
137
Evangelicals,
xii
,
135
–37,
141
,
143
,
143
n
86,
219
,
257
,
337
–38,
406
Evers, Medgar,
305
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration),
384
FAIR (Federation of American Immigration Reform),
116
,
297
,
297
nn
13
–14
Fallows, James,
108
,
109
Falwell, Jerry,
138
–39,
145
,
177
,
256
,
261
Family: 1970s and,
74
–75
collapse of,
33
divorce and,
50
–51
employment and,
54
–58
patterns of,
271
–72
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993,
241
,
272
,
326
Family Research Council,
256
,
267
“Family reunification,”
296
Family Ties,
187
,
188
Farm programs,
59
,
167
Farrakhan, Louis,
220
,
276
,
309
Farrow, Mia,
6
Father Knows Best,
187
Faulkner, William,
59
FBI,
72
,
382
FCC (Federal Communications Commission),
283
,
324
Fear of Flying
(Jong),
46
FEC (Federal Election Commission),
83
,
87
Federal Aviation Administration.
See
FAA
Federal budget,
333
,
371
–82,
407
Federal Communications Commission.
See
FCC
Federal Election Commission.
See
FEC
Federal Housing Administration,
38
Federal Reserve,
359
Federalism,
2
,
366
,
416
Federation of American Immigration Reform.
See
FAIR
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina,
370
.
See also
Bosnia
Female employment,
50
–51,
54
–58.
See also
Women
Feminism,
3
,
51
,
178
,
272
Fences,
171
Ferraro, Geraldine,
185
,
189
Fidelity Investments,
351
Field of Dreams,
287
Filibusters,
85
Finance reform, campaign,
87
–88,
376
–77
First Blood,
206
The First Amendment,
136
,
303
FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act),
382
Fiscal conservative,
112
,
131
,
238
Fiscal manager,
331
–33,
331
n
38,
404
Fiske, Robert,
342
Florida ballots,
410
–19,
413
nn
56–57
Florida Supreme Court,
414
–19
Flowers, Gennifer,
249
Focus on the Family,
266
Fonda, “Hanoi Jane,”
185
Food and Drug Administration,
278
Food, consumption of,
355
,
355
n
29
Ford, Gerald: assassination attempts on,
42
,
93
background of,
92
–93
busing and,
23
Cold War and,
102
–4
draft evaders’ leniency offered by,
3
economy and,
96
–98
education and,
36
election of 1976 and,
104
–7
energy policy of,
97
foreign policies of,
98
–102
intelligence operations and,
73
presidency of,
2
,
4
,
6
,
81
,
83
,
85
,
92
–96
recession and,
96
–97
tax cuts and,
96
–97
Vietnam and,
98
–102
Ford, Harold,
84
Ford, Harrison,
285
Ford Motor Company,
60
Ford, Richard,
288
,
363
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
See
FISA
Foreign policies: after Vietnam,
4
,
200
of Bush, George H. W.,
225
–38
of Ford,
98
–102
of Reagan,
199
–200
redefining of,
xii
Foreign terrorism,
336
Foreman, George,
6
Fortune,
157
Foster, Vincent,
277
The Fourteenth Amendment,
31
,
415
Fox, Michael J.,
187
France,
288
Frankfurter, Felix,
55
,
55
n
35
Frasier,
286
Free trade policies.
See
NAFTA
Freedland, Jonathan,
359
Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act,
331
Freedom of Information Act,
84
Freeman v. Pitts,
313
n
57
Freemen,
261
Frum, David,
47
,
268
Fukuyama, Francis,
194
,
196
Fund-raising,
222
Furman v. Georgia,
41
,
41
n
72
Gandhi,
287
Gates, Bill,
xii
,
59
,
361
Gates, Henry Louis,
308
,
403
Gay-haters,
261
Gays/gay rights,
133
,
134
,
137
,
138
,
180
–82,
271
,
374
,
374
n
85.
See also
Anti-gay rights; Homosexuality
Gaza Strip,
196
,
336
Gender issues,
3
,
149
General Electric,
285
General Electric Theater,
130
Generation X,
269
Gephardt, Richard,
190
,
220
,
320
Germany,
195
,
203
Gilmore, Gary,
42
Gingrich, Newt,
131
,
247
,
324
–25,
330
,
333
,
343
,
366
,
396
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader,
55
,
330
Glasnost,
214
Glendon, Mary Ann,
274
,
276
Global communication,
297
Global Positioning System.
See
GPS
“Globalization,”
xii
,
360
–62,
360
n
54,
385
Glory,
287
GNP (gross national product),
8
,
8
n
20,
9
Goals 2000,
240
,
331
,
337
The Godfather,
42
The Godfather Part
2
,
42
Goetz, Bernhard,
172
–73,
173
n
61
Goldman, Ron,
310
Goldwater, Barry,
90
,
102
,
106
,
130
,
131
,
208
Goode, Wilson,
170
Goodfellas,
284
Gorbachev, Mikhail,
xii
,
194
–95,
213
–17,
228
–29.
See also
Soviet Union
Gore, Al, Jr.,
220
,
250
,
349
2000 election and,
404
–21,
409
n
51,
410
nn
52–53,
413
nn
56
–57
background of,
405
Clinton and,
408
Florida ballots and,
410
–19,
413
nn
56
–57
Government: conspiracies of,
72
–73
defense contracts and,
59
as divided,
81
economy and,
59
enlarging role of,
10
federal deficits of,
12
,
65
,
112
,
249
health and welfare responsibilities of,
79
,
402
shutdown of,
371
space contracts and,
59
Governor: Bush, George W. as,
396
GPS (Global Positioning System),
60
Graham, Billy,
135
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974
(Patterson),
xi
Grasso, Ella,
53
Great Britain,
43
,
48
,
124
,
197
,
202
,
216
,
357
,
359
“Great Communicator,”
153
Great Depression,
162
Great Recession,
7
Great Society,
85
,
90
,
163
,
345
“Greatest generation,”
9
,
9
n
22
The Greatest Generation
(Brokaw),
364
Greece,
198
Greenfield, Meg,
24
Greenhouse gases,
349
,
379
Greenhouse, Linda,
242
Greenspan, Alan,
203
,
247
,
332
,
333
,
351
,
365
Grenada,
205
–7
Griggs v. Duke Power Co.,
27
n
37
Gross national product.
See
GNP Grove, Andrew,
361
Guatemala,
196
,
204
,
226