The 1968 Presidential election -- Richard Nixon -- Nixon goes to China -- The Watergate scandal -- Gerald Ford -- The American Indian movement -- The Wounded Knee incident -- Bury my heart at Wounded Knee -- The Equal Rights Amendment -- National Organization for Women -- Title IX -- The Bicentennial celebration -- A day in the life of the 1970s -- Jimmy Carter -- The Camp David accords -- The oil embargo -- The Ayatollah Khomeini -- The Iranian hostage crisis -- The 1980 Presidential election -- Ronald Reagan -- Libya and Muammar Gaddafi -- The Iran-Contra affair -- The Challenger disaster -- The end of the Cold War -- The Reagan legacy -- Nancy Reagan -- Just say no -- Sam Walton & Wal-Mart -- Daily life and popular culture in the 1980s -- HIV & AIDS -- George HW Bush -- The US invasion of Panama -- The Exxon Valdez oil spill - -The Persian Gulf War -- The Rodney King riots - NAFTA -- Answer key

A collection of readings accompanied by student activities that focus on the events and notable people of the 1970s and 1980s in the United States; includes answer key for student activities