21H.102: The Emergence of Modern America
Study Questions for Week of Nov. 28

Readings:
Gloria Steinem biography in Nash and Graves, From These Beginnings; Chapter 30 of American People

Questions:
1. How and why did the feminist movement accelerate in the 1960s?

2. What was innovative about Ms. magazine? What was its effect?

3. Why wasn't the Equal Rights Amendment ratified?

4. How did feminist groups view Carter?

5. Why did Reagan win in 1980?

6. How did Reagan view the legacy of the Great Society?

7. What were supply-side economics (or Reaganomics)?

8. How did the conservative coalition of the 1980s gain power?