An Outline of American History (1990)

Chapter Eight: Modern America

Table of Contents

1. Modern America - Introduction
2. The Atomic Age
3. Post-war Reconstruction
4. The Korean War
5. The McCarthy Era
6. The Eisenhower years
7. Developments in Asia
8. Efforts toward peaceful cooperation
9. Crises over Hungary and Suez
10. New Crises in Formosa and Berlin
11. Castro comes to power in Cuba
12. Kennedy and the New Frontier
13. The progress of American Blacks
14. South of the U.S.Border
15. New nations emerge in Africa
16. International tension continues
17. Efforts toward world peace
18. The Johnson years
19. The Nixon-Ford presidencies
20. Gerald Ford as president
21. Jimmy Carter's presidency
22. Presidency of Ronald Reagan

In the An Outline of American History a part of this period is covered in chapter 12 and a part in chapter 13