Restless Giant: The United States From Watergate to Bush v. Gore (76 page)

   women and,
244
,
244
n
62

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

   automobiles and,
119
,
354
–55

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 Carter,
116
–19,
117
n
24,
120

   of Clinton,
348
,
379

   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

   Cheney as aide of,
95
–96,
106

   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

   Nixon pardoned by,
4
,
5
,
94

   presidency of,
2
,
4
,
6
,
81
,
83
,
85
,
92
–96

   recession and,
96
–97

   Soviet Union and,
99
,
102
–3

   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 America,
xii
,
4
,
12
,
197

   of Bush, George H. W.,
225
–38

   of Carter,
121
–26,
146

   of Clinton,
334
–41,
399
–402

   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

   farm programs and,
59
,
167

   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

   Clinton as,
239
,
318

   Reagan as,
130
,
147

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