CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE 1970s: ROCK MUSIC, DISCO, AND THE POPULAR MAINSTREAM 1 Chapter Outline I. American Culture in the 1970s A. By the early 1970s, the majority of Americans had grown weary of the military conflict in Vietnam; the United States withdrew from Saigon in 1975. B. Oil crisis in 1973 C. Economic inflation D. Growing cynicism about politics, with the Watergate hearings and the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974 E. Popular music remained the…
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