This Google Slides lesson explores the major political, social, cultural, and economic transformations that reshaped the United States from 1945–1980. Students examine the rise of modern conservatism, liberal reform movements, the Civil Rights Movement, feminism, LGBTQ rights, the Religious Right, Watergate, Vietnam, stagflation, and the growing “crisis of confidence” in American government. Designed specifically for AP U.S. History and upper-level U.S. History courses, this resource helps stu