1970's presidential
This caused President Nixon to resign.
What is the Watergate Affair?
What 1970s fashion trend involved wearing pants with a wide flare at the bottom?
Bell-bottoms
Scooby-Doo, Looney Tunes and The Flinstones were just a few of the top cartoons during the 70's. True or False?
True.
After Richard Nixon resigned, this man became president.
Who is Gerald Ford?
These color coded symbols were posted at some gas stations to indicate if gas was available.
What are Green(available) Yellow(rationing) Red(unavailable) flags?
This caused President Carter to become unpopular.
What was the Iranian hostage crisis?
This President was known as the ineffective "people's president".
Who is Jimmy Carter?
When could you enjoy your favorite cartoons every week?
Saturday mornings.
In October of 1978, this Polish man was elected Pope. He was the first non-Italian to be elected for that role since 1523.
Who is Pope John Paul II?
What was the speed limit changed to during the gas crisis?
What is 55 miles per hour.
This was the only unelected President.
Who was Gerald Ford?
Feminist reporter who co-founded "Ms." magazine.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
What did the average movie ticket cost in the 1970's.
$1.50
This was the only vice president to resign for criminal reasons.
Who was Spiro Agnew?
This famous city had a blackout during 1977.
What is New York City?
This was the cause of President Ford's unpopularity.
What is Nixon's pardon?
The university where four protesting students were shot and killed.
What is Kent State?
Which TV show featured these characters, who were roomates, named Jack, Janet and Chrissy?
What is Three's Company.
The oil crisis began in this year.
What is 1973?
This incident held sixty-six people hostage for 444 days.
What was the Iran Hostage Crisis?
This Democratic candidate hurt Jimmy Carter in the 1980 Presidential primary.
Who was Edward Kennedy?
In this 1978 video game, rows of aliens descended towards the ground. "Don't just hide behind your base,shoot them"!
What is Space Invaders?
Which show featured two young women who shared an apartment and worked in a beer botteling factory?
Laverne and Shirley
This crisis marked the end of the general economic "boom" of WWII.
What was the Energy Crisis of 1973?
This event was OPEC's attempt to hurt the US economy.
What is the oil embargo?