ch. 11
What is significant about Atlas Shrugged?
Promoted “objectivism,” an ethos of individualism
Define Counterculture.
Question conventional values and authority
The Nixon Doctrine resulted in what?
Reversal of the Truman Doctrine
Vietnamization
Define “Star Wars.”
Pejorative for Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative
Recent FIRE reports show what trend?
Growing ideological intolerance
Increased censorship on college campuses
Describe emerging trends in youth culture.
Rebellious youth were consumer driven
Beet Movement felt alienated by consumer society
The Tet Offensive resulted in what?
American support for the war declined
Exacerbated Johnson's troubled administration
Describe the urban crisis.
Population decline
Decreased economic function of cities
Increased crime
The slogan “Just Say No” refers to what?
a) Nancy Reagan’s anti-drug campaign
b) Part of Reagan's war on drugs
The Waco and Ruby Ridge incidents led to what?
Private militias
Anti-government sentiments
Describe the significance of Brown v. Board of Education (1954).
Outlawed “separate but equal” in public schools
What is significant about the Chicano Movement?
Championed a Mexican-American identity
multi faceted movement
embraced Aztec indignity
What is significant about Roe v. Wade (1973)?
Legalized abortion nationwide
Describe the legacy of Ryan White.
Became the face of public education on AIDS
What is significant about the Richard Jewell case?
Trial by media
Describe the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
Promoted peaceful protest and colorblind approach to civil rights.
What is significant about The Feminine Mystique?
Influenced radical feminism
Describe the legacy of Jimmy Carter.
He was deeply unpopular
What shaped American popular culture?
Consumer culture reflected political conservatism
What is significant about Dobbs v. Jackson (2022)?
It overturned Roe v. Wade
What is significant about the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
MLK Jr. emerged as a prominent Civil Rights leader
Describe the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Outlawed segregation and banned employment discrimination
What is significant about the Mariel Boatlift?
It changed the perception of migration to the U.S.
Describe Reagan’s “Tear Down this Wall” speech.
Considered a turning point in Cold War politics
Describe Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
Controversial figure
National political movement
Influence goes beyond conservastism