Vocab
Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy
Law and Order
Misc.
100
The sudden reaction by many Americans to the extreme liberalism of the 1960s.
What is Conservative Backlash
100
The area in the southern half of the US that many people moved to when air conditioning became more available.
What is the Sunbelt
100
The country that Nixon traveled to in 1972; resulted in resumed trade.
What is China
100
The FBI, under Nixon's order, did what to phones when trying to intimidate his critics?
What is wire tap
100

When did 18-year-olds get the right to vote?

What is 1971?

200

The political plan to appeal directly to Southern White conservatives of the middle-class.

What is Southern Strategy?

200

Liberal administrations that Nixon signed into effect during his term in office.

What is EPA and OSHA?

200

Russian leader that Nixon met with that resulted in the signing of SALT.

What is Brezhnev?

200
Name two of the three Supreme Court issues that Nixon's court took a liberal stance on.
What are abortion, desegregation, and the death penalty.
200
How many years had it been since anyone had made formal contact with China (until Nixon's visit).
What is 25 years
300

The AMericans that Nixon believed had opinions, but were not out on the streets shouting them or actively being involved in politics.

What is the silent majority?

300

This man had a way with words and referred to democrats of the time as "sniveling hand-wringers."

Who is Spiro Agnew?

300
Why was Detente welcomed among the world powers?
What is it lessened the chances of nuclear war
300
What was the name of the major court case deciding that abortion was legal in the United States?
What is Roe v. Wade
300
What amendment allowed African American males to vote?
What is the 15th
400

The shared belief of Nixon and Kissinger that politics should be practiced practically; or with no morals or government systems getting in the way.

What is Realpolitik?

400

The theory that Nixon used to reverse the flow of power and resources from the states to Washington DC, which would flow back to the people.

What is New Federalism?

400

The names of the two Chinese leaders (one current, one former) that Nixon met on his 1972 visit.

Who were Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai?

400
To silence some civil rights and anti-war protestors, Nixon and Mitchell (attorney general) used these tactics via the IRS.
What is auditing their tax returns.
400

This was the name of the program that LBJ created to make education, healthcare, and housing more equal.

What is the Great Society?

500

The attempt to repair strained relationships between the US and the Communist powers.

What is Detente?

500

The conservatives in Nixon's era resented paying taxes because they felt all of their hard earned money was going to fund projects for unemployed, poor, and marginalized people--essentially the programs of Johnson's ______  _______________.

What is the Great Society?

500
What does SALT stand for and what is it?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; it placed limits on specific nuclear missiles and eased tensions between the US and the USSR.
500

The pull between these two things is about what lines can the government cross in order to keep the American people safe.

What is the pull between freedom and security.

500

What year was the US constitution written?

What is 1787?

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