Advocacy
What harmful products did Rachel Carson target in her book Silent Spring?
Pesticides and Insecticides
What is the Tet?
The Vietnamese New Year
What investigation resulted in the resignation of Pres. Nixon?
Watergate
Where did Gerald Ford go to college?
Michigan
What was President Carter's major accomplishment as president?
Camp David Accords
What is the group N.O.W.?
National Organization of Women
What was Nixon's Vietnamization Plan?
To gradually withdraw U.S. Troops from Vietnam and replace with South Vietnamese soldiers.
The tumultuous year of 1968, took a major presidential candidate out of the race. Who was he?
Robert F. Kennedy
Who was Ford's Vice President?
Nelson Rockefeller
What two countries were involved in the Camp David Accords?
Israel and Egypt
Betty Friedan was a major advocate of women's equality, what book did she author?
Feminine Mystic
What was the main goal of the United States in the Vietnam War?
Contain communism
What country did Nixon visit in an effort to open trade?
China
How did Ford become VP, then president?
Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew resigned
Ford was appointed VP
Nixon resigns
Ford becomes president
What new cabinet department did Carter create?
Department of Energy
What governmental organization is Rachael Carson's work responsible for being established?
Environmental Protection Agency
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?
Allows the president to send troops to regions without Congressional approval first
Who was Nixon's Vice President who resigned while in office?
Spiro Agnew
What country did Ford visit as president?
Japan
What two leaders agreed to a peace treaty at the Camp David Accords?
Menachem Begin (Israel) and Anwar Sadat (Egypt)
The Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was supported by Betty Friedan, what was this case about?
Abortion
What was the War Powers Act?
Law that prevented the President from involving America in foreign conflict without congressional approval
What happened in the Watergate scandal?
Nixon authorized the wiretapping and breaking in of the Democratic National Convention HQ's.
How did Ford lose the respect of the American people?
By granting Nixon a pardon for his crimes.
What event marked a major weakness in President Carter's administration?
Iran hostage crisis, 52 Americans were held hostage in Iran for 444 days