JFK + LBJ
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nuclear weapons in Cuba that led to a standoff that brought the world VERY close to nuclear war.
What happened at Kent State?
What caused the shift from the Early/Middle CRM to the Late CRM?
A continuance of discrimination and violence, despite legislative gains from the early movement.
What inspired many of the resistance movements of the 1960s and 70s?
Civil Rights Movement
What was Nixon's Southern Strategy?
Strategy to increase support by white Southerners by using racist rhetoric and ideas.
What earlier act was reversed by the Immigration Act of 1965?
National Origins Act (Quotas) of 1924.
What event began the escalation of US involvement in Vietnam?
Gulf of Tonkin Incident
Self reliance, self advocacy, and self defense for the black community --> building up the black community to be socially, economically, and politically independent.
What was the "problem without a name" that Betty Friedan identified in Feminine Mystique?
The frustration and lack of fulfillment that housewives were feeling.
What event plagued Carter's presidency?
Iranian Hostage Crisis.
What was the goal of the War on Poverty programs of LBJ's Great Society?
What was the TET Offensive?
One of the largest military engagements in the Vietnam War --> surprise attacks by the Northern Vietnamese. It shocked US civilians and increase anti-war sentiment.
Name at least one effect of the Middle CRM? (Name an accomplishment)
1. Civil Rights Act of 1964
2. Voting Rights Act of 1965
What was Stonewall?
A rebellion that occurred in 1969 after police raided the gay club Stonewall Inn. It was a catalyst for the Gay Rights Movement.
What is stagflation?
When an economy has inflation (rising prices) AND slowing in growth.
What was one effect of the Immigration Act of 1965?
Immigration from Asia significantly increased.
What was one main difference between the US' involvement in the Vietnam War and the Korean War?
Way more criticism for involvement in Vietnam by US civilians.
Identify one major difference between the Early/Middle CRM and the Late CRM.
1. Move away from nonviolence as the only strategy
2. Black nationalism and black power instead of the focus on integration.
What spurred the Environment Movement in the 1960s + 1970s? (What caused Silent Spring and the resulting activism?)
Growing awareness of the abuses of natural resources (like DDT)
Name one effect of the Watergate Scandal
1) Nixon resigned
2) Decrease in trust in the federal government
How did the level of success of LBJ's foreign policy compare to his domestic policy?
Great Society was relatively popular and successful, while his escalation in Vietnam was his political downfall.
What led to the War Powers Act of 1973?
The "blank check" handed to LBJ in terms of military involvement in Vietnam --> Wanted to backtrack and put that power back in Congress' hands.
Identify one thing that Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X agreed on.
The idea that black civil rights were linked to a global struggle for change.
Who led a campaign against the Equal Rights Amendment?
Phyllis Schlafly
What caused the high inflation rates of the late 60s and early 70s?
Spending on social welfare programs and the Vietnam War.