Trust Issues
This government program used illegal surveillance and infiltration to disrupt civil rights and antiwar groups.
COINTELPRO
Martin Luther King Jr. and the SCLC promoted this protest strategy.
What is nonviolent resistance?
This 1968 surprise attack shifted public opinion against the war.
What is the Tet Offensive?
Nixon appealed to this group of voters who opposed protests and social change.
Who is the Silent Majority?
This author’s book Silent Spring helped launch environmental awareness.
Who is Rachel Carson?
Leaked in 1971, these documents revealed government lies about the Vietnam War.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
This movement called for Black pride, self-determination, and community control.
What is Black Power?
This tragic event involved U.S. troops killing hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
Nixon’s Southern Strategy aimed to attract voters by opposing this civil rights issue.
What is desegregation / civil rights reforms?
This agency was created in 1970 to enforce pollution regulations.
What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
This political scandal forced President Nixon to resign in 1974.
What is Watergate?
This feminist founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Who is Gloria Steinem?
These student protesters chanted “The Whole World is Watching” at the 1968 DNC. (not a specific group but what you would call the people here)
Who were antiwar activists?
This Christian conservative group mobilized voters in the late 1970s.
What is the Moral Majority?
This law set national standards for air pollution in 1970.
What is the Clean Air Act?
This 1971 prison uprising over inhumane treatment and racial injustice ended in a state-ordered massacre of inmates and hostages, becoming a symbol of the rising “law and order” backlash and fueling calls for prison reform.
What is the Attica Prison Uprising?
This act was passed in 1973 to limit presidential abilities during times of crisis.
What is the War Powers Act?
This 1969 event is considered the beginning of the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
This university was the site of a deadly protest in 1970 over the war in Cambodia.
What is Kent State University?
This Supreme Court case legalized abortion in 1973.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This 1979 accident raised fears about nuclear energy safety in the U.S.
What is Three Mile Island?
This 1979 speech by Jimmy Carter warned about America’s loss of unity and purpose.
What is the Crisis of Confidence speech?
This farmworker leader organized boycotts to improve wages and working conditions.
Who is César Chávez?
This term describes how Vietnam was the first war broadcast into people’s homes.
What is the “living room war”?
This conservative activist led the STOP ERA campaign.
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
This law was passed to protect wildlife from extinction.
What is the Endangered Species Act?