Vocab Pt. 2
A major 1970s American political scandal involving illegal activities by President Richard Nixon’s administration, triggered by a June 17, 1972, break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C.
What was Watergate?
A member of an unofficial, irregular armed group that uses unconventional tactics—such as sabotage, ambushes, and hit-and-run attacks—to fight larger, formal military or police forces.
What is a Guerrilla?
The reduction or removal of government rules and restrictions on industries, aimed at increasing competition, lowering costs, and fostering innovation.
What is Deregulation?
Often advocate for social welfare programs, civil rights, and regulated markets.
Who are Liberals?`
Sit ins and Freedom Rides were forms of nonviolent resistance to the segregated south utilized by this movement
The Civil Rights Movement
A cultural movement or group whose values, norms, and behaviors directly oppose and challenge those of the established mainstream society.
What is Counter Culture?
This French word is utilized to describe a period of easing Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union from the late 1960s to 1979. Initiated by U.S. President Richard Nixon and Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev, it aimed to reduce the risk of nuclear war and manage competition through diplomacy, trade, and arms control treaties.
What was Detente?
The four pillars of this economic policy include reducing government spending, lowering income taxes, deregulating businesses, and controlling the money supply to reduce inflation.
What is Regeanomics?
individuals who advocate for a political philosophy emphasizing traditional social values, limited government intervention in the economy, free markets, and a strong national defense. They generally prefer gradual, cautious change over rapid, radical reforms, seeking to preserve established institutions and order.
Who are Conservatives?
A prominent 1980s U.S. grassroots movement aimed at halting the nuclear arms race between the U.S. and Soviet Union, in particular with regards to nuclear weapon testing and production.
What was the Nuclear Freeze Movement?
A radical, widespread 1960s–1980s feminist movement, largely part of second-wave feminism, aimed at ending institutional sexism, patriarchy, and systemic oppression.
What was Women's Liberation?
A massive, coordinated surprise attack launched on January 30, 1968, by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces against South Vietnamese and U.S. positions. While a military failure for the Communists, it became a strategic victory by turning U.S. public opinion against the war.
What was the Tet Offensive?
The decline in manufacturing employment and output within a country or region, particularly noticeable in the United States since the 1970s.
What is Deindustrialization?
a political philosophy of devolution, aiming to transfer certain powers, responsibilities, and funds from the federal government back to state and local governments. Primarily initiated by President Nixon and continued by Reagan, it sought to reverse the centralizing trends of the "New Deal" and "Great Society" by emphasizing state-level decision-making through block grants and revenue sharing.
What was New Federalism?
Fixed-sum federal grants awarded to state, local, or territory governments for broadly defined functions—such as social services, health, or community development. They offer recipients significant flexibility and discretion in how funds are allocated.
What are Block Grants?
A landmark Supreme Court case that unanimously declared state laws banning interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws) unconstitutional.
What was Loving V. Virginia?
a US-led campaign initiated by President Richard Nixon in 1971 to combat illegal drug use and trade through increased law enforcement, strict criminal penalties, and aggressive policing. It aimed to curb addiction and distribution but resulted in massive incarceration increases and targeted minority communities disproportionately, particularly during the 1980s crack epidemic.
What was the War on Drugs?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
The three elements that contribute to stagflation
Nixon was at risk of being the first president to experience this process fully if he did not resign from office.
What is Impeachment?
Most notably associated with the Afghan factions that fought against Soviet forces in the 1980s and, with significant financial support from the United States.
Who are the Mujahideen?
Founded in 1968, they aimed to address systemic injustices against Native Americans, including police brutality, poverty, and discrimination. They sought to protect treaty rights, promote culture, and achieve tribal sovereignty, evolving from urban activism into a national movement for Indigenous rights.
Who were AIM?
What was the Arab-Israeli War of 1973?
The annual difference between government spending and revenue.
What is the Federal Deficit?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
a Republican Party electoral approach, most prominent in the 1960s and 1970s, designed to win over white Southern voters from the Democratic Party. It leveraged racial resentment and opposition to federal civil rights enforcement, using coded language regarding "states' rights," "law and order," and "forced busing" to appeal to socially conservative white voters.
A U.S. political and societal phenomenon taking place between roughly 1975–2001 characterized by deep public reluctance to engage in foreign military interventions.
What is Vietnam Syndrome?