Presidents
This President had a tumultuous presidency, characterized by major scandals, improved relationships with foreign countries, and a landslide second election
Nixon
This movement went against the mainstream culture of the time
Counterculture
Deadly traps, unfamiliar territory, and chemical agents made this war extra dangerous
Vietnam War
Emmett Till
They want to conserve money
Conservative
AIDS/HIV
This legal action required schools to provide equal opportunities for all genders in sports
Title IX (9)
Many people opposed this action the United States army took when they didn't have enough soldiers to serve in Vietnam
The Draft
This lawsuit challenged segregation in schools
Brown v Board of Education
They support spending money on social programs
Liberals
This President won both his elections in a massive landslide, possibly due to his popularity as an actor and charisma
Reagan
What decade saw changes in technological growth, equality for women's rights, changes in family structure and retirement, more search for meaning, and environmental protection grow?
The 70s
This 'war' led to tensions between the United States and Russia, China and other countries with the same ideology
The Cold War
What was a tactic used to block black voters from voting that involved voters paying to vote?
Poll Taxes
They support more laws and regulations to encourage environmental protections
Liberals
What was the result of the Watergate Scandal?
Nixon resigned
This started out as the response to a police raid at a gay bar in New York, but became the basis for modern day Pride Parades
The Stonewall Riots
This was the main reason America fought in the Vietnam War
To stop the spread of communism
This movement emphasized celebrating black culture and advocated for equal rights 'at any means necessary'
The Black Power Movement
They are traditionally backed by the Christian church and want to center Christianity in the government
Conservative
This theory states that wealth will spread to all people after the upper class or corporations receive tax cuts.
Reaganomics, or Trickle Down Economics
Chicano or Latino/a rights
This kept the US in line with former agreements with allies, but promised that the US would NOT go to war for them
The Nixon Doctrine
This outlawed literacy tests and other methods used to deny Black voters, as well as required federal supervision of voter registration
Voting Rights Act of 1965
He was seen as the 'birth of modern conservatism'
Ronald Reagan