Instead of conquering enemy territory, Americans troops were forced to fight a war of attrition, trying to defeat the enemy forces by slowly wearing them down.
What is Attrition
100
Antiwar protesters and police clashed.
What is Democratic National Convention (1968)
100
The part of the Educational Amendments that prohibited federally funded schools from discriminating against girls and young women in nearly all aspects of their operations.
What is IX
100
The incident here left many people in great doubt about the safety of nuclear energy.
What is Three Mile Island
100
By the 1970s, the U.S. economy had become heavily depended on imported oil.
What is U.S. dependency on oil
200
Causes of the credibility gap
What is Nightly news coverage of the Vietnam War on television.
200
Revealed that the government had not been honest with the public about Vietnam.
What are The Pentagon Papers
200
SC ruled that states could not regulate abortion in the first three months of pregnancy.
What is Roe v. Wade
200
Purpose of Nixon’s trip to China:
What is The main purpose was to encourage the Soviets to more actively pursue diplomacy.
200
Ford's approval rating plunges
What is Ford pardons Nixon
300
It was a turning point in the Vietnam War because communist forces scored a major political victory.
What is The Tet Offensive / turning point
300
A rock festival that drew hundreds of thousands of people in 1969.
What is Woodstock
300
Called for companies and institutions to actively recruit African American employees.
What is Affirmative action
300
Burglars broke into the Watergate complex intending to steal campaign information from the Democratic Party headquarters.
What is Watergate
300
Was a large part a result of OPEC price increases and government regulation of the oil industry.
What is Energy crisis of the 1970s
400
The media’s reaction after the Tet offensive:
What is Openly criticized the war effort.
400
Recognized the legitimacy of local reservation law.
What is The Indian Civil Rights Act
400
Betty Friedan interviewed Smith College graduates and found that most of the women reported having everything they could want, but still felt unfulfilled.
What is The Feminine Mystique
400
Economic stagnation + rising prices = Stagflation
What is Stagflation
400
President during the Iran hostage crisis
Who is Jimmy Carter
500
What action resulted in the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution being repealed?
What is Nixon’s decision to invade Cambodia / angered Congress.
500
Organized a successful fight for better wages and benefits for farm workers.
Who is Cesar Chavez
500
The goal was to reduce emissions worldwide.
What is Kyoto Protocol
500
Resigned because investigators discovered that he had taken bribes.
Who is Spiro Agnew
500
Played college football for the University of Michigan