1970s Political
1970s Culture
Election Years
1980s Political
1980s Culture
100

what material was in short supply

Oil

100

Many young people adapted to new ways to seek inner peace

Meditation

100

Who won the election of 1972?

Richard Nixon

100

this group supported political goals of school prayer, strong defense, free-market economics, anti-abortion and anti-gun control.

New Right

100

channel came on cable on August 1, 1981

MTV

200

Papers that were leaked that revealed information about the Vietnam War

Pentagon Papers

200
The rise in this was blamed on women going back to work

divorce rate

200

Who became president after the Watergate Scandal?

Gerald Ford (R)

200

Name given to the Reagan proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative

Star Wars Program

200

Born out of South Bronx block parties

Hip Hop

300

What court case said Abortion is a constitutional right?

Roe vs. Wade (1971) 

300

Donna Summer, Bee Gees, Abba all lead the way for this craze in the 70s

Disco

300

Who won the election of 1976?

Jimmy Carter (D)

300

Name a country that overthrowed their Communist government in the late 1980s? 

Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Romania

300

Brought "the Message" which was considered the 1st rap song

Grandmaster Flash

400

The Republican Party bugged a building to find out information about the Democrat Party

Watergate Scandal

400

John Travolta starred in this 70s classic about studio 54

Saturday Night Fever

400

Who won the election of 1980?

Ronald Reagan (R)

400

Pro-democracy demonstrations; the Chinese government stepped in violently

Tiananmen Square

400

Pioneers of Gangsta Rap

NWA

500

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

26th Amendment

500

This became a big trend in the '70s, think Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jacl Lalanne 

Fitness, Aerobics, 

500

this was the first woman nominated for vice president and ran with Walter Mondale

Geraldine Ferraro

500

What major world event marked another event that was leading to the downfall of Communism

Berlin Wall coming down

500

this phenomenon started as labels could make just as much with this as investing in a long-term contract hoping for more hits

One Hit Wonder

600

Freezing of the number of nuclear missiles for 5 years

Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT)

600

this computer company started in 1976

Apple Computers

600

Who won the election of 1984?

Ronald Reagan (R)

600

Although Reagan himself was cleared of any wrongdoing,he was convicted of lying to Congress about the Iran-Contra Affair

Col Oliver North

600

this style blurred the gender lines

Glam Style

700

what indigenous people (formally called Native Americans) were fighting for during the 1970s

 semi-sovereign nation

700

Name given to Atari's 1st video game

Pong

700

Who won the election of 1988?

George H. W. Bush (R)

700

In 1985 the USSR installed new chairman who announced 2 policies-lead to revolutionary changes

Mikhail Gorbachev

700

Morphs out of NY Punk scene/Rock/Heavy Metal into Hair Metal, think Mullet

Glam Rock