Social/Political Issues
This was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974; the scandal led to Nixon's resignation.
What is, The Watergate Scandal
What was the goal of the Second Wave Feminism movement?
What is, to integrate women into the workforce to gain equal respect
This former president signed off on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is, Lyndon B. Johnson
This is a situation in which the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows, and unemployment remains steadily high.
What is, Stagflation
This was a supply crisis in the early 1970s that occurred when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo against nations that supported Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
What is, the 1973 Oil Crisis
This was an immigration act that removed the National Origins Formula immigration restriction from certain regions of the world.
What is, Immigration Act of 1965
This was a Chicano labor leader and civil rights activist who utilized direct, non-violent tactics to achieve social and political reforms for farmworkers.
Who is, Cesar Chavez
This is an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
What is, an embargo
This was a broad political movement mainly in the 1960s and 1970s consisting of activists in the Western world who campaigned for a broad range of social issues such as civil rights, feminism, gay rights, gender roles, etc.
What is, The New Left
This was a set of social domestic programs in the United States launched by Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964–65.
What is, The Great Society
This was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He was a member of the Republican Party.
Who is, Richard Nixon
This is the relaxation of strained relations, especially political, by verbal communication. It was the policy of relaxing tensions between the Soviet Union and the West between 1969 and 1974.
What is, detente
This was a massive, long-lasting student protect which took place during the 1964–65 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley centered around lifting political bans and acknowledging the right to free speech and academic freedom.
What is, the Sit in Movement
This is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters; it was founded by Richard Nixon in 1970.
Who was the first child to attend an integrated school?
Who is, Ruby Bridges?
This is a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.
What is, counterculture?
This was the 1973 conflict in which a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria invaded Israel on a Jewish holy day.
What is, Yom Kippur War
This movement is characterized by an emphasis on "notions such as authority, hierarchy, order, duty, tradition, reaction and nationalism".
What is, The New Right
This is the vice president that took over Nixon's position, soon pardoning him for his crimes.
Who is, Gerald Ford
This is the refusal to follow laws, pay taxes and fines, and is an overall peaceful protest.
What is, Civil Disobedience