Legacies
Founded in Oakland, CA this group focused on issues of police brutality and inner city crime.
Who were the Black Panthers?
This Congressional Act gave broad war powers to the President during the war.
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution?
President Nixon’s foreign policy strategy regarding China and the Soviet Union that means “a relaxation of tensions.”
What was "detente?"
The first Iraq War was a response to their invasion of this country.
What is Kuwait?
He said: "Read my lips, no new taxes."
Who was George H. W. Bush?
Founded in Minneapolis, MN this organization fought for Native American rights specifically around treaty obligation ignored by the government.
What is AIM (American Indian Movement)?
This route allowed the Vietminh to send supplies south to the Vietcong through Cambodia.
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
Economic condition in which currency loses value while job losses were also high.
What is "stagflation?"
Glasnost and Perestroika were policies created by this Soviet Premier.
Who was Mikhail Gobachev?
This event led to the USA PATRIOT Act, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the War on Terror.
What was 9/11?
Leader of 2nd wave Feminism, co-Founder of NOW and author of A Feminine Mystique.
Who was Betty Freidan?
This term was used to describe the Vietnam war as the first war Americans watched on television
What is a "living room war?"
What is the Watergate Hotel?
The first women appointed to the SCOTUS.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
One of most successful Third Party candidates in U.S. history helped get Clinton elected (twice). Not on purpose.
Who was H. Ross Perot?
Riots at THIS CLUB in New York city spear-headed the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
What is the Stonewall Inn?
This event more than any other turned Americans against the war because it showed that the Vietminh were still fighting and the war was far from over.
What was the Tet Offensive?
Jimmy Carter's negotiations at Camp David were between Israel and this country.
What is Egypt?
A pseudo-religious movement linking fundamentalist Christianity with the Republican party the helped elect Reagan.
What was the "Moral Majority?"
The primary cause of the Great Recession.
What was subprime mortgage speculation?
He co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Dolores Huerta.
Who was Cesar Chavez?
He was the U.S. backed leader of South Vietnam who banned Buddhist holidays.
Who was Ngo Dinh Diem?
He was the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
Who was Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini?
The Amendment that Congress created to prevent Reagan from supporting the Contra terrorists in Nicaragua (which he did anyway).
What was the Boland Amendment?
His recorded beating at the hands of 5 police officers touched off days of riots in LA and throughout the U.S.
Who was Rodney King?