60s
This woman and/or book helped to jump start the modern environmental movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Who is Rachel Carson? / What is Silent Spring?
This scandal involved President Nixon abusing his power in an attempt to cover up a break in at the Democratic National Headquarters during the election on 1972.
What was the Watergate Scandal?
What were three key values of the New Right in the 1980s?
- Cold War defense
- Family, Religious values
- Deregulation
- Law & Order
- Tax relief
This President faced an impeachment trial following charges of inappropriate behavior.
Who is President Bill Clinton?
This term describes the growing interconnectedness of the economy, which has accelerated since the 1990s.
What is globalization?
Identify two main ideas of the groups known as SDS and YAF.
SDS - Advocates for Civil Rights, Feminist Movement, Free Speech on college campuses. Critics of War in Vietnam/Cold War policy, capitalism
YAF - Advocates of aggressive Cold War policy, traditional family/religious values, critics of counterculture, abortion, feminism
This woman organized the STOP ERA campaign, which opposed many of the goals of the Feminist movement.
Who is Phyllis Shlafley?
This faith-based, conservative political group was responsible for helping Reagan and other Republican candidates gets elected in 1980.
What is the Moral Majority?
This technological advance of the 90s and 2000s impacted Americans' personal lives as well as businesses.
What is the personal computer and/or cell phone?
What is the election of 2000?
Identify at least three components of President Johnson's Great Society.
- War on Poverty = Investment in education, job training
- Environmentalism
- Civil Rights (CRA 1964, VRA 1965)
- Immigration Reform (Imm & Nat'l Act 1965)
This term is used to describe the American economy of the late 1970s, which was marked by high unemployment, low wages, and high inflation.
What is stagflation?
This president reversed Nixon's Cold War policy of Detente, reigniting focus on military preparation in the context of the Cold War.
Healthcare reform failed during the Presidency of (blank), but succeeded during the Presidency of (blank).
What are Clinton and Obama?
These two effects resulted from the terrorist attacks of 9/11
What is the Patriot Act War and the Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq
What were the causes and effects of American involvement in the Vietnam War?
Causes - Desire to contain communism, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Effects - Rise of Anti-Draft & Anti-War Movement, American casualties (rise in drug abuse, mental illness for veterans), voting age changed to 18
This term describes Nixon's plan for bringing an end to the war in Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Reaganomics called for tax cuts for the wealthy/corporations, so they could invest their money in the economy and create jobs/spending that would have a trickle down effect on the lower and middle class.
In this year, the Berlin Wall fell, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
What is 1989?
Name two major events that occured during Bush's (43) presidency that negatively impacted his legacy.
What is Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession?
This woman was responsible for writing the Feminine Mystique and founding NOW, a group which advocated for the equal treatment of women in education and the workforce.
Who is Betty Friedan?
These two leaders helped to organize the United Farm Workers and their campaign to improve conditions for agricultural labors in America.
Who is Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta?
This scandal marred President Reagan's second term in office and was shaped by the CIA's attempts to limit Communist influence in Latin America.
What is the Iran-Contra Scandal?
In this conflict, the U.S. led a coalition of UN nations into Kuwait to reverse the invasion of the country by Iraqi forces.
What is the Persian Gulf War or Operation Desert storm?
Identify and explain at least one way in which the Presidencies of Franklin D. Roosevelt Barack Obama were similar.
- Rhetorical, moral leadership in time of economic crisis
- Passed stimulus packages in an attempt to reboot economy
- Social security / Affordable Care Act