People
Who helped African-Americans to get more rights?
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did students burn their registration cards at the pentagon?
To protest the war and support Johnson's plan to reduce troops in it.
What was the domino effect?
If one country falls to communism, then the rest will follow.
The Income Tax Rate was raised to 10% for what?
The costs of the war.
What did the Watergate Scandal forced President Nixon to do?
Hand over his tapes, while congress voted to impeach him.
Who was Ho Chi Minh the leader of?
North Vietnam
The National Organization of Women (NOW) wanted what?
Better rights for women.
What was Operation Rolling Thunder?
Bombing North Vietnam to force them into a treaty.
What was the result of the National Democratic Convention of 1968?
Nation was in disorder and the Democrats lost control.
Why Iranian students take Americans hostage?
Wanted the Shah to be returned to Iran for trial.
Why did Lyndon Johnson not run for president in 1968?
The Vietnam War put his chances of winning in danger.
American Indian Civil Rights Movement wanted what?
What was Ho Chi Minh's plan to win the war?
Tire out the American by making the war drag on.
What did the War Powers Act of 1973 do?
Forced the president to talk with congress before sending troops anywhere.
What did rock groups like the Beetles and Grateful Dead want?
Rejection of the Status Quo (what is considered normal by society).
What did Gloria Steinem help do?
Helped the Women's Movement
In 1968, in East L.A., walkouts by the Chicano Movement wanted what?
Curriculum in schools to change to reflect their history and culture.
What was the Tet Offensive?
A series of coordinated attacks on US bases.
What was the Purpose of the Chicano Mural Movement?
Increase Mexican-American culture and history.
What did Betty Friedman's Feminine Mystique talk about?
How women were forced into gender roles that left them unhappy.
What did Rachel Carson's book help do?
Made scientific materials easy to understand for everyday Americans.
What did Fulbright's hearings on Vietnam show?
War supporters were losing in congress.
What country's POSSIBLE involvement in the Vietnam War kept the US from being completely committed?
China
The Love Canal in New York made the government do what?
Selected toxic waste areas as superfund sites.
In what jobs were women most discriminated in?
Professional and management jobs