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USH Unit 12 Reform and Turmoil (1963-1980)

These terms and concepts correspond to the NCSCOS in Objectives 11.01-12.04 which are taught in Unit 12 of Mr. Belter's U.S. History class at Rockingham County High School

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What was the civil rights campaign to increase black voter registration in Mississippi called?Freedom Summer (1964)
Which legislation banned segregation in public accomodations and discrimination in the workplace?Civil Rights Act of 1964
Which legislation resulted in more federal protection for African-American suffrage?Voting Rights Act of 1965
Which African-American leader is an example of radicalism in the civil rights movement?Malcolm X
Stokely Carmichael of SNCC is associated with promoting which radical civil rights movement?Black Power
Which civil rights group promoted militant actions against racism and police brutality?Black Panthers
Which reform movement was Betty Friedan associated with?Women's liberation/Feminism
Which organization played a leading role in the women's liberation movement?National Organization for Women (NOW)
Which Supreme Court decision supported the constitutional right to have an abortion?Roe v. Wade
The women's liberation movement campaigned to ratify which failed constitutional amendment?Equal Rights Amendment
Which federal law requires schools to provide equal access for women to educational and athletic opportunities?Title IX
What were some of the results of environmentalism in the 1960s and 1970s?Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
What was the goal of Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society?end poverty and racial discrimination
What programs were created under Lyndon B. Johnson's "Great Society" legislation to aid the poor?Medicaid Medicare, Food stamps, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Head Start
What was the goal of American military involvement in Vietnam?containment
Which resolution enabled President Lyndon Johnson to increase America's involvement in Vietnam?Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Which nuclear arms reduction treaty was signed between Richard Nixon and the Soviet Union in 1972?SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Agreement)
What was the turning point that resulted in a loss of public support for President Johnson's handling of the Vietnam War?Tet Offensive
Which group organized protests against U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Which 1960s social movement is associated with the Haight-Ashbury section of San Francisco, sex, drugs, and rock music?counter-culture or "hippies"
Which event is associated with the counter-culture?Woodstock
Riots at which event demonstrated the division in American society created by the Vietnam War?the Democratic National Convention of 1968
Which presidential candidate was elected in 1968 by promising "peace with honor" in Vietnam and "law and order" at home?Richard Nixon
What was President Richard Nixon's strategy in Vietnam?Vietnamization
What military action did Richard Nixon take that resulted in massive anti-war protests in the United States?invading Cambodia & Laos
Which incident did the anti-war movement use to focus on atrocities committed by U.S. soldiers in Vietnam?My Lai Incident
Which war-time issue was involved in the case of NY Times v. U.S.?freedom of the press (to publish the Pentagon Papers)
Which classified documents damaged American credibility in the Vietnam War after they were released to the public?Pentagon Papers
In which event did anti-war protests against Nixon's invasion of Cambodia result in the killing of student protestors by Ohio national guardsman?Kent State
Which constitutional amendment resulted in suffrage for 18-year olds?26th Amendment
Which act was passed by Congress to limit President Nixon's ability to use the U.S. military in Vietnam?War Powers Act (1973)
Which theory resulted in U.S. military involvement in Vietnam?Domino theory
What was President Nixon's foreign policy to improve relations with the Soviet Union and China called?Detente
What event symbolized the failure to prevent the spread of communism in Vietnam?Fall of Saigon (1975)
Whose policy is associated with "New Federalism" involving the return of some powers to the states?President Richard Nixon
Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court's decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (1971)?forced busing/integration programs
Which practice was upheld by the Supreme Court in the case of Bakke v. University of California Board of Regents (1978)?affirmative action
Which movement was a result of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"?environmentalism
What economic problems did the United States face during the 1970s?energy crisis, stagflation
What problem was President Ford addressing with his WIN program?inflation/stagflation
What was a result of the energy crisis during the 1970s?high energy prices, energy conservation
Which incident resulted in increased fears of using nuclear power in the United States?Three Mile Island
Which scandal resulted in the resignation of President Nixon?Watergate
Which court decision ordered President Nixon to release the White House tapes to the Senate Watergate committee?U.S. v. Nixon
Who became the president of the United States after Nixon resigned from office?Gerald Ford
Which candidate won the presidential election of 1976 by promising to restore faith and honesty in government again?Jimmy Carter
What peace treaty was negotiated between Israel and Egypt by President Jimmy Carter?Camp David Accords
Which event resulted in a loss of public confidence in President Carter's foreign policy?Iran Hostage crisis



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