Sexual discrimination + abortion + oral contraceptive
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Carter
Foreign + domestic problems
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George Wallace
A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views
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The Great Recession
A period of marked general decline observed in national economies globally that occurred between 2007 and 2009
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Stagflation
A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment while prices rise
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Whip Inflation Now (WIN)
A 1974 attempt to spur a grassroots movement to combat inflation in the US, by encouraging personal savings and disciplined spending habits in combination with public measures
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Saturday Night Live
The show's comedy sketches, which often parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members
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The Pill
Used synthetic progesterone and estrogen to repress ovulation in women, granting greater reproductive freedom to American women
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Roe v. Wade
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States conferred the right to have an abortion
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The Feminine Mystique
A book by Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States
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National Organization for Women (NOW)
An American activist organization that promotes equal rights for women
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Sally Ride
Became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space
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Phyllis Schlafly
Held paleoconservative social and political views, opposed liberal feminism, gay rights and abortion, and successfully campaigned against ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
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Jimmy Carter
An American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
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Edward Kennedy
An American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009
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Misery Index
Determines how the average citizen is doing economically and it is calculated by adding the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate to the annual inflation rate
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SALT II Treaty
A series of talks between American and Soviet negotiators from 1972 to 1979 that sought to curtail the manufacture of strategic nuclear weapons
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Sun Belt
Southern tier of the United States, focused on Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, and extending as far north as Virginia
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Three Mile Island
A partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 reactor in Pennsylvania, United States
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Twenty-Sixth Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age
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Camp David Accords
Established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979
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Iran Hostage Crisis
52 United States diplomats and citizens were held hostage after a group of militarized Iranian college students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seized hostages
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