Studied by 2 people
Journalism
________- Shapes ideas + viewpoints.
Stagflation
________- Inflation + stagnant growth.
1963
Blocked doorway to University of Alabama
Stagflation
Inflation + stagnant growth
Ford
Reduce consumption + save $
Journalism
Shapes ideas + viewpoints
14th Amendment
Personal liberty for women to have abortion
1963
Betty Friedan
1983
1st woman in space (Challenger)
1964
A Choice Not an Echo
1972
Eagle Forum
Reagan
Misery index ↓
Reagan
Ended both SALT treaties
1979
Jimmy Carter
1970s
Stagflation → Great Recession
Feminist movement
Sexual discrimination + abortion + oral contraceptive
Carter
Foreign + domestic problems
George Wallace
A member of the Democratic Party, he is best remembered for his staunch segregationist and populist views
The Great Recession
A period of marked general decline observed in national economies globally that occurred between 2007 and 2009
Stagflation
A period of slow economic growth and high unemployment while prices rise
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
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
The Pill
Used synthetic progesterone and estrogen to repress ovulation in women, granting greater reproductive freedom to American women
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
The Feminine Mystique
A book by Betty Friedan, widely credited with sparking second-wave feminism in the United States
National Organization for Women (NOW)
An American activist organization that promotes equal rights for women
Sally Ride
Became the first American woman and the third woman to fly in space
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
Jimmy Carter
An American former politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
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
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
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
Sun Belt
Southern tier of the United States, focused on Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California, and extending as far north as Virginia
Three Mile Island
A partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island, Unit 2 reactor in Pennsylvania, United States
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
Camp David Accords
Established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979
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
