Unit 5 USA History Quizlet

a political scandal in the 1970s involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and a subsequent cover-up by President Nixon's administration, leading to his resignation.

Watergate Scandal

civil rights activists who rode buses across the segregated South in the 1960s to challenge racial segregation and enforce Supreme Court rulings outlawing segregation in interstate bus travel.

freedom riders

a 1963 book by Betty Friedan that critiqued the limited and traditional roles assigned to women in post-World War II American society, arguing that it stifled their potential and fulfillment.

Feminine Mystique

a gay bar in New York City where, in 1969, a police raid sparked the Stonewall Riots, a pivotal event that ignited the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement.

Stonewall Inn

was a social movement that rejected traditional values, embracing alternative lifestyles, civil rights, anti-war activism, and experimentation with new forms of music, art, and spirituality.

Counterculture

also known as the Fair Housing Act, banned discrimination in housing based on race, religion, ethnicity, or national origin, and expanded civil rights protections for African Americans.

Civil Rights act of 1968

a political and social movement in the 1960s and 1970s that emphasized racial pride, self-sufficiency, and the empowerment of Black communities, often in contrast to nonviolent civil rights strategies.

Black Power

founded in 1968, was a civil rights organization that advocated for Native American rights, including the protection of land, culture, and sovereignty, and sought to address issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality.

The American Indian Movement (AIM),

a movement and ideology that advocates for gender equality, seeking to end discrimination based on sex and promote women's rights in social, political, and economic spheres.

Feminism

founded in 1966, is a feminist advocacy group that works to advance women's rights and address issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence against women.

The National Organization for Women (NOW),

is a proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution aimed at ensuring equal legal rights for all citizens, regardless of sex, and preventing discrimination based on gender.

The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

became widely known in 1970 when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on unarmed student protesters during a rally against the Vietnam War, killing four students and wounding nine, sparking national outrage.

Kent State University

passed in 1964, gave President Lyndon B. Johnson broad authority to use military force in Vietnam without a formal declaration of war, following alleged attacks on U.S. ships by North Vietnamese forces.

The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution,

was a conflict between North Korea, supported by China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, backed by the United States and United Nations forces, resulting in a stalemate and the division of Korea along the 38th parallel.

The Korean War (1950-1953)

was a period in the late 1940s and 1950s marked by intense fear of communism in the U.S., during which Senator Joseph McCarthy led investigations and accusations of communist infiltration in the government, entertainment, and other sectors, often without evidence.

McCarthyism, or the Second Red Scare,

was a Cold War-era competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve significant milestones in space exploration, culminating in the U.S. landing the first humans on the Moon in 1969.

The Space Race

launched in 1968 by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces, was a series of surprise attacks on South Vietnam during the lunar New Year (Tet), which, despite being repelled, significantly weakened U.S. public support for the Vietnam War.

The Tet Offensive,

was a conflict between communist North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union and China, and non-communist South Vietnam, backed by the United States, ultimately ending in the fall of Saigon and the reunification of Vietnam under communist rule.

The Vietnam War (1955-1975)