Chapter 30: Political Storms at Home and Abroad, 1968-1980

What President Kennedy promise finally came to fruition under President Nixon?

the first man on the moon

The Nixon administration policy of Vietnamization did what?

increased training and military equipment for the South Vietnamese military, while drawing down the number of American troops.

Figure 30.10 (chapter 30) shows a common sight in the mid-1970s of

long lines to buy gasoline due to the OAPEC embargo

An anti-war demonstration started here after the bombing and invasion of Cambodia. The National Guard was called in–four students died. What was ?

Kent State University

A recession, increasing unemployment, and rising prices brought on what economic phenomenon? ❌

inflation

Republican Richard Nixon ran on a law and order platform and gained support from

moderate northerners and southerners

A burglary and cover-up here was the undoing of Richard Nixon’s presidency. CREEP and the plumbers were involved. What was __?

Watergate

Who was the first unelected American president appointed under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment?

Gerald R. Ford

To revive cultural traditions, a group of urban Native American Indians created a national organization called

the American Indian Movement

Who was NOT part of the 1968 Democratic presidential primaries?

George C. Wallace

Which Republican presidential candidate implemented a southern strategy and appealed to the silent majority?

Richard Nixon

What events are listed in correct chronological order AND contributed to growing anti-war sentiment in the U.S.?

My Lai massacre; U.S. invasion of Cambodia; Kent State; Pentagon Papers

As a result of the Yom Kippur War and U.S. support of Israel, what commodity was in short supply in the 1970s?

oil

I was the music festival of the decade (maybe the century), a major event in the Hippie counterculture–LSD and other drugs optional. What was ?

Woodstock

Which of the following was an achievement for gay/lesbian rights?

The American Psychiatric Association's removal of homosexuality as a mental illness

The Education Amendment Act of 1972 (commonly called Title IX) was co-authored by which pioneering Asian American congresswomen?

Patsy Mink

The first gender identity (LGBT–lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) civil rights groups formed in which cities?

San Francisco and Los Angeles

Which of the following was part of Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy? ❌

normalizing relations with China and Carter was the first American president to visit China

Which of the following was an example of identity politics?

the Mattachine Society and the Daughters of Bilitis

All of the following were accomplishments for feminists in the 1970s EXCEPT?

passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

Richard Nixon’s domestic policies included which of the following?

increased federal grants to states with limited strings attached

To protest the plight of Native American Indians, activists took over what in 1969?

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco