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1. How did the Vietnam War affect the US economy?

It drained tax dollars from needed improvements in education, deflected scientific skill and manufacturing capacity

from the civilian sector, and touched off a sickening spiral of inflation.

2. What commodity will rise in price which will cause worse inflation for the economy?

Oil

3. What group controlled the price of this commodity?

OPEC (Oil Producing Exporting Countries

4. What caused Stagflation in the 1970s?

The combination of high interest rates, double digit inflation, High energy costs

5. How did the Germans and Japanese start to challenge the United States in the 1970s?

They dominated in the steel, automobiles, and consumer electronics

6. What was meant by President Nixon’s “Vietnamization” program?

To withdraw the 540,000 American troops from Vietnam and turn the war over to the South Vietnamese, but his plan

included funding the South Vietnamese to fight the North…Congress defunded the South’s war effort in 1974

(Democrat majority elected to Congress because of Watergate)

7. Who was the “silent majority” according to Richard Nixon’s Vice President Spiro Agnew?

The majority whom supported the war

8. In January 1970 what had the Vietnam War become for the United States?

Longest in its history

9. What was the name of the massacre that American troops were involved in that ended with the killing of innocent women and

children?

My Lai massacre

10. Nixon ordered American forces to join with the South Vietnamese in cleaning out the enemy sanctuaries in ________________

which will lead to great protests.

Cambodia

11. Because of the leaking of the “secret” bombing of Cambodia this protest took place at an Ohio University in 1970 which saw

National Guard troop’s fire upon students and killing four.

Kent State University

12. This act will be passed after the Vietnam War limiting the Presidents power when sending troops into combat situations.

War Powers Act of 1973

13. According to the Act in question #13 the President of the United States must follow what steps when he deploys troops abroad.

Must inform Congress within 48 hours of deployment, Can only be deployed for 60 days (unless extended by Congress),

must be returned if Congress requests.

14. This Amendment to the Constitution will be ratified in 1971 because of the Vietnam War?

26th Amendment

15. It will be in the spring of 1971 that the New York Times will publish these papers which explained our Vietnam policy to that

point.

Pentagon Papers

16. What SCOTUS case allowed the paper to publish these papers?

New York Times v. United States

17. Nixon will “Open the Door” again with this Communist country, which is ironic because Nixon was vehemently anti-

communists in the 1950s?

China

18. This policy will be ushered in when Nixon is able to relax tension between the United States and China.

Détente

19. The United States used this type of diplomacy to win success in China (Forrest Gump)?

Ping-pong diplomacy

20. What two nations signed the SALT agreement and what did the SALT agreement deal with?

Strategic Arms Limitations Talks between Soviets and US. They said they would freeze the numbers of long-range

nuclear missiles for five years.

21. This SCOTUS decision in 1965 struck down a state law that prohibited the use of contraceptives, even among married couples.

Griswold v. Connecticut

22. In this SCOTUS decision in 1963 the Court set the precedent that all defendants must be given a lawyer for a jury trial.

Gideon v. Wainwright

23. This 1966 SCOTUS case established the rules by which police officers must inform people of their rights when being arrested.

Miranda v. Arizona

24. This SCOTUS case discontinued school prayer in 1962?

Engel v. Vitale

25. This SCOTUS will legalize abortion in 1973?

Roe v. Wade

26. Nixon will increase appropriations (funds) to which entitlements given by the government to people?

Food Stamps and Medicaid, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)—helped to separate mothers from

fathers.

27. This SCOTUS case will rule quotes illegal in the admittance of minorities to Universities, but it will allow goals for the

Universities.

Bakke v. University of California at Davis

28. Which book will be authored by Rachel Carson which will say that pesticides are extremely poisonous and was known as a

modern day muckraker?

Silent Spring

29. What two federal regulatory agencies will be created by the Nixon administration and stood on the front lines to battle

environmental issues?

EPA (Environment Protection Agency) and OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration)

30. What were Nixon’s goals for US withdrawal from Vietnam?

Peace with Honor

31. Who were the “Plumbers” and what were they involved in?

They were the men who broke into the Democrat’s national headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in June 1972. They

were trying to find secrets and advantages which the President could use against the Democrats.

32. This campaign organization was able to raise tens of millions of dollars to help try and re-elect Richard Nixon in 1972.

CREEP (Committee to RE-Elect the President)

33. What will be the “smoking gun” in the Watergate scandal?

The presidents taped messages in the White House discussing the break-in. Johnson had put voice recorders into the

Oval Office and they recorded the conversations of Nixon and his involvement in the Watergate break-in.

34. What privilege did Richard Nixon claim when he refused to turn over the Watergate tapes?

He had executive privilege

35. What did SCOTUS case US v. Nixon say?

That the president did not have executive privilege concerning these tapes.

36. Who will be appointed by Nixon to be Vice-President and confirmed by the Senate?

Gerald R. Ford

37. Why did many Arab nations begin an oil embargo against the United States in 1973?

Because we backed Israel in the Yom Kippur war

38. Who will become president when Richard Nixon resigns in August 1974? What’s unique about his presidency?

Gerald Ford; only unelected president

39. What controversial move will Nixon’s successor make, which will doom his bid for election in 1976?

Pardoned Nixon—our long nightmare is finally over.

40. What are the consequences for the loss in the Vietnam War?

Lost face in the eyes of foreigners, lost its own self-esteem, lost confidence in its military prowess, lost economic muscle,

showed our enemies that we will not stay in a battle too long.

41. This constitutional amendment will fall three states short of ratification in 1982 which would have said that discrimination

based upon sex was unconstitutional.

ERA

42. What was the name of the Native American group which will seize the island of Alcatraz in 1970 along with a village at

Wounded Knee, South Dakota—trying to fight for equality?

American Indian Movement

43. Who will be elected President of the US in 1976 on the promise “I’ll never lie to you”?

Jimmy Carter

44. In 1966 Betty Friedan co-founded this women’s group to push for equality for women in the United States.

NOW

45. What was the pinnacle of the Carter administration?

Camp David Accords in 1978 between Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin saying that Egypt would recognize

Israel and would not attack anymore.

46. What Central American project did Jimmy Carter giveaway the rights to, but it was not turned over to the Panamanian people

until the year 2000?

Panama Canal

47. What country will the Soviet invade in 1980 which will become their Vietnam?

Afghanistan

48. This incident will be the low point of low points during the Carter administration.

When our hostages were taken prisoner for 444 day by the country of Iran, because we had backed the Shah of Iran

since 1953.

49. Who was the leader of Iran in 1979?

Ayatollah Khomeini

50. What will be Jimmy Carters reaction to the Soviets invasion of Afghanistan in 1979?

Boycotted the Summer Olympics in Moscow

51. What Olympic moment will give the United States a boost in 1980? Why?

USA hockey team wins defeats the Soviet Union and goes on to win the Gold Medal