1. AP U.S.
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Unit 15.2: The 1970s

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This scandal resulted in Nixon’s resignation as he had obstructed justice.
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This 1970 law signed by Nixon was a landmark for the environmental movement.
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7. What is the Clean Air Act?
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Nixon signed this agency into existence in 1970 to oversee environmental issues.
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9. What is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
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In the wake of Vietnam, Congress passed this 1973 law that limited the president’s power to send troops overseas.
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11. What is the War Powers Act?
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In 1971, Congress created this agency to prevent worker-related injuries and promote worker safety and health.
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13. What is OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)?
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This Chicano led the United Farm Workers (UFW) in order to improve working conditions for migrant farmers.
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Who is Cesar Chavez?
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This gov’t policy sought to make up for past discrimination by establishing preferences for minorities in the workplace and college admissions.
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17. What is affirmative action?
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The American Indian Movement (AIM) lay siege to this town in 1973 to protest gov’t policies toward Native Americans.
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What is Wounded Knee?
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This feminist led the Women’s Liberation Movement and founded Ms. Magazine as the leading feminist publication.
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21. $400
Who is Gloria Steinem?
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A riot at this establishment in 1969 became the beginning of the gay rights movement.
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23. What is the Stonewall Inn?
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Nixon traveled to these two countries in 1972 in order to end the Vietnam War and reduce Cold War tensions.
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25. What are China and the Soviet Union?
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This National Security Advisor/Secretary of State used realpolitik to promote détente during the early-mid 1970s.
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Who is Henry Kissinger?
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This 1972 agreement between the U.S. and USSR sought, for the first time, to control the nuclear arms race.
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30. What is SALT I (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)?
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This 1975 conference in Finland was intended to reduce Cold War tensions and increase trade among the super powers.
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32. What is the Helsinki Conference?
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This 1972 treaty with the USSR aimed to prevent the development of defensive missiles.
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34. What is the ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missiles) Treaty?
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35. This 1979-80 crisis effectively ruined Carter’s presidency.
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This crisis effectively ruined Carter’s presidency.
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36. What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
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37. The Soviet invasion of this country in 1979 effectively ended détente.
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The Soviet invasion of this country in 1979 effectively ended détente.
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Carter’s mediation of this agreement between Egypt and Israel represented the crowning achievement of his presidency.
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40. What is the Camp David Accords?
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Carter supported this 1977 treaty which in 1999 returned a strategic waterway back to the country surrounding it.
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42. What is the Panama Canal Treaty?
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This foreign policy strategy sought to further human rights but ultimately proved ineffective.
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44. What is Humanitarian Diplomacy?
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This Supreme Court chief justice is considered the most important of the 20th century for his court’s decisions on civil rights, rights of the accused, and separation of church and state.
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Who is Earl Warren?
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This 1973 decision became the lightning rod for the rise of the “religious right” due to its legalization of abortion.
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This 1978 decision ruled affirmative action policies could not solely be based on race.
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50. What is the Bakke case (Bakke v. UC Board of Regents)?
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In this landmark 1974 case, the Supreme Court ruled that presidential executive privilege was not absolute and that tapes regarding the Watergate scandal had to be surrendered.
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52. $400
What is U.S. v. Nixon?
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One of three major cases protecting rights of the accused, this decision provided those arrested with the right to remain silent.
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54. What is Miranda v. Arizona?
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This forgiving action by President Gerald Ford in 1974 probably cost him the election of 1976.
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56. What is the pardon of Nixon?
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This economic organization caused an energy crisis in 1973 when it placed an embargo on oil to western countries.
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58. What is OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)?
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This Iranian religious/political leader became the most hated man in America for his refusal to return American hostages.
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60. Who is the Ayatollah Khomeini?
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This economic phenomenon stifled the U.S. economy in the mid-70s with rising prices and increasing unemployment.
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What is stagflation?
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A moderate accident at this nuclear facility in 1979 led to a strong public reaction against nuclear power.
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64. What is Three-Mile Island?
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66. Ultimate Question
In this famous 1969 speech, Nixon appealed directly to the mass of middle-class Americans who were law-abiding and eager to restore law and order.
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67. What is the “Silent Majority” speech?
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