Questions:  Nixon – Ford – Carter 1968-1980

Answer the following questions using

the Americans Textbook pp. 974-1038

1. Who was the leader of the United Farm Workers union that utilized nonviolence in drawing awareness to the lack of opportunities and representation given to latino migrant workers?
2. What town did 200 Sioux seize in 1973 to protest the government policies toward Native Americans?
3. Who wrote The Feminine Mystique and is credited with leading the Feminist Movement in the 1960s?
4. What two movements of the early 1960s inspired the Feminist movement of the late 60s and early 70s?
5. What powerful organization was created in 1966 to pursue women’s rights?
6. What magazine founded in 1972 became the major voice of the women’s movement?
7. What part of the Education Amendments of 1972 would ban gender discrimination in schools?
8. Name the court case that legalized abortion.
9. What was the proposed amendment that supporters called “simple justice”?                         Did it pass?
10. Who was the opponent of ERA that said feminists “hate men, marriage, and children”?
11. Who was the Hispanic leader of the United Farm Workers Union?
12. What was the movement made up of mostly white, middle-class, college youths who had grown disillusioned with the war in Vietnam and the injustices in America during the 1960s?
13. What community in San Francisco became known as the Hippie capital?
14. The angry response of mainstream society against the counterculture was demonstrated in the 1968 election when who was elected President?
15. What TV sitcom dramatised the older generation’s distrust of the counterculture and the younger generation’s desire to change society?
16. Nixon’s plan of distributing a portion of federal power to state and local governments was called what?
17. What long-held American dream came true on July 20, 1969?
18. Who did Nixon call the middle-class Americans who were tired of the urban riots and anti-war protesting?
19. What court case stated that buses could be used in efforts to correct racial imbalances?
20. Which amendment gave 18 year-olds the right to vote?
21. What word is used to describe an economy that has high inflation and high unemployment?
22. What was the collective group of Middle Eastern oil producing countries that cut off oil to the US in 1973?
23. What was the Nixon policy of relaxing Cold War tensions between the US and Communist nations?
24. What two nations did Nixon visit in 1972 that greatly improved Cold War relations?
25. What agreement was made between the US and Soviet Union on limiting the number of missiles for each?
26. What was the name of the scandal that forced Nixon to resign the Presidency?
27. Who were the two Washington Post reporters that exposed the scandal?  
28. Who was the chairman of the Senate Watergate Investigation Committee?
29. Who was Nixon’s first Vice-President that resigned because of another scandal he was involved in?
30. Who did Nixon appoint as his new VP?
31. Was Richard Nixon impeached?  
32. What did he do on August 8, 1974?
33. What did Gerald Ford do that cost him a lot of political support on Sept. 8, 1974?
34. What was the Ford program where he asked the people to save money and cut back on spending ?
35. What series of agreements signed by 35 nations marked Ford’s greatest presidential achievement?
36. What was the final result of the Vietnam War in 1975?
37. What Washington D.C. outsider was elected President in 1976?
38. What was the most important issue facing the nation during the Carter administration?
39. Jimmy Carter’s foreign policy was dedicated to protecting and promoting what?
40. What area did the Soviet Union invade in 1979?  

Why did they invade?

Were they successful?

41. What landmark peace agreement did Jimmy Carter help create in 1978?
42. Who was the Fundamentalist Muslim leader that took over in Iran in 1979?
43. What was the result of the Carter Administration’s refusal to return the Shah to Iran?
44. How long were the hostages held?  
45. What happened on the day of their release?
46. Which author was credited with helping to begin the Environmentalist movement?
47. What was celebrated for the first time on April 22, 1970?
48. What agency was created to deal with environmental issues?
49. What accident caused a panic in Pennsylvania in 1979?
50. Who was elected President in 1980?