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Key Terms
Key Terms
Chapter 27:
John F. Kennedy, Nixon-Kennedy debates, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Greensboro sit-ins, Freedom Rides, James Meredith, Battle of Ole Miss, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Lyndon Johnson, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Selma to Montgomery March, the Great Society, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, “white flight”, Domino Theory, Ho Chi Minh, Gulf of Tonkin, hippie, counterculture, Woodstock, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers, American Indian Movement, Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez, La Raza Unida, The Feminist Mystique, Silent Spring, Earth Day
John F. Kennedy, Nixon-Kennedy debates, Fidel Castro, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis, Greensboro sit-ins, Freedom Rides, James Meredith, Battle of Ole Miss, Martin Luther King Jr., George Wallace, Lyndon Johnson, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Selma to Montgomery March, the Great Society, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, “white flight”, Domino Theory, Ho Chi Minh, Gulf of Tonkin, hippie, counterculture, Woodstock, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Black Panthers, American Indian Movement, Chicano movement, Cesar Chavez, La Raza Unida, The Feminist Mystique, Silent Spring, Earth Day
Chapter 28:
Vietnam War, draft cards, “living room war”, Tet Offensive, My Lai, “Vietnamization”, All in the Family, disco, the Kerner Commission, Democratic National Convention (1968), Richard Nixon, “Silent Majority”, OPEC, Pentagon Papers, War Powers Resolution, energy crisis, Watergate, executive privilege, Rust Belt, Sun Belt, Roe v. Wade, Stonewall Riots, Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Jimmy Carter, stagflation, Camp David Accords, Iran Hostage Crisis
Chapter 29:
New Right, Reagan Revolution, the Moral Majority, “crisis of confidence”, supply-side economics, trickle down economics, Reagan Recession, Sandra Day O’Connor, Jesse Jackson, “Buy American”, AIDS/HIV, “evil empire”, Grenada invasion, Iran-Contra Affair, Star Wars (not the movie), Mikhail Gorbachev, perestroika, glasnost
Key Questions
Key Questions
Compare and contrast the different approaches during the Civil Rights movement.
2. In many ways the 1970s were a backlash to the 1960s. Explain that and identify at least three reasons why.
3. Discuss the impact of Richard Nixon’s presidency on American politics and society during the late 20th century. In what ways did his foreign policies, domestic initiatives and the Watergate scandal shape the public perception of his leadership?
4. The 1960s-1970s are both the most socially liberal time periods in US history, but also the most socially conservative time period in US history. Briefly explain this paradox and how they relate to one another.
5. The media, especially television, was an important part of the 1950s-1980s. Describe one instance from this era where public perception was shaped by media.
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