1970s Flashcards
Attica Prison riot
Most important riot of the Prisoners Rights Movement, 1971. Many die.
Biological Weapons Convention
1972, banned the use of biological weaponry.
Tuskegee syphilis experiment
Study examined the progression of syphilis in black men without treatment, even until 1972 when a cure became available.
Roe v. Wade
(1973) A controversial Supreme Court ruling which declared that no U.S. governments could pass a law denying a woman the right to obtain an abortion under the right to privacy of the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Deep Throat
The alias of Mark Felt, an FBI Agent who leaked information about Watergate to Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
1973 oil crisis
October 1973 - March 1974; in response to American support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War, OPEC nations passed an oil embargo against the United States (among other nations).
Ted Bundy
An American serial killer during the 1970s.
Universal Product Code
A bar code system for items which began in America in 1974.
Christine Chubbuck
An American TV news reporter who committed suicide on live TV in 1974.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System
An oil transport system constructed between 1974-1977 in response to the 1973 oil crisis causing a sharp increase in U.S. oil prices. Controversial amongst environmentalists.
Metric Conversion Act
A failed 1975 attempt by Pres. Ford to switch America to the metric system.
Steve Jobs
Founded Apple in 1976 as a more user-friendly challenger to Windows.
David “Son of Sam” Berkowitz
Serial killer who terrorized New York City from 1976-1977.
Atari 2600
A video game console released in 1977 that popularized the use of more advanced video game systems.
Hillside Strangler
Yet another 1970s serial killer.
Neutron bomb
A theoretical weapon which kills people while leaving buildings unscathed, Pres. Carter stopped production in 1978.
Love Canal
A neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York evacuated in 1978 after Pres. Carter discovered it was built on a toxic waste dump.
John Wayne Gacy
A horrific serial killer who murdered dozens of boys and young men in the 1970s.
Three Mile Island accident
A 1979 nuclear meltdown in New York which crystallized anti-nuclear safety concerns.
The DEA
Founded in 1973 by Pres. Nixon to push back against the Shafer Commission, they control limiting the spread of drugs across the United States.
