1970s America

Question 1

The landmark 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the constitutional right to privacy extended to a woman’s right to have an abortion. The ruling set the precedent for legalized abortion in the U.S.

Answer 1

Roe v. Wade

Question 2

A history of American involvement in the Vietnam War leaked in 1971 by a national security worker. President Nixon ordered staff to stop this leak and discredit the employee responsible for it.

Answer 2

The Pentagon Papers

Question 3

During the Vietnam War, the transferal of the war effort from the United States to the people of South Vietnam.

Answer 3

Vietnamization

Question 4

A 1969 attempt by President Richard Nixon to cool relations between the United States, the Soviet Union, and China, with intention to reduce support for Communist Vietnam.

Answer 4

Triangular Diplomacy

Question 5

An agreement forged by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 that temporarily put a halt to the hostilities between Egypt and Israel.

Answer 5

Camp David Accords

Question 6

In 1969, Nixon became U.S. President, tasked chiefly with ending the Vietnam War. He was responsible for key policies including Triangular Diplomacy, the Nixon Doctrine, and Vietnamization.

Answer 6

Richard Nixon

Question 7

In June 1972, five men with Nixon affiliation were arrested for attempting to install surveillance equipment at the Democratic Party’s headquarters, the Watergate complex.

Answer 7

Causes of the Watergate Scandal

Question 8

The Embargo led to increased inflation and U.S. unemployment rates. Congress was forced to ration the amount of gasoline Americans could purchase. The price of goods derived from oil increased.

Answer 8

Effects of the 1973 Oil Embargo

Question 9

Sworn in as U.S. President after Nixon’s resignation in 1973. Ford’s term was marked by stagflation, and high interest and unemployment rates. In 1976, Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter.

Answer 9

Gerald Ford

Question 10

An embargo on Middle Eastern oil launched by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. This was done in response to U.S. President Nixon removing the U.S. dollar from the gold standard.

Answer 10

1973 Oil Embargo

Question 11

In 1974, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Nixon’s use of executive privilege with regards to the Watergate Scandal constituted grounds for impeachment. Nixon subsequently resigned.

Answer 11

U.S. v. Nixon