451-500

Question 1

Thirty-sixth president; took over JFK; called for war on POVERTY and promoted social and economic welfare legislation (Great society)

Answer 1

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963)

Question 2

Thirty Seventh president; oversaw “vietnamization” called for training of the South Vietnamese troops to assume responsibility for military actions; ended the draft and opened China for trade; Detente with USSr with SALT agreements; resigned after Watergate Scandal

Answer 2

Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)

Question 3

America supports the Shah of Iran, carter allows him to receive medical treatment , upsetting iranians; they storm the American embassy in Iran and took hostages; revolutionaries set free on Reagans inauguration day

Answer 3

American Hostages in Iran (1979)

Question 4

North Vietnam violated a truce during Tet (New Year) attacking cities in South Vietnam; N. Vietnamese and Vietcong were actually defeated

Answer 4

Tet Offensive (1968)

Question 5

Called for African-Americans to become liberated through violence; provided free lunches to black children

Answer 5

Black Panthers (1966)

Question 6

North Vietnamese supposedly fired on American ships in the Gulf of Tonkin; congress passed resolution allowing president Johnson to use military action in Vietnam; retaliates the Vietcong with bombings in the North and then ground troops

Answer 6

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)

Question 7

Thirty-ninth president; wanted to make a “responsible government”; reduced unemployment and eased energy crisis; negotiated Camp David Accords

Answer 7

Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)

Question 8

Twenty-Sixth amendment (1971)

Answer 8

Ratified in response to Vietnam War; Gave the right to vote to citizens eighteen and older

Question 9

Committee for Re-Election of the President attempted to spy on Democrats at their headquarters at Watergate Hotel; Nixon states that he had no connection; cause many to become disenchanted with the Government

Answer 9

Watergate Scandal (1972)

Question 10

SALT I & II

Answer 10

Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
I - Agreement to stop building nuclear ballistic missiles for 5 years
II - Reduced and limited number of missile launchers and bombers
Reduced tension between US and USSR

Question 11

Published “The Feminine Mystique” which attacked the belief that a woman’s sole satisfactions comes through homemaking

Answer 11

Betty Friedan (1963)

Question 12

Supreme Court decision that ruled the first trimester abortions were to be allowed

Answer 12

Roe v. Wade (1973)

Question 13

Counterculture Movement (1960s)

Answer 13

Beliefs included women’s liberation, anti-materialism, and opposition of the war in Vietnam; experimented with sex and drugs; often called “hippies”; WOODSTOCK

Question 14

Left MLK’s non-violent methods of civil disobedience as a black muslim; was removed and started “Black Mosque”

Answer 14

Malcom X (1925-1965)

Question 15

Signed by Lyndon Johnson, resulted after demonstrations against the measures to prevent blacks from voting; voters could no longer be forced to take literacy tests

Answer 15

Voting Rights Act of 1964

Question 16

Thirty eighth president; took after richard nixon

Answer 16

Gerald Ford (1974-1977)

Question 17

Passed by Lyndon Johnson, March on Washington in 1963 aided the passage; strengthened voting rights protections; prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodations

Answer 17

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Question 18

Spurred by increasing employment opportunities and increasing numbers of educated women; questioned “traditional” definitions of women’s roles; became increased opportunities for women at work, education and business; title VII of the Civil Rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination by employers on basis of gender; National Organization for Women (NOW)

Answer 18

Women’s Movment (1960s)

Question 19

President has to report to congress within 48 hours of the commitment of US troops or substantially increasing troops in foreign conflicts; congressional approval is needed for any military commitment of troops for more than ninety days

Answer 19

War Powers Act (1973)

Question 20

Supported native americans civil rights and recognition of past treaties within the US

Answer 20

American Indian Movement (1968)

Question 21

Neil Armstrong becomes first man to walk on the moon with Buzz Aldrin

Answer 21

Moon Landing (1969)