70s Flashcards
0
Q
problems faced by industry in the 1970s✔
A
- competition from foreign markets
* scarcity of cheap raw materials
1
Q
Southern Strategy✔
A
- Nixon got Southern support
- Promised to slow civil rights
- Got votes in South
2
Q
What caused the oil embargo?✔
A
- 1973, Israel goes to war with Egypt and Syria (Yom Kippur War)
- OPEC
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC)
- oil embargo on US.
3
Q
What does “Watergate” refer to?✔
A
the Watergate hotel