Chapter 27

Question 1

Counter Culture

Answer 1

Protests of the New Left went hand in hand with a new counterculture movement, a social and cultural phenomenon that emerged in the 1960’s characterized by a rejection of mainstream values and a rebellion against the traditional social, political, and cultural norms of the time.The 1960s to mid-1970s counterculture generation was an era of change in identity, family unit, sexuality, dress, and the arts. It was a time when youth rejected social norms

Question 2

SIgnificance of Nixon Visiting China

Question 3

Carter Administration

Answer 3

1976 election
Ended up winning 50 percent of the popular vote
Wanted to represent the new south
Deeply religious
Believed in separation of church and state
Stimulus package 4 billion in public works
Willing to risk inflation to get the economy going
1978 had to make inflation top priority
Price of fuel still going up
OPEC increased oil by 60 percent

Question 4

Camp David Accords-

Answer 4

An agreement between Israel and Egypt that brought mutual recognition between the countries and a step toward peace in the Middle East.
Easy gentle atmosphere
Boycott of the 1980 summer olympics
In Moscow

Question 5

Iranian Hostage Crisis-

Answer 5

The invasions of the American embassy in Iran by revolutionary guards who then took 66 hostages, holding them from November 1979 until January 1981

Question 6

Watergate

Answer 6

The crisis that began with a illegal breakin at the Democratic Headquarters in the Watergate complex and ended with Richard Nixon’s resignation
People known as the plumbers
Nixon told CIA to stop the FBI investigation into the criminals
Cause for impeachment
Hunt and Liddy
Went on trial
More to the case then a burglary
Deep Throat source of secret info
Proof of the presidents knowledge was still lacking at this time
Public opinion turned on the president as tapes were released of the break in
Nixon tried to fix this but it didn’t work
Instead of impeachment he resigned