Chapter 29- Troubled Times Flashcards
won the election of 1964
Lyndon B Johnson
conservative form Arizona who ran against LBJ in 1964 election
Barry M Goldwater
President Johnson’s social welfare plan
Great Society
two major goals of the Great Society
improve education
eradicate poverty
act under Johnson’s Great Society that continued federal grants for the construction of college buildings and ensured student loans and grants
Higher Education Act of 1965
granted the first direct federal funding of local public schools
Elementary and Secondary Education Act
was intended to raise the standard of living in the Appalachian Mountain region
Appalachian Development Act
two new Cabinet-level offices established during the Johnson administration
Department of Housing an Urban Development
Department of Transportation
beca,e the largest public welfare program since the New Deal
Great Society
prohibited discrimination in renting or selling houses
Fair Housing Act
white supremacist organization
Ku Klux Khan
black separatist group
Black Panthers
the most prominent black separatist leader who considered Martin Luther King, Jr’s too peaceful
Malcolm X
prohibited racial discrimination in public places
1964 Civil Rights Act
outlawed poll taxes for national elections
24th Amendment
strengthened previous voting rights laws
1965 Voting Rights
the first black American cabinet officer
Robert Weaver
first black associate justice of the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Martin Luther King’s plan to end discrimination n
nonviolent demonstrations
year Martin Luther King was assassinated
1968
years for the Vietnam War
1965-1973
provided legal justification for US involvement in the Vietnam conflict
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
year Johnson sent the first combat troops to South Vietnam
1965
commanded the troops in South Vietnam
General William C. Westmoreland
series of devastating battles that exposed Congress’s refusal to allow the AMerican military to take an offensive position and fight to win in Vietnam
Tet Offensive
the Vietnam War divided the American public into
hawks (support the fight against Communism)
doves (soft towards Communism)
erupted in the Middle East when Egypt Jordan, and Syria attacked Israel in June 1967
Six-Day War
US two-man projects
Gemini
US three-man project
Apollo
three astronauts that traveled on Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong
Edwin Aldrin, Jr.
Michael Collins
mission that put man on the moon
Apollo
became the first baseplayer ever to score 100 points during a single professional game
Wilt Chamberlain
the counterculture movement that attempted to erode the values of traditional American culture
hippie lifestyle
emerged as the strongest Democratic contender for the Presidency in the election of 1968 but was assassinated
Robert F Kennedy
assassinated Robert F Kennedy
Sirhan Sirhan
Republican candidate for the election of 1968
Richard M Nixon
won election of 1968
Richard M Nixon
Nixon Administration concentrated on
bringing peace to Vietnam
two college campuses where violent anti-ware demonstrations were held
Kent State
Jackson State College
lowered the voting age from 21 years to 18 years of age
26th Amendment
was beaten by Nixon in the election of 1972
George McGovern
year the US and North Vietnam signed a cease-fire agreement
1973
the longest war the US was ever involved in
Vietnam War
America’s first no-win war
Vietnam
an official policy of lessened hostility between nations
detente
Nixon’s secretary of state that was the spokesperson for the negotiation with Communist China
Henry Kissinger
Nixon and Kissinger agreed to this with the Soviet leader
agreement to limit production of nuclear arms
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks treaty
year President Nixon visited Communist China
1972
when the Israelis drove the Egyptians back and prepared to invade Egypt
Yom Kippur War
Middle East’s reaction to Americans aiding the Israelis
Arab oil embargo
a monopoly designed to control the supply and price of Middle eastern oil
helped to send the American economy into a serious recession
OPEC
Congress sought to lessen AMerican dependence on the Middle East oil by permitting several large oil companies to build the 800-mile-long
Alaska Pipeline
during the Nixon Administration, the root cause of inflation was the
loose money policies of the Federal Reserve
in 1972, Congress ruled against
capital punishment
1973 Supreme Court decision that ruled in favor of abortion
Roe vs Wade
Nixon’s VP that resigned because he admitted to taking bribes and evading his income taxes
Spiro Agnew
year in which several of Nixon’s closest advisors had been convicted of criminal charges
1974
political scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation
Watergate affair
became President when Nixon resigned
Gerald R Ford
year President FORD officially announced the end of American involvement in Vietnam
1975
after FORD announced the end of American involvement, the Communists took control of
Saigon
Cambodia
Laos
won the election of 1976
James Carter
Carter built his foreign policy on a concept known as
human rights
President Carter acquiesced to the UN and negotiated the surrender of the
Panama Canal Zone
Carter’s policy of appeasement and reluctance to contain Communism with force no doubt encouraged the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan in December 1979
was signed by Carter, Begin, and Sadat at a ceremony on the White House grounds
Camp David Peace accord
for the first time on over 2000, Jews and Arabs sat down together and negotiated a peace treaty at the
Camp David Peace Accord
a revolution deposed the ______________________ a friend of the US
Carter refused to come to his aid
Shah of Iran
a Muslim religious leader that led the Iranian rebel group that overtook the Shah of Iran
took American embassy and held 63 hostages
Ayatollah Khomeini
new Cabinet position created during the Carter Administration
secretary of energy
offered a solution to the energy problem
atomic power
the highlight of the 1970s
Bicentennial Celebration of 1976
