Chapter 30- political storms Flashcards
Identity Politics
indians, gays , lesbians and women organized to change discriminatory laws.
Hippies
rejected traditional society. wanted peace and freedom and protested war in vietnam
Woodstock
concert for rock and folk music in bethel, new york
American Indian Movement
indian activists including dennis banks, george mitchell, and clyde bellecourt joined in Minneapolis to create. they suffered from poverty, discrimination and high death rate.
Title IX
a part of the education amendments act that prohibits sex discrimination in education. co authored by Patsy Mink .
Patsy Mink
the first asian american woman elected into congress
Nixons southern strategy
he denounced segregation but sid southern states be allowed to pursue racial equality at their own pace.
Stagflation
combined economic conditions of stagnation and inflation
Strategic Arms Limitation treaty(salt)
Nixon and soviet leader leonid brezhenev signed which limited each side to deploying 2 antiballistic missile systems. limited nuclear missiles maintained by each country.
Nixon and Vietnam
he bombed hanoi and invaded cambodia. there were massive protests that ended in violence like the shooting of unarmed kent state university students
Henry Kessinger
drafted a peace treaty with North Vietnam, US withdrew
My Lai
A group of 70-80 unarmed people including infants were forced into a ditch and shot. they were never fired upon. led by lt. william l. calley jr.
Vietnamization
while withdrawing troops, Nixon also trained south vietnamese and provided them with weapons
Kent State Shooting
77 members of the national guard approached and had them retreat. they were walking away and then for some reason turned around and shot students.
Pentagon Papers
papers that showed that we escalated Vietnamese conflict to provoke north viatnam into taking out south vietnams leader
