Chapter 8&9

Question 1

National Organization of Women

Answer 1

in 1966, Betty Friedan co-founded N.O.W. to pressure the legal system to mandate full participation of women in society

Question 2

Radical Feminism

Answer 2

it was a more left-wing and militant feminist group compared to the national organization of women

Question 3

New York Radical Women

Answer 3

this NYC group blamed current womens predicament on patriarchy and the age-old regime of male supremacy

Question 4

Consciousness Rising

Answer 4

it was a technique that brought to the surface the grievances of women and uncovered layers of their guilt, fear, and self-deception

Question 5

Women’s International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell

WITCH

Answer 5

it was a feminist effort to honor self-assertive women who previously were prosecuted as the devils aide

Question 6

Society for Cutting Up Men

SCUM

Answer 6

it was the most extreme manifestation of the pro-women and anti-male attitude which referred to men as half-way between humans and apes

Question 7

Norma McCorvey

Answer 7

her desire for an abortion created the landmark lawsuit roe vs. wade

Question 8

Andy Worhol

Answer 8

in 1968, this counterculture artist was shot three times by the director of the society for cutting up men and narrowly survived

Question 9

Gay Liberation

Answer 9

this social movement supported non-heterosexuals who were one of the most viciously oppresses and persecuted minorities in society

Question 10

Stonewall Inn

Answer 10

in 1969, seven NYC detectives entered this gay bar in Greenwich Village and used force to remove some patrons resulting in a small riot that lasted intermittently for five days

Question 11

The Wise Men

Answer 11

the loose circle of elder statesmen who shaped the anti-soviet policy after 1945

Question 12

Richard Nixon

Answer 12

he ran as a Republican during the 1968 presidential election alongside Vice President Spiro Agnew

Question 13

Southern Strategy

Answer 13

the southern wing of the republican party demanded guarantees form Nixon that if elected president he would follow this on racial issues

Question 14

Strom Thurmond

Answer 14

he was the former presidential nominee for the states rights democratic party now the senior republican senator form South Carolina

Question 15

Backlash

Answer 15

this mood included all the resentments of working class white voters against the transformation of the 1960

Question 16

Busing

Answer 16

it moved some white and black students form their neighborhood schools to other schools for the sake of racial balance

Question 17

Robert Kennedy

Answer 17

he was sympathetic to urban minorities and outsiders and someone who would make their lives better

Question 18

1968 Democratic Convention

Answer 18

outside it ended with violent clashes between anti-Vietnam war protestors and the Chicago police

Question 19

Paris Peace Talks

Answer 19

in may 1968, the negotiations with north vietnam that had been launched by LBJ were making little progress

Question 20

Little Tet Offensive

Answer 20

antiwar protestors in chicago confronted the war makers and launched this against the warfare state

Question 21

Richard Daley

Answer 21

he was the mayor of chicago who was notorious for his order to shoot to kill looters during the disorders after Dr. Kings assassination

Question 22

Bobby Seale

Answer 22

in a chicago park, this black panther leader “urged blacks to get their shotguns, 357 magnums, 45s and to prepare for the day of reckoning”

Question 23

Silent Majority

Answer 23

they were nixons forgotten american men and women who worked hard, paid their taxes, went to church, and sent their children to school

Question 24

Chicago Seven

Answer 24

after nixons inauguration, the department of justice indicated a group of activists for inciting riots at the 1968 democratic convention

Question 25

Benign Neglect

Answer 25

in racial matters, nixon “actively opposed busing and other aggressive federal policies to accelerate the process of school integration

Question 26

Supplementary Security Income (SSI)

Answer 26

it provided financial support to needy aged, blind and disabled persons

Question 27

Earth Day

Answer 27

in april 1970, wisconsin democratic senator Gaylord Nelson organized this to celebrate the environment

Question 28

Environmental Protection Agency

Answer 28

nixon created this to monitor, enforce, and coordinate existing antipollutionlaws

Question 29

Clean Air Act

Answer 29

nixon created this to mandate car exhaust standards

Question 30

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Answer 30

nixon created this to establish standards for workplaces

Question 31

1972 Pesticide Control Act

Answer 31

nixon created this to protect plants, mammals, and birds threatened by humans

Question 32

Apollo 2

Answer 32

in july 1969, “this event was viewed on TV by an estimated 20% of the worlds popluation

Question 33

Henry Kissinger

Answer 33

he was nixons chief foreign policy adviser

Question 34

Detente

Answer 34

this was a policy by nixon and kissinger “to negotiate a series of agreements to reduce conflict with the USSR

Question 35

Watergate

Answer 35

this scandal would force the president to resign form office in august 1974

Question 36

Liberation

Answer 36

the success of the civil rights movement in the 50s, inspired many other social movements towards liberation

Question 37

Mexican Americans

Answer 37

they were victims of cultural disdain, economic exploitation and political discrimination ever since white americans stole their land

Question 38

Brown Berets

Answer 38

they were part of the chicano protest movement based on the black panthers agenda

Question 39

Cesar Chavez

Answer 39

in 1962, he founded the united farm workers to support those who were poorly paid and housed

Question 40

Native Americans

Answer 40

they clashed with european americans over land ownership and trade relations

Question 41

American Indian Movement (AIM)

Answer 41

in 1968, AIM was organized in minnesota to combat police brutality and slum housing

Question 42

Russell Means

Answer 42

he was a native american activist who was a member of AIM and organized events to attract the media

Question 43

Second Wave of Feminism

Answer 43

the new womens rights movement came to a cresendo in the late 1960s

Question 44

Presidents Commission on the Status of Women

Answer 44

in 1963, eleanor roosevelts report endorsed day care centers and maternity leave for married women

Question 45

Betty Friedan

Answer 45

in 1963, she wrote “the feminine Mystique” that described women as living with their feet bound in the old image of glorified femininity