exam 3 Flashcards
Camp David Accords
Carter invited the leaders of Egypt and Israel to U.S. and lead them to signing a peace treaty. This is significance because Egypt became the first middle eastern country to recognize Israel as a state.
Andrew Young
He was a former lieutenant of MLK. Carter appointed his as ambassador of the United Nations. That was significant because it showed carter embracing the
aspirations of black americans
Pentagon Papers
Informal name for the Defense Department’s secret history of the Vietnam conflict, leaked to the press and published in the New York Times. This is significant because it lead to even more criticism of the Vietnam War and the role the government played in building up the conflict and because it was the
first time a news paper article was not allowed to be published
Detente
A term meaning the release of tension in response to conflict between the U.S. and the Soviets. This is significant because it improved relations between U.S. and the Soviets, gained trade increase and nuclear warfare decreased
Neoconservatism
They were intellectuals that believed that Government social programs did more harm than good, for example, welfare. They argued against Carter’s focus on human rights, and blindness to the Soviet threat
Great Society
President LBJ’s proposal for social policies similar to the New Deal. The Great Society was significant because it provided Medicaid and Medicare programs, and funded education. Differing from the New Deal, it was a reaction to prosperity, rather than Poverty.
Dictatorship and double standards
Jeane Kirkpatrick, a neoconservative publisher, had his ideas embraced by Reagan. The idea that the US should oppose “totalitarian” communists but assist “authoritarian” non-communist regimes. After being appointed to American ambassador to United Nations, the US stepped up its alliances with Third World anticommunist dictatorships like Chile and South Africa
Bay of Pigs
The invasion of Cuba ordered by JFK to try and dislodge the Castro regime. This was significant because it lead to Castro requesting additional Soviet military aid, eventually including missiles which sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Congress granted LBJ the ability to engage “all necessary measures to repel armed attack” in Vietnam. This is significant because it accelerated American involvement in the Vietnam War
Mikhail Gorbachev
Soviet premier with policies of political openness and economic reform. He is significant because a series of talks with Reagan lead to an agreement to eliminate intermediate and short-range missiles in Europe, and hostilities diminished
Betty Friedan
Wrote The Feminist Mystique and was a founding figure of the modern American feminist. She is significant because she is the leader/founder of the National Organization for Women
Saturday night massacre
Nixon was asking many people to cover up the tapes of him talking in the White House. They wouldn’t, he fired them and this process repeated multiple times. This is significant because many people lost their job by refusing to cover up the presidents wrong doings in the Water Gate Scandal
Daughters of Bilitis
An organization of lesbians as a social alternative to bars, which were subject to police harassment. This is significant because it is the first political and civil rights organization for lesbians
Henry Kissinger
Secretary of State for Nixon. He was significant because he was a proponent of a more pragmatic international relations approach of Realpolitik and detente
Tet Offensive
A massive defeat for the NVA and Viet Cong - a political/public relations victory. This is significant because it caused the public opinion to turn against Vietnam War
AIM
Wanted to continue tribal practices and reclaim indigenous lands, occupied Alcatraz, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and took back Wounded Knee. This is significant because it claimed the right to negotiate treaties with the American government, and tried to establish Native American sovereignty
Ngo Dinh Diem
Elected as the president of the Republic of Vietnam
Eventually assassinated, ending the US-Diem alliance.
Barry Goldwater
Ran against LBJ in 1964. Wanted a reawakening of conservatism. This is significant because Republican party nominated someone from the “New Right” rather than the “modern Republican” wing
Sandinistas
democratic socialist political party in Nicaragua. The Sandinista movement overthrew the American backed dictator Somoza. Carter suspended military aid after four American nuns were murdered by members of the country’s army. This is significant because it lead to Carter signing the SALT II agreement with Soviets that reduced the number of missiles, bombers, and nuclear warheads
Grenada
Reagan in efforts to overturn the Vietnam Syndrome, he called a widespread public reluctance to commit American forces overseas, and sent out troops to the Caribbean island of Grenada to oust a pro-Cuban government. A minor operation like Grenada Reagan realized was the only kind the public were willing to support.
Immigration act of 1965
abandoned the national-origins quota system of immigration, which had excluded Asians and had severely restricted southern and eastern Europeans. It established new, racially neutral criteria for immigration, notably family reunification and possession of skills in demand in the United States. Yet due to hostility of Mexican immigration, it established the first limit, 120,000, on newcomers from Western Hemisphere which in turn created the category of “illegal aliens.”
Robin Morgan
Contributing editor at Ms. magazine and a close ally of Gloria Steinem. This is significant because she was a feminist and part of the antiwar movement in the 60’s
Jerry Falwell
A Virginia minister who created the self-styled Moral Majority, devoted to waging a “War against sin” and electing “pro-life, pro-family, pro-America” candidates to office. Was a leading conservative activists of the 1970’s and 80’s. He helped mobilize evangelical Christians to ally with Republican Party.
PATCO Strike
Air traffic controllers went on strike for better working conditions even though it is illegal for them to strike. Reagan fires them all, siding with big business. This is significant because it encouraged other industries follow by firing striking employees and hurt the relationship between big business and their employees
