module 13: Political Storms at Home and Abroad Flashcards
Which is an example of a tactic used by the American Indian Movement to draw attention to their grievances?
Demonstrations and marches
Which of the following best describes significant changes sought by feminists in the 1970s?
The reform of longstanding divorce laws
In 1969 a three-day concert in Bethel, New York became the symbol of an entire generation. What social trend did Woodstock reflect?
cultural rebellion
The Stonewall riots were a watershed moment in our history. Which statement below best describes their impact?
Prior to the riots, the gay rights movement was relatively small and localized; following the riots, the fight for gay rights gained momentum and mainstream visibility.
The Stonewall riots had a significant impact on the overall fight for gay rights in America. What is one direct effect of the Stonewall riots?
The Gay Liberation Front and the Gay Activists’ Alliance were formed.
What was one of the arguments against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment?
The ERA would disadvantage women by nullifying laws giving them special protections.
Describe the fate of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Because of the efforts of conservative activists, the ERA narrowly failed ratification.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, many young people embraced a counterculture that rejected which aspects of mainstream American culture?
patriarchal family structures and unquestioning patriotism
The American Indian Movement was founded in part because its members were frustrated with decades and decades of inequality and discrimination toward Native Americans. Which of the following is an example of inequality which led to the American Indian Movement.
Unemployment on reservations was as high as 50 percent.
The “Trail of Broken Treaties” is an example of
a demonstration staged by AIM to call attention to a long history of discrimination.
Joe lives in a suburb of Minneapolis in 1968. He has a comfortable middle-class job, but he is bewildered by recent protests and disturbed by the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Based on your knowledge of the 1968 Presidential campaign, who do you think Joe is most likely to vote for?
Richard Nixon
What group liked richard nixon
Nixon’s campaign targeted voters like Joe, whom he called the “silent majority” - blue-collar or middle-class White Americans who felt overlooked by current politics.
President Nixon took a bold approach to foreign policy during his tenure as President. Which of the following strategies did he employ in his foreign policy?
Playing communist nations against each other
Paul is a 21-year-old college student who generally would vote for a Democratic nominee. In the 1968 election, instead of supporting the incumbent President, Lyndon Johnson, he cut his long hair and shaved in order to “get clean for Gene” and campaign for candidate Eugene McCarthy in New Hampshire. What political priorities might have caused Paul to support McCarthy instead of Johnson?
His opposition to the war in Vietnam
In June of 1973, an American family might have to wait in line for hours to fill their car up with gas. They were asked to turn their thermostat down and to not put up Christmas lights. These examples of forced and voluntary rationing were the result of
an oil embargo by OAPEC countries in response to the Yom Kippur War
President Nixon reversed two decades of foreign policy when he visited China in February of 1972. While unexpected, his visit had a number of strategic objectives. Which of the following did Nixon hope to achieve by opening a channel of communication with China?
He hoped that an alliance with China would isolate Vietnam and pave the way for a peace settlement.