The Seventies: terms and people Flashcards
(stonewall rebellion) uprising in support of equal rights for …. sparked by an … by …. at a gay bar in New York
gay people; assault; off-duty police officers
(stonewall rebellion) the rebellion led to a rise in …. and …. within the … community and furthered the .. of the late 1960s
activism; militancy; gay; sexual revolution
(pentagon papers) secret us. government report detailing … and …. regarding the … under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
early planning; policy decisions; Vietnam War
(pentagon papers) leaked to the New York Times in 1971, it revealed instances of .., …, and …. in the prosecution of the war
government secrecy; lies; incompetence
(earth day) international day of celebration and awareness of …. launched by conservationists on ….
global environmental issues; April 22, 1970
(southern strategy) Nixon reelection campaign strategy designed to appeal to … in the historically Democratic South. The president stressed .. issues and remained noncommittal on …
conservative whites; law and order; civil rights
(southern strategy) this strategy typified the …. between the two parties as white southerners became increasingly attracted to the Republican party in the aftermath of the civil rights movement
regional split
(Rachel Carson) Carson authored Silent Spring, a book that presented the dangers of …. She is considered the “mother of the … movement.”
pesticides; modern conservation
(stagflation) term referring to the simultaneous occurrence of low … growth and high … in the national economy. the phenomenon characterized the economic troubles of the 1970s and posed both an intellectual challenge to economists and a policymaking challenge to government officials
employment; inflation
(watergate) series of scandals that resulted in President Richard Nixon’s … in August 1974 amid calls for his impeachment. The episode sprang from a failed … at Democratic party headquarters in Washington’s Watergate Hotel during the 1972 election.
resignation; burglary attempt
(“smoking gun” tape) recording made in the Oval Office in June 1972 that proved conclusively that Nixon knew about the …. and endeavored to …
Watergate break-in; cover it up
(“smoking gun” tape) lead to a complete breakdown in …. for Nixon after the Supreme Court ordered he hand the tape to investigators
congressional support
(Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)) an amendment that declared full …. for women. although it passed both houses of congress in 1972, a concerted grassroots campaign by antifeminists led by … persuaded enough state legislatures to vote … the amendment … to become part of the constitution
constitutional equality; Phyllis Schlafly; against ratification; failed
(Roe v. Wade) landmark Supreme Court decision that forbade states from barring … by citing a woman’s constitutional right to …. Seen as a victory for … and … by some, the decision provoked a strong counterreaction by opponents to abortion, galvanizing the … movement
abortion; privacy; feminism; civil liberties; pro-life
(new right): term for a loose network of conservative political activists and organizations that emerged in the 1970s and 80s. More … in tone than previous generations of conservatives, the New Right emphasized hot-button cultural issues like …, …, and …. They also espoused a nationalist foreign policy outlook that rejected … and …
populist; abortion; busing; prayer in school; detente; international treaties
(malaise speech) national address by Jimmy Carter in July 1979 in which he chided American … and urged a … in the face of economic hardships
materialism; communal spirit
(malaise speech) although carter intended the speech to improve both public morale and his standing as a leader, it had the opposite effect and was widely perceived as a …. for the embattled president
political disaster
(SALT II) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreement between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and American president Jimmy Carter. Despite an accord to limit … between the two leaders, the agreement was ultimately scuttled in the U.S. Senate following the Soviet invasion of … in 1979
weapons; Afghanistan
(Iranian hostage crisis) the 444 days, from November 1979 to January 1981, in which American embassy workers were held captive by Iranian revolutionaries. The Iranian revolution began in January 1979 when young Muslim fundamentalists overthrew the oppressive regime of the American-backed shah, forcing him into …
exile
(Iranian hostage crisis) Deeming the United States “….,” these revolutionaries triggered an … by cutting off Iranian oil.
the Great Satan; energy crisis
(Iranian hostage crisis) The hostage crisis began when revolutionaries stormed the American embassy, demanding that the United States return the shah to Iran for a …. The episode was marked by botched … and a failed rescue attempt by the Carter administration
trial; diplomacy
(Iranian hostage crisis) After permanently damaging relations between the two countries, the crisis ended with the hostages’ release the day …, Jan 20, 1981.
Ronald Reagan became president
(Gerald (“Jerry”) Ford) Initially a Congressman, Gerald Ford was selected as the replacement for President Nixon’s …. after Spiro Agnew resigned. He then became president upon Nixon’s … as a result of Watergate
vice president; resignation
(Gerald (“Jerry”) Ford) Ford gathered with other leaders in …, where he played an important role in officially ending WWIII by finally legitimatizing the Soviet-dictated boundaries of … and other ….
Helsinki, Finland; Poland; Eastern European countries
