Unit 6, Chapter 38 Flashcards
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Watergate
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-series of scandals that resulted in President Nixon’s resignation amid calls from his impeachment
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Smoking gun tape
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- Recording made in the oval office that prove conclusively that Nixon knew about Watergate break up and endeavored to cover it up
- lead to a complete breakdown in congressional support for nixon after the Supreme Court ordered he handed the tape to investigators
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Equal rights amendment (ERA)
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- declared full constitutional equality for women
- failed to become a part of the constitution
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Roe vs wade (1973)
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- landmark Supreme Court decision that forbade states from barring abortion by citing a woman’s constitutional right to privacy
- The decision provoked a strong counterreaction my opponents to abortion, galvanizing the pro-life movement
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New right
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- term for a loose network of conservative political activists and organizations that emerged in the 1970s and 1980s
- emphasize cultural issues like abortion, bussing, and prayer in school
6
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Malaise speech (1979)
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- National address by Jimmy Carter in which he chided American materialism and urged a communal spirits in the face of economic hardships
- widely perceived as a political disaster for the embattled president
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SALT II
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-strategic arms limitation treaty agreement between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev American President Jimmy Carter
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Iranian hostage crisis (1979-1981)
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- 444 days in which American Embassy workers were held captive by Iranian revolutionaries
- began when revolutionaries stormed the American Embassy, demanding that the US return the shah to Iran for trial
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Stagflation
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- term referring to the simultaneous occurrence of low employment growth and high inflation in national economy
- characterized the economic troubles in the 1970s
- past and intellectual challenge to economics and a policy making a challenge to government officials
