UNIT 8 1960-1970 Flashcards
nixon and Kissinger strengthened the u.s by taking advantage of the z between the two communist giants (China And Soviet union)
Detente
secured Soveit consent to a freeze on the numberof ballistic missiles carrying nuclear warheads
SALT
Nixons new relationship with china to pressure the soviets into a treaty to limit anitballistic missiles aka-
ABM
shifting some responsibility for social programs from the federal to the state and local levels, in a new program-
New Federalism
unusual combination of economic slowdown and high inflation—-a condition referred to as-
Stagflation
gave the president, as commander in chief, a blank check to take “all of the necessary measures to protect U.S interests interests in Vietnam.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Bealived that the war was a good thing for the government
HAWKS
Belived that the war was a bad thing for the U.S
DOVES
the Vietcong launched an all out surprise attack every provincial capital and american base in south Vietnam. Then failed
tet offensive
Nixons idea to gradually withdraw troops from Vietnam and give stuff to Vietnam so we dont have to carry the war for them
veitnamization
decared that the future asian alllies would receive U.S support but without the extensive use of U.S ground forces.
nixon docterine
promised a cease-fire and free elections
paris accords
law that required Nixon and any future president to report to congress within 48 hours after taking a military action
war powers act
made segregation illegal in public facilities
civil rights 1964
act ended literacy tests and provided federal registrars in areas where AA had been kept from voting since reconstruction
voting rights act 1965
repudiated nonviolence and advocated black power and racial separatism
CORE
civil right organization such as student nonviolent coordinating committee
SNCC
revolutionary socialist movment advocating self-rule for american blacks
black panthers
challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals.
freedom rides
protests, freedom schools, freedom housing, freedom libraries, and a collective rise in awareness of voting rights and disenfranchisement experienced by African Americans in Mississippi.
freedom summer
attacked marchers attempting to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, United States,
bloody sunday
protest for Jobs and Freedom
march on washington
prohibit discrimination on account of sex in the payment of wages by employers engaged in commerce or in the production of goods for commerce.
equal pay act 1963
statute to end sex discrimination in school that receive funding
title IX
equal rights admendment
ERA
gave the women’s movement a new direction by encouraging middle-class women to seek fulfillment in professional careers
betty friedan: feminine mystique
adopted the activist tactics of other civil rights movements to secure equal treatments of women
NOW
the farm workers workers were wildly exploited before a long series boycotts led by-
cesar chavez
to achevie self determination and revival of tribal traditions-
AIM
profoundly affected the criminal justice system and individual rights
Warren court
collage students formed a newky formed radical student organization called-
SDS
members of the Youth International Party were radical destructive antiwar protesters
yippies
very modern views of living were the group of new youth-
counter culture
leader of SDS, Hayden ideas were called-
new left
voters who had become disaffected by civil rights
silent majority
Nixons strategy to win over the south
southern stategy
a group of men hired by Nixon, to break into the national headquarters
watergate
The court’s decision was unanimous, but four separate opinions were published. The majority opinion
US vs Nixon
speech by carter where he blamed the problems of the US on a moral and spiritual crisis
national malaise
court ordered busing to achieve racial balance in the schools.
burger court
court case prohibited abortions as a violation to women’s privacy. The decision to allow women access to abortions became a primary target for the conservative movement in coming decades.
Roe v Wade
financed campaigns to unseat liberal members of congress
Moral Majority
combined weekly audience
televangelist
whites who blamed their troubles on affirmative actions
reverse discrimination
explained the negative environmental effects
Rachel Carson: silent spring
responsibility for regulating and enforcing programs and policies
EPA
regulated air emissions from both stationary and mobile sources
Clean air act
job is to protect critical imperiled species
endangered species act
scientists blame greenhouse gases in the atmosphere for-
climate change
process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country
decolonization
Egyptian Government seized control of the Suez Canal from the British and French owned company that managed it,
suez crisis
coordinates and unifies the petroleum policies of its Member Countries.
OPEC
Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel
camp David accords
