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unit 9 Flashcards

1
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Attacks by North Vietnamese against U.S, installations were called what?

A

The Tet Offensive

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2
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What theory caused the US to interfere with Vietnam?

A

Domino Effect

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3
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What ensured that women would be treated equally in the work place?

A

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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4
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Who was considered the “Bringer of Light”?

A

Ho Chi Minh

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5
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Which president resigned?

A

Richard Nixon

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6
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What Titleguarenteed girls’ participation in public school activities?

A

IX

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7
Q

The natural assocaiton for busing is considered _______.

A

Forced Integration

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8
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Making decisions based on a person’s gender is called what?

A

Gender Bias

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9
Q

OPEC controls what?

A

Oil Industry

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10
Q

Who was the author of Silent Spring?

A

Rachel Carson

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11
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What was signed in 1970 by President Nixon?

A

National Environmental Policy Act

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12
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What has been critcized as reverse discrimination?

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Affirmative Action

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13
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Who sued for the right to protest silently?

A

Tinker

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14
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What had a major affect on abortion cases?

A

Roe v. Wade

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15
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Watergate was naturally associated with which political party?

A

Republicans

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16
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Who was the author os The Feminine Mystique?

A

Betty Friedan

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17
Q

The American G.I. Forum was founded by ______.

A

Hector Garcia

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18
Q

Watergate was naturally associated with which political party?

A

Republicans

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19
Q

The _________ Amendment failed to be ratified.

A

Equal Rights

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20
Q

_______ testified that President Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in.

A

John Dean

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21
Q

UFWA stands for _______ and is a farm labor union.

A

United Farm Workers of America

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22
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Alcatraz and ___________ were sites of Native American protests.

A

Wounded Knee

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23
Q

The ___________ Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

A

Twenty-sixth

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24
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________ is the movement that supports environmental causes.

A

Ecology

25
Q

_______ refers to the effort to preserve the freedom of countries by stopping the spread of communism.

A

Containment

26
Q

The ___________ were North Vietnamese sympathizers in South Vietnam.

A

Viet Cong

27
Q

The automobile industry caused ___________ to become an important export of southeastern Asia.

A

rubber

28
Q

_____ is making decisions on the basis of a person’s sex.

A

Gender bias

29
Q

Was Roe v. Wade a minority or educational issue?

A

minority

30
Q

______ organized farm laborers.

A

Dolores Huerta

31
Q

France placed several nations together in southeastern Asia to create French __________.

A

Indochina

32
Q

The ____________ were the regular army of North Vietnam.

A

Vietminh

33
Q

_______ means the type of segregation that occurs based upon where people live.

A

Natural segregation

34
Q

Minority issues in the 1970s included ________, housing, and discrimination in the work place.

A

education

35
Q

A _____ is a place where people live together by cooperation without the need for private property.

A

commune

36
Q

She chaired the President’s Commission on the Status of Women.

A

Elenor Roosevelt

37
Q

__________ of the Educational Amendments guaranteed that girls could participate in public school activities.

A

Title IX

38
Q

His assassination threw the Democratic Party into chaos.

A

robert f Kenedy

39
Q

He ended U.S. participation in the war in Vietnam.

A

richard nixon

40
Q

He suffered from a “credibility gap” in his Presidency.

A

lyndon b johnson

41
Q

The ________ War started on an Israeli holiday.

A

Yom Kippur

42
Q

______ wrote Silent Spring.

A

Rachel Carson

43
Q

__________ was the process of turning over the defense of South Vietnam to the South Vietnamese.

A

Vietnamization

44
Q

Who’s nickname means “Bringer of Light?”

A

Ho Chi Minh

45
Q

North Vietnamese troops were resupplied by the ____________ Trail.

A

Ho Chi Minh

46
Q

France placed several nations together in southeastern Asia to create French __________.

A

Indochina

47
Q

______ organized farm laborers.

A

Dolores Huerta

48
Q

Was Roe v. Wade a minority or educational issue?

A

minority

49
Q

_____ is making decisions on the basis of a person’s sex.

A

Gender bias

50
Q

The automobile industry caused ___________ to become an important export of southeastern Asia.

A

rubber

51
Q

The ___________ were North Vietnamese sympathizers in South Vietnam.

A

Viet Cong

52
Q

_____ refers to the effort to preserve the freedom of countries by stopping the spread of communism.

A

Containment

53
Q

______ is the Vietnamese New Year.

A

Tet

54
Q

________ is the movement that supports environmental causes.

A

Ecology

55
Q

The ___________ Amendment lowered the voting age to 18.

A

Twenty-sixth

56
Q

Alcatraz and ___________ were sites of Native American protests.

A

Wounded Knee

57
Q

UFWA stands for _______ and is a farm labor union.

A

UFWA stands for _______ and is a farm labor union.

58
Q

_______ testified that President Nixon knew about the Watergate break-in.

A

John Dean

59
Q

The _________ Amendment failed to be ratified.

A

Equal Rights

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