Seventies and Eighties Era Notes

Multiple Choice

This program created by Lyndon Johnson introduced programs like Head Start, HUD, Medicare, Food Stamps to reduce poverty and improve everyone’s quality of life-

• HUAC

• Great Society

• New Deal

• NAACP

Multiple Choice

What group/individuals sought to improve the treatment of migrant workers through boycotts and strikes?

• SNCC, Martin Luther King

• Black Panthers, Newton

• United Farm Workers Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

• Immigration Union, Dolores Huerta & Cesar Chavez

Multiple Choice

What event sparked significant protests in the United States during the 1960's?

• WWII
• Vietnam War
• Cuban Missile Crisis
• WWI

Multiple Choice

Shifting the burden of actual combat from American troops to S. Vietnamese forces.

• Vietminization
• Vietcong
• Internationalism
• Linkage

Multiple Choice

Which statement most accurately depicts why president Nixon had to resign from office in 1974?

• He had an affair with an intern
• He pulled troops out of Vietnam in 1973
• He opened relations with China and the Soviet Union
• He led a criminal conspiracy from the White House, which mislead the nation

Multiple Choice

What were the so-called "SALT 1" talks about?

• increasing mineral trade between the U.S. and Soviet Union

• reducing nuclear weapons/missile

• improving the taste of bland foods

• learning how to store nuclear waste in salt domes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following government agencies is responsible for the Clean Air Act?

• the USGS

• the USDA

• the EPA

• the USDOJ

Multiple Choice

What piece of legislation prohibited federally funded schools to discriminate against women in its operations and within athletics?

• Equal Educational Opportunity Act

• Title IX

• Educational Amendment Act

• Women's Educational Equity Act

Multiple Choice

The Iran Hostage Crisis happened primarily in ... presidency

• Reagans

• Fords

• Nixons

• Carters

• Obama

Multiple Choice

“We must go forward now together. . . .I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together, not only our Government but civilization itself. That bond, though strained, is unbroken at home and abroad. In all my public and private acts as your President, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end. My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.”

—Gerald Ford, August 9, 1974

Why do you think Ford made this speech immediately after gaining the presidency?

• Nixon’s scandal shook the public’s trust in government.

• Newspapers were not covering economic issues.

• Ford faced criticism for pardoning Reagan.

• Ford needed to successfully fight inflation.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Camp David Accords led by President Carter?

• to broker peace between Egypt and Israel

• to maintain good relations with the Shah

• to end the Iranian hostage crisis

• to find a way to end the economic recession

Multiple Choice

In 1979 the Shah of Iran was forced into exile. The U.S. government later allowed the Shah to enter the US for medical treatment. This perceived U.S. support for the Shah of Iran which resulted in which of the following?

• Iran attacked a U.S. military base in Asia

• Soviet forced began an occupation of Iran

• Israel demanded U.S. support for the strategic bombing of cities in Iran

• Revolutionaries kidnapped a group of U.S. citizens in Iran

Multiple Choice

President Reagan hoped to spur economic growth by --

• Creating federal programs to ease unemployment

• Cutting taxes to encourage business development

• Boosting government spending on anti-poverty programs

• Encouraging individuals to invest in new technology companies

Multiple Choice

Which quotation could most likely be attributed to Sandra Day O’Connor?

• “The power I exert on the Court depends on the power of my arguments, not on my gender”

• “Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.”

• “I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain common workingmen.

• “I only knew that, as I was being arrested, that it was the very last time I would ever ride in humiliation of this kind.”

Multiple Choice

What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration? you had to have read this slide earlier!!

• Cuba
• China
• Soviet Union
• Both China and Soviet Union