EOC Review - Connection Cards ~ Modern U.S. Global Leader

First proposed by National

Women’s party in 1923;

provided for the legal equality

of the sexes and prohibited

discrimination on the basis of

gender

Revival of feminism in the late

1960s led to the introduction to

Congress; passed in 1972

• Equal Rights

  Amendment (ERA)

• G. I. Bill

• Interstate Highway

  System

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Passed by congress to

protect and reward returning

servicemen

Low interest loans for homes

and businesses and grants for

college were given

Contributed to post-WWII

housing boom

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Equal Rights

  Amendment (ERA)

• G. I. Bill

• Interstate Highway

  System

Eisenhower’s public works

project that constructed a

national network of highways

Allowed for more efficient

movement of people and goods

Eisenhower considered it one

of the greatest

accomplishments of his

presidency

• Cuban Missile Crisis

• Equal Rights

  Amendment (ERA)

• G. I. Bill

• Interstate Highway

  System

1962 – 13-day standoff between

Cuba and the Soviet Union

against the U.S.

Major confrontation in Cold

War; almost turned into a

nuclear conflict

Led to agreement to ban

further nuclear testing except

underground

• Russian War

• WWI

• WWII

• Cuban Missile Crisis

Generally - An area in which treaties or agreements between nations forbid military installations, activities or personnel

Specifically – In Korea, a buffer zone between North and South Korea; created by agreement 

• demilitarized zone (DMZ)

• Great Society

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Paris Peace Accords

President Johnson’s social legislation designed to transform American society in the 60s

Included Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Affirmative Action, War on Poverty, Economic Opportunity Act, Job Corp, Medicare Act and Aid to Cities

• demilitarized zone (DMZ)

• Great Society

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Paris Peace Accords

1964- North Vietnam attacked U.S. ships in International water 

President Johnson used to escalate the war

Congress gave President Johnson full military powers to stop North Vietnam (almost a blank check)

• demilitarized zone (DMZ)

• Great Society

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Paris Peace Accords

1973 - Formal agreement between the U. S., South Vietnam, Viet Cong and the North Vietnam to end the end the Vietnam War and restore peace

Included a cease-fire throughout Vietnam and withdrawal of all U. S. troops

• demilitarized zone (DMZ)

• Great Society

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• Paris Peace Accords

Viet Cong attack U.S. strongholds in South Vietnam

Helped convince U.S. public that war would not be easily won

Ends up a U.S. victory

Caused LBJ problems, he speaks about halting bombing

War openly criticized 

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization

• Black Panthers

• Civil Rights Act 1964

Nixon’s policy of giving the South Vietnamese government the responsibility for carrying on the war.

• Tet Offensive

• Vietnamization

• Black Panthers

• Civil Rights Act 1964