Assignment: 70s & 80s, Day 1 - U.S. History

What is the purpose of this act?

• To establish regulations for environmental protection

• To provide guidelines for financial reporting

• To ensure public safety in transportation

• To promote international trade

In your own words, explain what is considered to be a “critical habitat.”

• A specific area with physical or biological features essential to the conservation of a species.

• A general area where any species can live.

• An area that is not important for any species.

• A place where humans live.

President Nixon had established the (a)   by the end of his first year in office. The goal was to protect (b)   .

• Equal Rights Amendment

• Space Force of the United States

• Environmental Protection Agency

President Nixon’s TWO main foreign policy goals when he took office were:

• Ending the Vietnam War and opening relations with China

• Strengthening NATO and increasing military spending

• Promoting human rights and environmental policies

• Expanding the space program and reducing taxes

____________________ was the U.S. policy that gradually transferred combat responsibilities to the South Vietnamese military.

• Vietnamization

• Containment

• Domino Theory

• Marshall Plan

____________________ was a music festival that became a famous symbol of the counterculture movement.

• Woodstock

• Coachella

• Glastonbury

• Lollapalooza

Supporters of the ________________________________ argued that if someone was old enough to serve in the military, they should also be able to vote.

• Twenty-Sixth Amendment

• Nineteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

• Twenty-Fourth Amendment

12. ________________________________ violated some citizens’ rights to equal protection and due process.

• Japanese American internment camps

• Civil Rights Act of 1964

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Voting Rights Act of 1965

The ________________________________ was led by Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, who fought to improve working conditions for migrant workers.

• Chicano Movement

• Civil Rights Movement

• Labor Union Movement

• Women's Liberation Movement

(a)   is credited with beginning the policy of détente with the Soviet Union.

• John F. Kennedy
• Lyndon B. Johnson
• Richard Nixon
• Jimmy Carter

Tags

10.A