The dismantling of manufacturing – especially in the automobile, steel, and consumer-goods industries – in the decades after WWII.

The limiting of regulation by federal agencies, which affected the prices of the trucking, airline, and railroad industries in the 70s, and cut back on government protections of consumers, workers, and the environment in the 80s.

Which of the following is not true about the Energy Crisis?

Federal agency created by Congress and President Nixon in 1970 to enforce environmental laws, conduct environmental research, and reduce human health and environmental risks from pollutants.

Activist movement begun in the 60s that was concerned with protecting the environment through activities such as conservation, pollution control measures, and public awareness campaigns.

Constitutional amendment passed by Congress in 1972 that would require equal treatment of men and women under federal and state law but was defeated as time ran out for state ratification in 1982.

Passed in the wake of the Watergate scandal, the 1974 act gave citizens access to federal records.

A cartel formed in 1960 by the Persian Gulf states and other oil-rich developing countries that allowed its members to exert greater control over the price of oil.

The 1973 Supreme Court ruling that the Constitution protects the right to abortion, which states cannot prohibit in the early stages of pregnancy.

The once heavily industrialized regions of the Northeast and Midwest that went into decline after deindustrialization. By the 70s and 80s these regions were full of abandoned plants and distressed communities.

An economic term to describe the condition in which inflation and unemployment rise at the same time.

An organization founded by Phyllis Schlafly in 1972 to fight the Equal Rights Amendment.

A law passed in 1973, which limited the president’s ability to deploy US forces without congressional approval, to fight the abuses of the Nixon administration.

Term referring to the 1972 break-in at Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, D.C., by men working for President Nixon’s reelection campaign, along with Nixon’s efforts to cover it up. This scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.