RQs 70s

1 In the title of the notes what gets “bigger?”

Themes

2 What movement is successful in the 70s?

Summary

3 What does “Vietnamization” do?

4 What two Countries does Nixon vist---“called Ping-Pong Diplomacy,”

5 Where does Nixon “secretly bomb?”

6 What does Congress do when it finds out that Nixon had been bombing Cambodia?

7 What are the consequences of our helping Israel in the 73’ war?

8 Who becomes President when Nixon resigns?

9 Which proposed amendment fails, just three states short of passing?

10 Who becomes President in 1976?

70s Economic Trends

11 What two new Economic terms describe the difficult economy the 70s?

12 By what factor does the Cost of living increase in the 70s?

Nixon Vietnamizes the War

13 How many soldiers were dying each week in Vietnam when Nixon became President in 1969?

14 How is the Nixon Doctrine different from previous President’s commitments to fight communism?

15 What is the name of the policy that Nixon puts in place in Vietnam that fulfills his “Doctrine?”

16 Credibility Gap?

17 My Lai, 1968?

18 Silent Majority?

Cambodianizing the Vietnam War

19 What famous communist supply route runs through Cambodia?

20 Why do the students protest at Kent st and Jackson st?

21 26thAmendment?

22 Pentagon Papers?

23 New York Times v. United States, 1971-

24 What is the main reason Nixon Travels to China and USSR?

25 Who is Nixon’s immensely popular National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State?

26 What was going on continuously in Paris beginning in 1969 and finally ending in 1973?

27 What two (2) treaties are signed with the soviet union that are considered to lessen the tension of the cold war---?

28 What two events (in yellow) reflect the growing power of the women’s movement?

29 Make sure to read the note on 2nd wave feminism from the review page---it will be included in my quiz?

Nixon on the Home Front

30 What political party had a majority in both houses of Congress during Nixon’s Presidency?

31 Philadelphia Plan, 1969-

32 What four “entitlement” programs does Nixon increase funding for?

33 Explain “indexing” Social Security payments—SSI?

Nixon and Congress impacts the Environment

34 Rachel Carson’s Book, 1962---supposedly which began the modern Environmental movement?

35 Name the 5 Acts passed by Nixon that made a significant impact on the environment that we live in today?

36 What is Nixon’s Southern Strategy in 1972?

37 What change occurs in the South by 1980---The Reagan Revolution?

38 What causes Nixon to resign in 1974----and in turn increased the “Credibility Gap” perhaps to its largest margin ever?

39 Which one state did not vote for Nixon in 1972?

40 What ends in Jan. 73’ that had occurred since 1948 continuously and really increased a lot since the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident under LBJ?

41 What happens Jan. 23, 1973?

42 What happens April 29, 1975?

43 The “Domino Theory” was heavily criticized ----But in reality when the USA leaves SE Asia---what happens to every country that was formerly part of FRENCH INDOCHINA?

45 HOW MANY AMERICAN TROOPS ARE KILLED IN VIETNAM?

46 HOW MANY ESCAPE OR DODGE THE DRAFT BY GOING TO CANADA?

WATERGATE

47 What specifically/actually is “Watergate?”

48 What do the “plumbers unit” want in the Watergate?

49 C.R.E.E.P.-

50 HOW MANY ARE INDICTED AND HOW MANY GO TO JAIL OVER WATERGATE?

51 WHAT GOV’T AGENCIES DOES NIXON USE TO GO AFTER HIS “ENEMIES LIST?”

53 WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF THE TWO (2) REPORTERS FROM THE WASHINGTON POST WHO BROKE AN COVERED THIS STORY FROM BEGINNING TO END?

54 WHAT WAS THE “CODE NAME’ FOR THEIR INFORMANT?

55 WHICH SENATOR IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE WATERGATE COMMITTEE ?

56 WHAT DOES NIXON DO IN HIS OFFICE THAT EVENTUALLY WILL CAUSE HIM TO RESIGN?

57 WHAT THREE REASONS DOES NIXON GIVE FOR REFUSING TO TURN OVER THE TAPES?

58 WHAT THREE PEOPLE ARE FIRED BY NIXON IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT MASSACRE?

59 WHAT ARE THE TWO (2) SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF THE WAR POWERS ACT, 1973?

60 IS THE WAR POWERS ACT CONSTITUTIONAL?

ARAB OIL EMBARGO, 73’

61 WHAT DOES NIXON SEND ISRAEL?

62 WHAT ACTION DOES O.P.E.C. TAKE IN RESPONSE?

64 O.P.E.C.-

65 NAME 5 EFFECTS OF THE USA AIDING ISRAEL?

66 BY WHAT FACTOR DO GAS PRICES RISE AFTER THE END OF THE 5 MONTH EMBARGO?

67 United States v. Nixon, 1974-

68 August 8, 1974 Who becomes the only unelected President in our history?

69 September 8, 1974 what happened that was so controversial?

70 Title IX ---

71 Who is the leader of the Anti-ERA group who successfully defeats the ERA?

72 What happens to the divorce rate between 1960 and 1976?

73 A.I.M. –

74 UNITED STATES V. WHEELER, 1978

1976

75 WHAT DID JIMMY CARTER DO FOR A LIVING BEFORE HE BECAME PRESIDENT?

76 WHAT WAS JIMMY CARTER’S PROMISE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?

77 WHAT DOES JC DO ABOUT DRAFT DODGERS?

78 WHAT WAS PERHAPS CARTER’S GREATEST SUCCESS AS PRES?

79 WHAT DOES JIMMY DO WITH PANAMA?

80 WHAT CAUSES THE MESS WITH THE OLYMPICS IN 1980 AND 1984?

81 WHAT WAS THE “PRIME INTEREST RATE” DURING CARTER’S PRESIDENCY?

82 ACCORDING TO THE GRAPH IN MY NOTES WHAT HAPPENS TO CONSUMER PRICES IN THE 70S?

IRAN

83 WHAT DO THE CIA AND MI-6 DO IN 1954?

86 WHAT GROUP TAKES OVER IN IRAN IN 1979?

87 WHAT OCCURS NOV.4, 1979?

88 HOW MANY AMERICAN DIPLOMATS ARE HELD HOSTAGE?

89 FOR HOW MANY DAYS TOTAL?

90 WHO IS GOING TO GIVE US BACK ARE “MOJO?”