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Chapter 37
Honors 20th Cent
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name three programs or agencies created during President Nixon’s term? | The EPA, Supplemental Security Income for the blind, disabled, and indigent aged, and OSHA |
| What did a group of Vietnam War veterans do in 191 in front of the Capitol Building? | tossed their medals in front of the Capitol Building in D.C. to protest the war |
| What happened in 1965 that symbolized a more militant and confrontational phase of the civil rights movement? | The Watts Riot |
| What happened in 1970 that led to a dramatic new wave of bitter domestic protests against the war? | The invasion of Cambodia ordered by Nixon |
| Name three programs created during President Johnson’s terms? | The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, Project Head Start, and Medicare |
| Similar to the black nationalist movement of Marcus Garvey, what movement in the 60s emphasized African American separatism and distinctiveness? | Black Power Movement |
| What was Nixon’s policy that called for the reorganization of the American Army in Vietnam into antiguerrilla units and the gradual handover of the ground war to the SOuth Vietnamese known as? | Vietnamization |
| Preside Johnson’s desire to take up the antipoverty campaign first contemplated by Kennedy, Johnson’s own past in the hill country of west Texas, and Micheal Harrington’s book, The Other America, inspired Johnson to launch what widespread social progra | The War on Poverty |
| Throughout his administration, who was President Nixon's chief foreign policy advisor? | Henry Kissinger |
| In what Supreme Court case did the justices uphold a married couple's right to use contraceptives based on a right to privacy? | Griswold v. Connecticut |
| Who was the militant African American leader who most directly challenged the peaceful methods of Martin Luther King Jr.? | Malcolm X |
| What did President Johnson call his package of domestic reform proposals? | The Great Society |
| What three things did Nixon's Vietnam policy include? | Massive bombing campaigns in North Vietnam, extending the war into Cambodia, and creating a draft lottery and reducing the number of draftees |
| Which of President Nixon's policies ushered in an era of relaxed tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and China? | Detente |
| What did the Supreme Court do in 1962-1963 that outraged religious conservatives? | Ruled that prayer and the reading of the Bible in public schools violated the 1st Amendment |
| What has required Presidents to report to Congress and gain their approval of extending any troop commitments? | The 1973 War Powers Act |
| What did Congress do that essentially handed President Johnson a blank check to use further force in Vietnam? | Passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| The baby boom, protests against Vietnam, and economic prosperity all contributed to what in the 1960s? | A cultural upheaval of American society |
| What happened that prevented the Democratic Party from nominating an antiwar candidate for President in 1968? | The assassination of Robert Kennedy |
| What caused the main sources of immigration to shift to Latin America and Asia after 1965? | The passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 |
| What caused the most serious blow to Johnson's Vietnam policy? | The Tet Offensive in 1968 |
| President Johnson proved to be more successful than President Kennedy in accomplishing what? | Having his legislation passed by Congress |
| Who exploited the divisions in the Democratic Party and appealed to conservative law and order to win the 1968 presidential election? | Richard M. Nixon |
| What became the chief goal of the black civil rights movement in the South after the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964? | Secure the right to vote |
| In what South American country did the Nixon administration engage in covert operations to overthrow the leftist government? | Chile |
| Who made up the majority of the American armed forces in Vietnam? | The least privileged young American men |
| Who was the third-party candidate for President in 1968? | George Wallace |
| Why did the Supreme Court's Miranda and Escobedo decisions come under attack from many conservatives? | They guaranteed the rights of criminal suspects against mistreatment by the police |
| By 1972, where were higher rates of integrated schools? | In the South |
| What legislation prohibited discrimination based on gender, race, and racial discrimination in most private facilities open to the public? | The Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Where did violent conflict between police and antiwar demonstrators take place in 1968? | Chicago, Illinois at the Democratic National Convention |
| What did Arab nations do as a response to U.S. support for Israel in 1973, when Israel attacked Egypt and Syria? | Placed an oil embargo on the U.S. |
| What did President Nixon do to control the creeping inflation in the early 1970s? | He imposed a 90-day wage and price freeze |
| Which of President Nixon's plans called for construction trade unions to establish timetables and goals for hiring black apprentices? | The Philadelphia Plan |
| The 1967 Six-Day War intensified the Arab-Israeli conflict by bringing into constant, direct conflict what two groups of people? | Palestinians and Israelis |
| In clear violation of its charter, what did President Johnson order the CIA to do during the Vietnam War? | Spy on antiwar protestors here in the U.S. |
| What did the U.S. agree to do as part of the cease-fire agreement in Vietnam in 1973? | The U.S. would withdraw all of its troops from South Vietnam |
| What exposed the blunders and deceptions of the Kennedy and Johnson administrations in pursuing American involvement in the Vietnam War? | The Pentagon Papers |
| What did the aerial bombings in North Vietnam accomplish? | Reinforced the dedication of the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong to fight on against the U.S. |
| Why did voters in the 1964 presidential election support Lyndon Johnson? | Loyalty to Kennedy, a fear of the Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, and a belief in the promises by Johnson to improve all of the country through his Great Society Program |
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