US History chapter 25

bold immorality

"free love" (premarital and extramarital sex), easier divorce laws, recognition of lesbian marriages, and, above all, a woman's unquestioned "right" to abortion on demand

what are some obstacles that hampered Ford's effectiveness

-he was the first person to serve as president who had never been elected as president or vice president during a presidential election -the public's increasingly critical perception of him

what are a couple factors that also damaged Ford's reputation

-in 1975, America tasted final defeat in Southeast Asia as South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos fell to the Communists -a sluggish national economy worried voters

three factors that contributed to stagflation

1) the energy crisis created a scarcity of many products and thus caused price increases. 2) Johnson had created a large budget deficit by attempting to pay for both the Vietnam War and the Great Society without major tax increases 3) increased competition in international trade

who became a leader in making women's rights arguments, and what book did she write in 1963

Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique

CRP

Committee to Re-Elect the President

what single event most devastated Ford's early popularity

Nixon's pardon

what group of nations announced an oil embargo against the US

OPEC, which included the arab nations that produced the greatest amounts of oil

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

who won the presidential election of 1980

Ronald Reagan

one of the other problems that plagued Nixon's administration was the allegation that VP __________________ had taken bribes as the governor of Maryland and as VP

Spiro Agnew

what was the "Carter Doctrine"

US would resist by military force if necessary any soviet attempt to push farther south to the Persian Gulf

further investigation into this affair revealed a pattern of questionable and illegal activities organized by Nixon's CRP

Watergate affair

energy crisis

a combination of higher prices for and shortages of American energy resources; gasoline shortages also contributed to this crisis

which two vice presidents have resigned from office

agnew, Calhoun

who was the Islamic extremist who denounced the US as "the great Satan"

ayatollah ruhollah Khomeini

why did OPEC call for an oil embargo against the US

because the nations that make up this group launched a surprise attack on Israel who was supported by the US

environmental movement

began to sound warnings about industrial pollution of the water and air

to achieve their vision of equality, some women's liberationists advocated a platform of _____________

bold immorality

what was the peace agreement between Israel and Egypt called

camp david accords

what decision caused carter to lose the approval of many veterans

granted amnesty to those who fled the country or failed to register for the draft to avoid fighting in Vietnam

what was Ford's greatest obstacle

hostile congress

what was the cornerstone of carter's foreign policy

human rights

stagflation

in the 1970s, the US experienced high inflation and high unemployment at the same time

what liberal republican ran as an independent third-party candidate in 1980

john Anderson

oil embargo

prohibited the sale of any oil to America

which of Ford's character traits did Nixon hope would help his own administration

reputation for honesty and popularity in congress

which supreme court decision declared that most state laws that restricted abortion were unconstitutional

roe v wade

what is an example of the numerous incidents of misconduct during the Nixon administration

some aides sent letters to newspapers, accusing Democratic candidates of racism and sexual immorality

what soviet action caused carter to withdraw the SALT II treaty from senate consideration

soviet invasion of Afghanistan

example of one of the various forms of discrimination against women

women often received less pay than men working at the same job. in some states, a married woman couldn't own property in her own name

the radical element within the women's movement became known as...

women's liberation movement

what was one of the largest and most influential movements in the 1970s

women's rights movement