U.S. History Final (Ch 28-29)
treaty that Nixon and the Soviet Union signed to limit nuclear arms
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I)
the nation's wealth earned by the top 5% began to:
rise
a disease that weakened the immune system, first discovered in homosexual men
AIDS
President Nixon's Democratic opponent in the 1972 presidential election
George McGovern
television station launched by Ted Turner
WTBS
Impeachment
to charge the holder of a public office (usually the president) with misconduct
Silent Spring
a book by Rachel Carson that assailed the increasing use of pesticides
stagflation
combination of rising prices and economic stagflation
Camp David Accords
historic peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter
retailers sell:
large quantities of goods at low prices
took Nixon to court to make him give up the Watergate tapes and was eventually fired at the president's request
Archibald Cox
conservative Republican nominee for president in 1964
Barry Goldwater
Protestant minister who built a national following
Billy Graham
limited campaign contributions and established an independent agency to administer stricter election laws
Federal Campaign Act Amendments
shah
Iranian monarch supported by the United States
member of President Nixon's inner circle who leveled accusations against the president
John Dean
movement founded by Jerry Falwell that backed conservative candidates and issues
Moral Majority
a policy that dismantled a number of federal programs and gave more control to state and local governments
New Federalism
Why was American manufacturing on the decline by the 1970's?
Prices on imported oil began to rise dramatically
Reagan's encouragement to raise interest rates and pass a massive tax cut
Reaganomics
bills that granted federal funds to state and local agencies
Revenue-sharing bills
Who sent his army to invade oil-rich Kuwait in August 1990?
Saddam Hussein
What development was necessary for conservatives to build a coalition that could elect a president?
Southerners began shifting their votes to the Republican party
Southern and western region of the United States
Sunbelt
The tax cut Reagan won from Congress would increase the deficit, so what did Reagan propose?
The cutting of social programs
protest of students and workers calling for democracy in China
Tiamnanmen Square protest
Nixon's policy of turning the responsibility for South Vietnam's defense over to the South Vietnamese military
Vietnamization
worked to spread conservative ideas to a wider audience by founding the magazine "National Review"
William F. Buckley
Environmental Defense Fund
a group of scientists to finance a series of legal actions in the late 1960's and early 1970's to halt DDT spraying
Clean Air Act
act that established emissions standards for factories and automobiles
Rehabilitation Act of 1973
act that prohibited discrimination against people with disabilities by any federally funded program
The Indian Bill of Rights Act of 1968
act that recognized the legitimacy of local reservation law and guaranteed reservation residents the protections of the Bill of Rights
the cause of the rapid economic growth
baby boomers entering the workforce
recession began in the late 90s caused partly by the end of the Cold War, because the US:
began reducing its armed forces and cancelling orders for military equipment
paid by businesses and investors when they sell stocks or real estate for a profit
capital gains tax
University of California Regents v. Bakke
case that ruled that universities could not use "fixed quotas" to maintain a diverse student body
laying off workers and managers to increase a company's efficiency
downsizing
Nixon's policy that profoundly eased tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States
détente
The largest religious group within the social conservative movement that formed by the late 1970s
evangelical Protestants
President Nixon expressed hope that a "competent cabinet" of advisers could run the country, allowing him to focus on:
foreign affairs
man who ordered the Watergate break-in
former Attorney General John Mitchell
"openness," allowing more freedom of religion and speech in the Soviet Union
glasnost
after Watergate, could be appointed to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing by high government officials
independent counsel
who the strong economic growth benefited the most
middle and upper-class Americans
Ayatollah Khomeini
name of Iran's monarch
Although the Supreme Court had ordered an end to segregated public schools in 1954, many schools remained segregated in the early 1970's because:
neighborhoods were still segregated and children went to neighborhood schools
OPEC
organization of petroleum exporting countries who embargoed oil to countries that supported Israel
"restructuring," allowing some private enterprise and profit making in the Soviet Union
perestroika
foreign oil
problem that President Jimmy Carter believed was the largest problem related to the US economy
term used by presidential candidate Jesse Jackson for a broad group of minorities and the poor
rainbow coalition
After inflation surged in 1978, President Carter responded by reducing the money supply and:
raising interest rates
inflation
rise in the cost of goods
this group of people began lobbying for Social Security and Medicare
senior citizens
Reagan's first act as president
sign an executive order eliminating price control on oil and gasoline, a step towards deregulation
Liberals tend to favor government intervention in the economy, they are generally suspicious of attempts to use government to regulate:
social behavior
high-level diplomatic meeting
summit
For many Americans, the conservative idea that the government had become too big meant simply that:
taxes were too high
policy that Nixon announced that the United States would now expect its allies to take care of their own defense
the Nixon Doctrine
Independent Living Movement
the beginning of the disability rights movement
Earth Day
the beginning of the environmental movement
what Mikhail Gorbachev announced in late December 1991
the end of the Soviet Union
Native Americans
the group that wanted more independence from mainstream society
Reagan launched the largest peacetime build-up of:
the military
executive privelege
the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest.
What was one purpose of President Nixon's trip to China?
to encourage the Soviets to pursue diplomacy more actively
Helsinki Accords
treaty that addressed a large range of global issues, signed by NATO and the Warsaw Pact
good jobs and adequate schools
two things civil rights leaders began to focus on securing African American access to
Spiro Agnew
vice president who was forced to resign in disgrace when investigators learned that he accepted bribes.
entertainment technology that changed television viewing habits as well as the movie industry
videocassette recorders
reverse discrimination
what critics called affirmative action programs that emerged in the 1970s