1970s Flashcards
New Haven Black Panther trials
The panthers and the FBI both suffered damage to their reputations as a result of this 1970 trial.
Kent State shootings
After Nixon spreads the Vietnam conflict into Cambodia, protests at Kent State resulted in the shooting deaths of several students.
Hard Hat Riot
1970- 1,000 students protesting the Kent State shootings are attacked by anti-communist construction workers.
Henry Marrow
A black man violently murdered in a hate crime in 1970.
Rubén Salazar
A Mexican-American journalist killed by police in 1970. An instance of anti-Chicanoism at the time.
All in the Family
One of the most influential sitcoms, premiered in 1971. Dealt with very controversial issues.
Seabed Arms Control Treaty
Soviet Union and U.S. signed this 1971 treaty banning the placement of arms on seabeds.
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
(1971) Upheld the constitutionality of busing to achieve desegregation.
Pentagon Papers
The New York Times published this 1971 report, detailing how the U.S. had bombed Cambodia and Laos, staged coastal raids on North Vietnam, and Marine Corps attacks, none of which were reported in the mainstream media.
New York Times Co. v. United States
(1971) Upheld the legality of the publishing of the Pentagon Papers.
Jim Morrison
Lead singer of the rock band “The Doors” who died of a drug overdose.
26th Amendment
Following waves of anti-war protests, this amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
Nixon Shock
1971, President Nixon declared the prohibition of the exchange between gold & dollars.
Attica Prison riot
Most important riot of the Prisoners Rights Movement, 1971. Many die.
Vietnamization
Nixon’s Vietnam policy of forcing the brunt of the fighting on South Vietnamese troops, in an effort to bring American soldiers home.
Intel 4004
A 1971 invention of Intel which would revolutionize computer technology.
John Lennon
Known first as a member of The Beatles, then for his and his wife’s peaceful anti-protest songs.
Shirley Chisholm
First African-American congresswoman ever, she made an unsuccessful, but historic, bid for the Democratic ticket in 1972.
1972 Nixon visit to China
An extremely important conference between Pres. Nixon and Mao Zedong, the end result was open trade with China.
Angela Davis
A 1960s counterculture radical and activist who proposed communism and Marxism.
The Godfather
Considered one of the all-time greatest films, released in 1972.
Biological Weapons Convention
1972, banned the use of biological weaponry.
SALT I
Treaty signed in 1972 between the U.S. and the USSR. This agreement limited the number of missiles in each nation and led to the SALT II discussions and a slowdown of the arms race between the two countries.
White House Plumbers
Name given to the special investigations committee established along with CREEP in 1971. Its job was to stop the leaking of confidential information to the public and press.
Furman v. Georgia
(1972) The arbitrary and inconsistent methods of carrying out capital punishment make it unconstitutional, placing a moratorium on the death penalty.
Jane Fonda
American actress who aroused controversy when she was photographed while touring in North Vietnam in 1972.
Tuskegee syphilis experiment
Study examined the progression of syphilis in black men without treatment, even until 1972 when a cure became available.
Thomas Eagleton
Briefly served as the Democratic Vice Presidential nominee in 1972 under McGovern after he stepped down following reports he had been treated for mental illness.
USS Kitty Hawk riot
A 1972 race riot which prompted congressional inquiry into the nature of race in the Navy.
United States presidential election, 1972
Nixon soundly defeats Democrat George McGovern.
Operation Linebacker II
A heavily criticized Christmas 1972 bombing of North Vietnam by America.
George Steinbrenner
Known as “The Boss,” he was a controversial sports figure who managed the New York Yankees for over thirty years.
Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite
A 1973 Elvis Presley concert that was broadcast all over the world via satellite.
Roe v. Wade
(1973) A controversial Supreme Court ruling which declared that no U.S. governments could pass a law denying a woman the right to obtain an abortion under the right to privacy of the due process clause of the 14th Amendment.
Paris Peace Accords
An unratified 1973 agreement to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam that was negotiated by Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ.
American Indian Movement (AIM)
A Native American advocacy group founded in 1968 with an agenda that focuses on spirituality, leadership, and sovereignty.
Wounded Knee incident
In 1973, AIM staged an armed takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
Bureau of Indian Affairs building takeover
In 1972, 500 members of AIM stormed into the Washington, D.C. Bureau of Indian Affairs building and ransacked it.
Fred Hampton
African-American activist who worked for the Black Panthers in conjunction with AIM until his 1969 murder by the Chicago Police Department.
Burst of Joy
A 1973 Pulitzer Prize winning photograph of a Vietnam War veteran being reunited with his family.
John Sirica
An otherwise undistinguished federal judge who rose to national prominence in 1973 when he ordered Pres. Nixon to turn over recordings associated with Watergate.
John N. Mitchell
U.S. Attorney General until 1972, he served nineteen months in prison in 1977 in connection with Watergate. Nixon’s close personal friend, when the scandal first leaked, he was scapegoated with all the blame.
Martin Cooper
Invented the first handheld cellular phone in 1973.
H.R. Haldeman
White House Chief of Staff under Pres. Nixon who was forced to resign in 1973 in connection with Watergate.
John Ehrlichman
Counsel and Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs under Pres. Nixon until he resigned in 1973 in connection with Watergate.
Deep Throat
The alias of Mark Felt, an FBI Agent who leaked information about Watergate to Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
John Dean
Served as White House Council under Nixon and, during Watergate, agreed to flip against the defense in exchange for a lighter sentence.
Battle of the Sexes
A 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.
Spiro Agnew
The only Greek-American Vice President, he served under Nixon until he was forced to step down in 1973 in relation to income tax evasion. He was replaced by Gerald Ford.
Saturday Night Massacre
U.S. President Richard Nixon orders Attorney General Elliot Richardson to dismiss Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox. Richardson refuses and resigns, along with Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus. Solicitor General Robert Bork, third in line at the Department of Justice, then fires Cox. The event raises calls for Nixon’s impeachment.
War Powers Resolution
Congressional legislation passed in 1973 which requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action. It was passed over Pres. Nixon’s veto.
DSM-II
In 1973, gay rights activists secured a great achievement when the American Psychiatric Association removed homosexuality as a disease from the DSM-II.
Endangered Species Act
1973 legislation, one of the few dozens signed into law during the 1970s. Pres. Nixon signed this law- which was designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction.
Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act
A law signed into effect by Pres. Nixon in 1973 in response to oil crisis, authorized the construction of an oil pipeline connecting the North Slope of Alaska to Port Valdez- ended all environmentalist legal challenges.
DOCUMERICA
A program sponsored by the EPA from 1972-1977 to gather photographic evidence of environmental concerns all over America.
1973 oil crisis
October 1973 - March 1974; in response to American support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War, OPEC nations passed an oil embargo against the United States (among other nations).
