Unit 9 Vocab Part 2

Question 1

9/11 Terrorist Attacks

Answer 1

group of Al-Qaeda terrorists used planes to destroy two world trade center buildings

Question 2

Reaganomics

Answer 2

reduce federal tax rates, reduce corporate tax rates, promote economic growth

Question 3

The “War on Terror”

Answer 3

dominated US foreign policy, started after 9/11, meant to weed out terrorists

Question 4

SALT I

Answer 4

1st treaty to establish limits on number of nuclear weapons held by US and USSR

Question 5

SALT II

Answer 5

initiated by Carter but failed because of conflict in two nations

Question 6

Kent State shootings

Answer 6

protests when the National Guard came in and four students were killed, led to antiwar rallies

Question 7

Unsafe at Any Speed

Answer 7

Ralph Nader, inspired new automobile regulations

Question 8

Silent Spring

Answer 8

Rachel Carson, expose of pesticides

Question 9

OPEC

Answer 9

placed an embargo on oil into US as punishment for involvement in Yom Kipper

Question 10

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 10

goal was to get rid of discrimination for people with disabilities in the workplace, etc.

Question 11

Warren Court

Answer 11

liberal, role in fighting segregation and helped with civil rights

Question 12

Stokely Carmichael

Answer 12

head of SNCC

Question 13

SCLC

Answer 13

founded by MLK, taught that civil rights could be achieved without violence

Question 14

James Meredith

Answer 14

civil rights activist, first African American to attend University of Miss

Question 15

Freedom Summer

Answer 15

used to register African American voters in Miss

Question 16

Black Panthers

Answer 16

fought to establish revolutionary socialism

Question 17

Kerner Commission

Answer 17

used to investigate the race riots in 1967

Question 18

Robert Kennedy

Answer 18

ran for President and was thought to win until his assassination

Question 19

The Other America

Answer 19

Michael Harrington, influential study of poverty in the US

Question 20

Economic Opportunity Act

Answer 20

authorized the formation of the Community Action Agencies as a part of the War on Poverty

Question 21

“War on Poverty”

Answer 21

tried to help combat poverty and help the poor

Question 22

Mayaguez Incident

Answer 22

military rescue operation conducted by US armed forces against Cambodia

Question 23

Gov. George Wallace

Answer 23

pro-segregation governor who ran for Pres and lost against Nixon

Question 24

Barry Goldwater

Answer 24

LBJ was opposed by this senator who attacked issues such as income tax

Question 25

Helsinki Accords

Answer 25

agreement to legitimize the Soviet Union holdings following WW2

Question 26

Nixon Doctrine

Answer 26

supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere

Question 27

Yom Kippur War

Answer 27

war fought by Israel and neighboring Arab nations

Question 28

Sandra Day O’ Connor

Answer 28

first woman to be appointed to court

Question 29

Iran-Costra Scandal

Answer 29

US gov agents secretly sold arms to Iran

Question 30

Mikhail Gorbachev

Answer 30

former general secretary of the communist party of the USSR

Question 31

Boris Yeltsin

Answer 31

first president of the Russian Federation