70s and 80s Flashcards
(128 cards)
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Who was the Republican candidate in the 1968 election?
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Nixon
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Who was the Democratic candidate in the 1968 election?
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Humphrey
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Who was the third-party candidate in the 1968 election?
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George Wallace
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What was the Silent Majority?
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The Americans who believed in the governemtn and wanted and end to viokence in the 60’s
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How many electoral votes did Nixon get?
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301
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Who did Nixon meet with in the South?
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South Carolina Senator trom Thurmond
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Who did Nixon critizise?
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Earl Warren
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Who was Earl Warren replaced with?
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Warren Buffer
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What protests did Nixon tackle after being in office?
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Anti-War ones
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What did General John Mitchell do?
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Enforce the law to draft invaders, deserters, and street crime
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Who was Nixon’s security advisor?
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Henry Kissinger
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What was Realpolitik?
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Practical rather than ideological
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Where was Realpolitik described?
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Machiavelli’s quote of “The End Justifys the Means”
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Why did Nixon lift the trade and travel restrictions with China?
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Recognize mainland China as a legit nation, despite its communist governemt
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When did the Soviets request for a summit with the United States?
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After the visit to China
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What was triangular diplomacy?
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Playing the communist nations against each others
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What did the first Chinese meet really involve?
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Ping Pong
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What was signed during the Moscow Summit?
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A Nuclear Arms Treaty
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What was the Nuclear Arms Treaty?
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Plan to reduce the number of nuclear arms in both countires?
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Where was the break-in?
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Democratic National Headquarters
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What list did Nixon put his enemies on?
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An enemies list
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Who was Nixon running against in 1972?
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George Montgovern
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Who was one of the five burgers in Watergate?
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James McCord
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What was James McCord?
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A former CIA official and member of Nixon’s commitee
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Did American's believe Nixon?
YES and he won
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What were the five Nixon supporters called?
Plumbers
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What was the security guard's name?
Frank Willis
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Were the men arrested?
Yes
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Who was the counsel to the president?
John Dean
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Who put the Watergate story in the public eye?
Woodward and Bernstein
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Who revealed White House officials had been responsible for the break in at Watergate?
John Dean
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Who testified Nixon had recorded all oval Office meetings?
Alexander Butterfield
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What commitee votes to impeach Nixon?
House Judiciary Commitee
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Who takes office after Nixon?
Ford
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Why did Ford pardon Nixon's crimes?
Public Interest
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What was WIN?
Whip Inflation Now
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What was Whip Inflation Now?
America's plan to cut back on gas and oil
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What was Ford's other plan?
Cutting governemtn spending and higher interest rates
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What did increased deficit spending lead to?
Inf;ation
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What countires are part of OPEC?
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Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
Kuwait
Venezuela
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What does OPEC stand for?
Organization of Petroleum Exporting countires
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How does OPEC punish america?
Put an embargo on petroleum by Isreal supporters
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Why was there a decline of blue collar jobs?
Increased internation production (Japanese and European plants more effective)
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What is stagflation?
combo. of Inflation and economic stagnation
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Why did Carter struggle through presidency?
Inability to work with congress;
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Why did Congress reject most of Carter's proposals?
He refused to work with political insiders
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What was the centerpiece for Carter's foreign policy?
Human Rights
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What did Carter give Panaminians control over?
The Panamal Canal
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What event did Carter protest the Soviet invasion of Afghan?
The Summer Olympic Games
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What was the Camp David Accord?
The first peace aggreement between Isreal and an Arab country
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Who allowed revolutionaries to attack a U.S. embassy in Tehran and capture 52 American hostages?
Khomoin
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What was the New Right?
A collection of grass-roots groups promoting single issues
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What was the leading conservative magazine?
The National Review
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What was "Affirmative Action"
Special consideration for women, minority in employment
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What was the Moral Majority?
Christians for traditional morals
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Who embezzled Millions from what people thought was a religious charity?
Jim Baker
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Who was Reagan's running mate in 1980?
George H. Bush
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Where did Reagan serve as governor before?
California
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What was Reagan's nickname?q
The Great Communicator
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What is Reagan's quote?
Government is not the answer, it is the problem
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What is trickle down economics?
Benefit provided to the wealthy will indirectly benefit the poor
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What was Reaganomics a mix of?
Lowering Taxes and Cutting Spending
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What did opponents call Reaganomics?
Voodoo-economics
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What were the budget cuts?
Cut programs which benefited the poor urban population
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What did the budget cuts result in?
Gap between rich and the poor widens?
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What does Supply-side economics hold about lower taxes?
Investment, less regulation, greater productivity, more supply, lower competition orices
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What was the anti-missile defense system called?
Strategic Defense Initiative
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What was the anti-missile defense system nicknamed?
Star Wars
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When was the worst recession since the GD?
July 1981-November 1982
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By when does the national debt double?
By the end off Reagan first tem
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What is deregulation?
Less industry regulation
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What is deregulation supposed to do?
Increase competition and result in lower prices
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Of what organization does Reagan cut the budget of?
The EPA
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Who was the first woman justice to the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O' Connor
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What was the The Reagan Doctrine?
Support any nation that resists communism with economic and military aid and even with soilders
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What did Reagan say to Gorbachev?
"Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall"
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What did Reagan see the Soviet Union as?
the Evil Empire
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What was the Reagan Coalition?
A large coalition of diverse groups - business people, Southerners, Westerners, and Reagan democrats
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Who was the democrat in the 1984 election?
Walter Mondale
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Who was Walter Mondale's running mate?
Geraldine Ferraro
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Who was the first woman on the democrat's presidential ticket?
Geraldine Ferraro
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What did George Bush say?
Real My Lips, No New Taxes
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What is a Yuppie?
Young Urban Professionals who emphasized Materialism and greed
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What did Reagan declare on drugs?
The War on Drugs
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What was Lady Nancy Reagan's drug campaign called?
Just Say No!
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What was the 1983 commission?
U.S. students lag behind students in other nations
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What are happening to cities?
Wealthy families move to the suburbs
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What percentage of females head the household door?
31%
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What is pay equity?
Pay reflects educational, physical effort, and responsibility
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Who is the first African American governor?
L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia
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Who were Sandinistas?
Socialist group that takes over Nicaragua
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Who was the opposition of the Nicaraguan government?
Contras
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Which Contra was elected president in Nicaragua?
Violeta de Chamorro
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In Grenada, what was the pro-Cuba government replaced with?
A pro-US government
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Who was drug trafficing to the US?
Manuel Antonio Noriega
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Who was Manuel Antonio Noriega the dictator was?
Panama
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What is the Palestine Liberation Organization?
A political movement and gurella fighters dedicated to fighting Isreal
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Who invaded Lebanon?
The Isrealis
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What was the Marine Barracks Bombing?
241 Marines killed by a car bomb where making peace between the Palestinians and Israel
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By what groups was the car bombing by?
Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah
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What was the TWA High-jacking?
Islamic Fundamentalists took control of 100 Americans in a jet.
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Where are Americans taken hostage by Iran?
Lebanon
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How did we send weapons to Iran for hostages and money to fund the Contra forces?
To Isreall and then Iran
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Why is Reagan the Teflon president?
None of the scandals seemed to be connected to him
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Who was Micheal Gorbachev?
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party
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What is Glasnost?
Openness and allowed freedom of press
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What is perestroika?
Private enterprise, modernized economic system
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What was the INF Treaty signed for?
Better relations with the U.S. to cut defense spending
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What does Gorbachev reduce Soviet control over?
Eastern Europe
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Which countries go democratic?
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Blugaria, Romania
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Who is the president of Russia?
Boris Yeltsin
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Who orders military to crush protesters?
Premier Li Peng
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What left Iraq with huge debt?
Iran-Iraq War of 1980-88
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What was Operation Desert Storm known as also?
The First Gulf War
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What did we do in the Desert Storm Op?
Liberate Kuwait form Iraq
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How many casualties did we have?
40-
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How many Iraqi deaths?
60,000-100,000
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Who was the third party candidate of the 1992 election?
Ross Perot
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Who was the 1992 election between?
Clinton vs Bush
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Who wins the 1992 election?
Clinton
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What was Middle America?
Term used by Nixon used to describe Americans who believed in the government and end turmoil of the 80s
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Who was George Wallace?
Southern politician and helped Nixon win in 68
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What was the southern strategy?
Appealed to conservative democrats of the South.
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What did the Southern Strategy lead to?
Democrats leave party to join the Republicans
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What was Smoking Gun?
The tape/tapes? that showed Nixon's involvment in the cover up of trhe break in
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Why did OPEC create an embargo?
Retaliation for American support Isreal in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
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How did Carter tackle the energy crisis?
Creation of the Department of Energy
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What political movement sees a resurgence under Reagan's adminstation
Conservatism
