Flashcards in 70s Quiz Deck (12):
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War Powers Act
Limited the presidents ability to wage war without consent of legislative branch
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Title IX
Passed to end gender discrimination in fed funded programs (specifically school athletics)
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Vietnamization
Nixons "secret plan" to achieve "peace with honor"
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Who was the first president to visit communist China?
Nixon
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Stagflation
High inflation is coupled with high unemployment
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26th amendment
Made 18 the legal voting age
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Cesar Chavez
Used nonviolence to gain equality for Latinos
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Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Attempt by USSR to play greater role in the Middle East
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Ayatollah Khomeini
Ruler of Iran 1979
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"Washington outsider"
Jimmy Carter
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Watergate scandal
Involved break in if Dem National HQs in DC
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