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History 104 Final
Last History Final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reasons why Carter won the Election: | 1. Born again christian 2. Washington Outsider 3. Conservative Democrat 4. Populist Style (Man of the People) |
| Row vs. Wade | Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackman passed Birth Control |
| George Wallace | Hard stance on segregation (for it) 1968 and 1972 he ran for president. |
| Miranda vs. Arizona | Miranda rights |
| "The forgotten Americans..." | Nixon's campaign philosophy. Silent Majority. Got Nixon elected, wanted law and order |
| Supplemental Security Income (during Nixon's term) | Guaranteed income for elderly, blind, etc. Expand social security. |
| Ping Pong Diplomacy 1971 | America vs. Chinese (American team won) |
| Detonte | "Relaxing Tensions." Close the door on nuclear war. |
| Daniel Ellsberg | "Pentagon Papers" 7,000 page study of Vietnam War. Leaked papers to the New York Times |
| Attorney General John Mitchell | Went to New York Times and told them not to publish Pentagon Papers. Leader of CREEP. |
| Arthur O. "Punch" Sluzberger | Wanted Pentagon Papers printed, said New York Times had the right. |
| Easter Offensive 1972 | North Vietnamese strategic to push South Vietnamese back. |
| Gloria Steinem | Women's Rights/ equal rights for pay and jobs |
| Phyllis Schlafly | Conservative - against feminism |
| Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) | Expansion of food stamp program. |
| Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) | Expansion of food stamp program. |
| Public Works Act of 1977 | Percentage of federal contracts to be awarded to minority contractors (called "set-asides") |
| Klemitt Hanesworth & Carol Carswell | Failed Supreme Court nominees. They voted against civil rights. |
| Alexander vs. Boards of Education | Segregation of schools. Forced schools to accept segregation. |
| Black Capitalism | Blacks having more opportunities |
| Nixon's environmental Progress/Achievements | National Environmental Policy Act. Clean Air Act of 1970. EPA. Endangered Species Act. Clean Water Act. |
| Yom Kippur | King of Saudi Arabia imposed an embargo on oil to the US and other countries |
| Jimmy Carters Malay's Speech | "Government cannot solve problems" |
| Nixon's environmental Progress/Achievements | National Environmental Policy Act. Clean Air Act of 1970. EPA. Endangered Species Act. Clean Water Act. |
| Jimmy Carters Malay's Speech | "Government cannot solve problems" |
| Alexander Butterfield | Told the Senate Watergate Committee about the Oval Office Tapes |
| CREEP | Committee to Re-Elect the President. |
| Alexander Butterfield | Told the Senate Watergate Committee about the Oval Office Tapes |
| Ben Bradlee | Executive Editor of the Washington Post who presided over the post |
| CREEP | Committee to Re-Elect the President. |
| Woodward & Bernstein | Cracked the story of Watergate |
| Ben Bradlee | Executive Editor of the Washington Post who presided over the post |
| CREEP | Committee to Re-Elect the President. |
| Ben Bradlee | Executive Editor of the Washington Post who presided over the post |
| Howard Hunt & Gordon Liddy | The major "Plumbers" who plugged leaks for the Nixon White House. Broke into Therapists office. |
| "Deep Throat" | Mark Felt (One of the to people in the FBI - 2nd in command) |
| "What did the President know and when did he know it?" | Senator from TN, Howard Baker |
| Archibald Cox & Leon Jaworski | Special prosecutors during Watergate |
| Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) | Expansion of food stamp program. |
| Public Works Act of 1977 | Percentage of federal contracts to be awarded to minority contractors (called "set-asides") |
| Klemitt Hanesworth & Carol Carswell | Failed Supreme Court nominees. They voted against civil rights. |
| Alexander vs. Boards of Education | Segregation of schools. Forced schools to accept segregation. |
| Black Capitalism | Blacks having more opportunities |
| Yom Kippur | King of Saudi Arabia imposed an embargo on oil to the US and other countries |
| Nixon's environmental Progress/Achievements | National Environmental Policy Act. Clean Air Act of 1970. EPA. Endangered Species Act. Clean Water Act. |
| Jimmy Carters Malay's Speech | "Government cannot solve problems" |
| Alexander Butterfield | Told the Senate Watergate Committee about the Oval Office Tapes |
| Woodward & Bernstein | Cracked the story of Watergate |
| CREEP | Committee to Re-Elect the President. |
| Ben Bradlee | Executive Editor of the Washington Post who presided over the post |
| Howard Hunt & Gordon Liddy | The major "Plumbers" who plugged leaks for the Nixon White House. Broke into Therapists office. |
| "Deep Throat" | Mark Felt (One of the to people in the FBI - 2nd in command) |
| "What did the President know and when did he know it?" | Senator from TN, Howard Baker |
| Archibald Cox & Leon Jaworski | Special prosecutors during Watergate |
| Panama Canal Treaty | Gave canal back to Panama |
| Camp David Accords | Israel agreed to withdraw from the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt would acknowledge Israels right to exist. |
| Cambodia | Nixon had troops invade. Four students killed. |
| Southern Strategy | More slowly with civil rights to vote republican. |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | Required the President to inform Congress of troops going into war. |
| Henry Kissenger | Secretary of State under Nixon |
| Affirmative Action | Racial Quotas |
| Equal Rights Amendment | Feminists movement |
| Energy Challeneges | Reduce energy (taxes). Department of Energy. |
| 3 Mile Island Plant | Nuclear accident (partial meltdown) |
| Richard Thornberg | Told everyone to evacuate island |
| Jerry Falwell | "Moral Majority" Opposed equal rights amendment, ban on prayer in public schools, abortion, gay and lesbian rights. |
| Paul Volcker | Set interest rates at a high level to slow economy down, ultimately creating a recession. After 2 years, it worked. |
| Walter Mandell | Ran against Reagan, promised to raise taxes. Only won one state - Minnesota |
| Supply Side Economics | The best way to achieve economic growth is to decrease taxes for businesses and wealthy |