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U.S. History Feb 18
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What book started the feminist movement? | The Feminine Mistique |
| What organization did Betty Friedan start? | NOW |
| What did women make compared to a man in the 1960s? | 50 cent every dollar aka women made half of a man |
| When was the ERA first proposed? What did it initially do? | 1919 Won the right to vote |
| What movement did Phyllis Schlafly lead? What did she say would happen if they didn't stop the movement? | Stop ERA movement. Daughter would be drafted, lose custody of children, payments. |
| How many states was the ERA short of passing? | 3 states |
| What union did Cesar Chavez start? | United Farm Workers |
| What crop did they get the public to boycott? | Grapes |
| What was one of the public stunts by AIM to gain attention to their cause? | Woodenish South Dakota and Alkatraz San Francisco |
| What chemical was banned, because of the book "Silent Spring"? | DDT |
| What happened on April 22, 1970? | First Earth Day? |
| What character encouraged children not to pollute? | Woodsy the Owl |
| What animal caused the Endangered Species Act to pass? | Bald Eagle |
| What was the waste Dump near Niagra Falls, New York? What did it make? | The Love Canal. It made super funds. |
| Who were the hard working, middle class Americans, who supported the Vietnam War, and didn't protest? Nixon said that they elected him into office? | Silent Majority |
| What happened on June 17, 1972? | Watergate scandal whewn 5 guys broke into the democratic building and rigged election |
| How many minutes were missing from the white house tapes given to congreess | 17 miniutes |
| What made Gerald Ford different from other presidents? | He was never elected by the people |
| What was the high inflation and high unemployment callede in the 1970s? | Stagflation |
| Why did OPEC cut off oil to the United States in 1973? | The U.S. supported Israel in the Yom Kipur War and OPEC was fighting Israel |
| What was Gerald Ford's program to cut inflation? | WIN (Win Inflation Now) |
| Why did Jimmy Carter win the 1976 election? | Ford pardened Richard Nixon and Carter ran as an outsider |
| Why did relations between the Soviet Union and United States get worse in the 1970s? | Soviet passed the U.S. in Nukes / New Treaty (SALT) to limit nukes didn't pass / SALT 2 did get passed and Soviet Union was mad / Soviets took over Nicaragua |
| Why did Iranian reviolutionaries take over the U.S. Embassy in 1979? | The U.S. let the Shaw come to the U.S. to get casncer treatment. Iran got mad. |
| How long were the American hostages held in Iran? | 444 days |
| Who made up the New Right? | Conservative Christains and Conservative business men |
| Who wrote the Feminine Mystique and started the National Organization of Women? | Betty Friedan |
| Who led the stop ERA movement? | Phyllis Schlafly |
| What public stunt did AIM stage in order to gain attention to their clause? | They occupied Wounded Knee and they occupied Alcatraz |
| What book written by Rachel Carson helped ban DDT? | Silent Springs |
| When was the first Earth Day? | April 22, 1970 |
| What nuclear accident happened in Pennsylvania in 1979? | Three Mile Island |
| What happened on June 17, 1972? | 5 men broke into Democratic headquarters in the Watergate Complex |
| How many minutes were missing from the Watergate tapes? | 17 minutes |
| What made Gerald Ford different than any other president? | He was never elected by the people to be the president |
| What was the continued high inflation and high employment in the 1970's called? | Stagflation |
| Why did OPEC cut our oil supplies in 1973? | We supported Israel in the Yom Kippur War |
| Why did Iranian revolutionaries storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in 1979? | The United States allowed the Shah Reza Pahlavi to come here for cancer treatments |
| Who was part of the "New Right"? | Conservative business leaders and Christain leaders |
| What issue United protestants and Catholics? | abortion |
| What helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election? | Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon and he ran as an outsider |
| What was the toxic waste dump near Niagara Falls that forced the government to form super funds to clean up toxic waste sites? | Love Canal |
| What was Gerald Ford's program to fight inflation? | Whip Inflation Now |
| How many days were the American Hostages held in Iran? | 444 days |
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