America in History – 6.0
Mr. Hammer
Challenges to the Post War Order -1973-1980
Chapter 38 - Challenges to the Post War Order
Objectives for class discussion…
- Explain the causes of Stagflation
-Describe the events of the Watergate Scandal
-Explain the impact of the scandal and the disillusionment of many Americans
Watergate
1) What was CREEP?
2) Why did men employed by CREEP break in to the Watergate Office Complex?
3) I & E: Dirty Tricks
4.) Why did Vice President Agnew resign?
5.) How did Gerald Ford become VP?
6.) What evidence existed that would implicate the President in the Watergate scandal?
7.) What was the “smoking gun”?
8.) What were three Articles of Impeachment based on?
9.) How was the Watergate Crisis resolved?
Sources of Stagflation
10.) What caused the sudden slump in American productivity?
11.) How did lack of investment contribute?
12.) What was the impact of the Vietnam War? Oil Crisis?
13) What were the deepest roots of Stagflation and why?
14) Who started to gain a competitive advantage on American business in the 1970’s?
The First Unelected President
15.) What was President Ford’s most controversial act?
16.) I & E: The Helsinki Accords
17.) Why did critics charge détente to be a one way street?
Defeat in Vietnam
18.) What did President Ford request Congress to do?
19.) How did the war in Vietnam end?
20.) What were the dual costs of the Vietnam War?
21.) Besides the war what did America truly lose as a result of Vietnam?
Feminist Victories & Defeats
Objectives - Define Feminism
- Explain the provisions of The Education Amendments Title IX
- Identify the ERA
- Explain why the STOP ERA Movement was successful
22) I & E: Title IX
23.) What were the provisions of the ERA?
24.) I& E: Roe V. Wade
25.) What groups opposed the Roe V Wade decision?
26.) Identify: Phyllis Schlafly
27.) Why did the ERA Amendment fail to be ratified?
28.) How did the second wave of feminism transform the country in the 1970’s?
The Seventies in Black & White & Election of 1976
Objectives: - Explain the impact of the Milliken v Bradley Decision
- Define Affirmative Action
- Describe the Bakke case
- Cite the gains of the Native American Movement
- Identify the New Right & Cite reasons for its formation
29.) Identify: Milliken v Bradley
30) How did forced school bussing effect the poorest communities?
31.) Why was reverse racism a cry against Affirmative Action programs?
32.) Identify: Bakke V CA
33) What gains were made by Native Americans during the 1970’s?
34.) Identify –The New Right
35.) What hot button issues were emphasized by the New Right?
36.) What was the outcome of the Election of 1976?
37.) Why did Carter appeal to American voters?
Carter’s Humanitarian Diplomacy & Woes at Home
Objectives: -Describe Carter’s Human Rights Foreign Policy
- Cite Carter’s greatest Foreign Policy Achievement
- Explain Carter’s Foreign Policy Challenges
- Identify the Economic & Energy Crisis Challenges of the 1970’s
38.) What two African Nations did Carter support the black majority?
39) I & E : The Camp David Accords
40) What was the impact of the Panama Canal Treaties?
Economic & Energy Woes of the 1970s
41) Define: Oil shock
42) What lesson did the US learn during the late 1970’s?
43) What happened in Iran in 1979?
44) How did events in Iran impact the economy of the US?
45) Identify & Explain: The Malaise Speech
46.) What were the beliefs of the “neoconservatives”?
47.) Identify: Milton Freidman
48.) Explain: Deregulation.
Foreign Affairs & The Iranian Imbroglio
Objectives:- Explain the opposition to SALT II
Identify why the USSR invaded Afghanistan
- Explain the Iran Hostage Crisis
-Evaluate the impact of the Hostage Crisis
49) Why was SALT II never ratified?
50.) Why did Iranian Militants storm the US Embassy in Nov. 1979?
51.) What were their demands?
52.) What was the reaction by the Carter Administration to the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan?
53.) What steps were taken by the Carter Administration to force Iran to free the
hostages? What was the result of military action?