Chapter 39 - The Stalemated Seventies

________ sought to guarantee gender equality through words.

________ lifted embargo in 1974 and quadrupled price of oil by the end of the decade.

________ dealt with many controversial decisions.

________ ordered an attack on Cambodia in 1970.

Prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education programs

The ________ repealed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and in 1971, the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18, passed.

________ v. Connecticut (1965): struck down state law that banned the use of contraceptives but created the "right to privacy.

________ stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.

________ invaded Afghanistan on December 27, 1979.

Required construction trade- unions working on federal payroll to establish "goals and timetables" for black employees

War was generally fought by the lesser- privileged ________.

________ was taken over by Pol Pot.

The first unelected president

Won the presidential election with 297-240 electoral votes

________ put an embargo on the Soviet Union.

Required the president to report all commitments of U.S. troops within 48 hours to the Congress and set a 90 day limit on those activities (November 1973)

________ fell to communist North in 1975.

The ________ and the prime minister of Israel signed accords on September 17, 1978 at Camp David.

Grew stagnant in the 1970s after economic growth in the 1950s and 1960s

________ imposed a 90- day wage freeze and took the nation off of the gold standard.

________ was opposed by George McGovern in 1972.

________ sent the national security adviser to China to encourage better relations while ________ himself went to Moscow.

________ urged America to stop tearing each other apart and cooperate.

________ divided Americans into his supporters and his opponents.

Urged America to stop tearing each other apart and cooperate

Made a deal with the U.S. in fear of a U.S. and China alliance with them making a deal for foodstuffs such as wheat, corn, cereals, etc.

Became energized and took an aggresive tone during the 1970s