APush Chapter 29

Beginnings of modern liberalism and conservatism. New Left - associated with liberal, radical, marxist political movements that took place during the 1960s New Right - preferred traditional values, including segregation

Nonviolent youth movement that tried to transform the United States into a "participatory democracy".

Manifesto of the American student activist movement Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), part of the New Left movement.

coalition of student groups that insisted on the right to campus political activity.

Unarmed students killed and injured by police gunfire at Vietnam protests.

Youth culture that rejected the repressed authority of the established order and adopted love, cooperation, community and immediate gratification as their mantra.

Region of San Francisco, famous for Summer of Love, a New Left hippie movement.

1969 music festival attended by four hundred thousand young people in 1969 to celebrate their vision of freedom and harmony.

Social movement that challenged norms with the introduction of contraceptives, homosexuality, and nudity into mainstream society.

Contraceptive that gained popularity during the sexual revolution.

Landmark Supreme Court decision that forbade states from barring abortion by citing a woman's constitutional right to privacy. Seen as a victory for feminism and civil liberties by some, the decision provoked a strong counter-reaction by opponents to abortion, galvanizing the Pro-Life movement.

Social movement that urged gays to "come out" to their families.

Attack launched by the National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces, attacking more than a hundred South Vietnamese cities and towns.

Nixon (R) v Humphrey (D) v Wallace (I). Nixon wins.

Longtime U.S. Congress member who also served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949-1959 and the U.S. Senate from 1959-1971. In 1968 he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Presidential nomination.

Criminal convicted of the assassination of civil rights and anti-war activist Martin Luther King, Jr.

Convicted assassin of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy, brother of JFK.

38th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Johnson. He also served two terms as a Senator in Minnesota.

DNC riot following the assassinations of MLK and RFK in Chicago

Mayor of Chicago during the DNC riots in Chicago in 1968

Republican President. Adept at foreign policy, ended Vietnam war. Resigned after the scandal at Watergate.

phrase used by Nixon to describe the end of the Vietnam war at the Paris Peace Accord

Term used to describe the majority of people who don't publicly express their opinions.

Alabama governor known for segregationist attitude during desegregation of the South.

German-born diplomat who served as National Security Advisor and later Secretary of State during the Nixon and Ford administrations.

Politics and diplomacy that is based more on practical power than ideological notions

Military strategy launched by Richard Nixon in 1969. The plan reduced the number of American combat troops in Vietnam and left more of the fighting to the South Vietnamese, who were supplied with American armor, tanks, and weaponry.

Military assault in a small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968, in which American soldiers under the command of 2nd Lieutenant William Calley murdered hundreds of unarmed Vietnamese civilians, mostly women and children. The atrocity produced outrage and reduced support for the war in America and around the world when details of the massacre and an attempted cover-up were revealed in 1971.

Peace summit that ended the Vietnam War

A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.

Nuclear Arms talks between US and Soviet Union that limited armament control.

Nuclear Arms talks between US and Soviet Union that limited armament control.

Chilean physician and politician, known as the first Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through open elections.

NASA lands Americans on the moon before the Russians, symbolizing the end of the space race.

Astronaut who became the first person to walk on the moon. Upon landing on the moon, he proclaimed, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

a governmental organization signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1970 designed to regulate pollution, emissions, and other factors that negatively influence the natural environment. The creation of the EPA marked a newfound commitment by the federal government to actively combat environmental risks and was a significant triumph for the environmentalist movement.

International day of celebration and awareness of global environmental issues launched by conservationists on April 22, 1970.

Inflation + Unemployment, occurs when total production is reduced on a national level.

Informal list of President Nixon's political enemies.

Whitehouse unit led by created by Nixon to discredit his opposition and ensure executive secrecy. The nickname came from the unit's assignment to plug government leaks.

Military analyst that released confidential Pentagon Papers, creating a huge scandal.

Busing students to promote integration is constitutional.

Chief Justice, conservative that allowed for liberal decisions on integration, religion, and abortion.

Nixon's Vice President, 1969-1973

Nixon (R) v McGovern (D). Nixon wins in a landslide

Democrat running against Nixon on antiwar platform in 1972 election

Committee for the Reelection of the President

Break-in at DNC at the Watergate compound in D.C. Led to President Nixon's resignation.

a former CIA agent, later involved as an electronics expert in the Watergate burglaries.

Reporters that broke the Watergate story.

Secret informant who provided reporters Woodward and Bernstein with information about the Watergate break-ins.

Presidential advisor to Nixon from 1970 to 1973

Nixon's dismissals of cabinet members involved in Watergate scandal.

Nixon resigned following the Watergate scandal and near-certainty of impeachment.