CH. 42 THE STALEMATED SEVENTIES, 1968-1980

FLASH CARD I.D.S Define and state the significant causes and effects of each of the following terms:

1. détente
2. Vietnamization
3. My Lai massacre
4. Kent State killings
5. Pentagon Papers
6. SALT
7. Southern strategy
8. Watergate Scandal
9. OPEC
10. Iranian hostage crisis

SOCRATIC SEMINAR PROMPTS Select three of the following prompts and write a one paragraph response to each prompt you select.

1. What policies did Nixon pursue with Vietnam, the Soviet Union, and China, and what were the consequences of those policies?
2. In what ways did Nixons domestic policies appeal to Americans racial and economic fears, and in what ways did he positively address problems like inflation, discrimination, and pollution?
3. Do you think America was justified in fighting the Vietnam War? What mistakes might have been made? What would you have done differently?
4. How did Nixon fall from the political heights of 1972 to his forced resignation in 1974? What were the political consequences of Watergate?
5. How did the administration of the 1970s attempts to cope with the interrelated problems of energy, economics, and the Middle East?
6. What effects from the problems of the 1970s are we still dealing with today?
7. Why can the 1970s be characterized as a "decade of stalemate"? What caused the apparent inability of the federal government to cope with the new problems of the time?
8. In what ways were the foreign-policy and economic issues of the 1970s similar to those of the whole post-World War II era, and in what way were they different? (See Chapters 39, 40, 41)
9. Which other president in American History would you most easily compare President Nixon to and which president would you most easily compare President Carter to?