Exam 29: Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Ayatollah Khomeini and American hostages

Which of these modern technologies was actually created during World War II?

Mikhail Gorbachev became the head of the Soviet state immediately following the retirement of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. stagflation

In the 1970s, a new, complex economic problem called ____ emerged, combining high inflation with high unemployment.

What did the 1975 Helsinki Accords accomplish?

What was true about Playboy magazine when it first launched in the 1950s?

Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW).

The American president who made the decision to bomb North Vietnam and who significantly increased the number of American troops in the Second Vietnam War was

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. domino theory

The American people increasingly divided over the war in Vietnam after Johnson's troop escalation in 1968.

Student radicalism in the 1960s was motivated by all of these reasons EXCEPT

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. rap and Grandmaster Flash

What ultimately sealed Jimmy Carter's defeat in the 1980 presidential election?

Would it be accurate to say that all, or at least most, of the popular culture of this period was Postmodern? Explain.

What domestic social, political, and economic factors impacted the development of Western civilization between 1965 and 1985? What developments were the result of the West's interactions with the rest of the world?

Student protests in Europe backfired to an extent as

Who was the British mathematician who designed a computer that assisted in breaking the secret German codes during World War II?

A popular slogan of the youth movement of the 1960s was

The "Reagan Revolution" included all of these new policies EXCEPT