Exam 29: America During Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Participatory democracy was the goal of the leftist ____________________.

Discuss the presidency of Richard Nixon and assess his accomplishments and failures.

Jimmy Carter,a Democrat,immediately succeeded Richard Nixon as president.

____________________ is the economic term for an economy with rising inflation and unemployment.

The Pentagon Papers were highly critical of which of the following?

In 1971,the Nixon administration employed covert action against the elected socialist government of Chile's ____________________.

Richard Nixon was

The Civil Rights Act of 1968 dealt with voting rights.

The general in charge of the U.S.war effort in Vietnam was Norman Schwartzkopf.

IDENTIFICATIONS -George McGovern

Spending on the military sector far outstripped that for social programs.

____________________ succeeded Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the U.S.Supreme Court.

During Richard Nixon's presidency,the U.S.economy experienced

Describe the significance of the year 1968 to American social and political history.

The riot in Watts did not result in a loss of life.

In 1970,President Richard Nixon escalated the war in Indochina by invading ____,a supposedly neutral nation.

Both Martin Luther King Jr.and ____________________ were killed in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr.died in Memphis,TN supporting a protest by ____________________.

Analyze the growth and nature of protest movements,especially among young people,during the late 1960s.