Harvard University President Lyndon Johnson War on Poverty Question

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1. President Lyndon Johnson recognized the strain of poverty on Americans. He declared a “War on Poverty” and urged Congress to pass the Great Society Explain why some of these programs failed in the 1970s? Provide specific reasons for these failures. (10 points)
2. What was the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s? (2 points)
3. How did the Women’s Movement use Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique as the basis for its inspiration? (10 points)
4. Describe the early Environmental Movement of the 1970s. (2 points)
5. Urban Riots gave way to the Urban Crisis and became common in the late 1960s and early 1970s. LIST TWO causes of these riots and the crisis. (4 points)
6. Briefly describe the reason behind the Watergate Scandal AND its results. (2 points)
7. The Feminist Movement sought reforms and Equality in the Workplace through the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. But Phyllis Schlafly and her STOP ERA movement sought to slow these reforms. Why did these two movements collide and what was at the basis of their conflict? (10 points)
8. The Stonewall riots were the basis for which civil right movement? (2 points)
9. In the late 1970s through the 1980s, the New Right political movement sought to curb liberal Democratic policies. What were the origins of the New Right’s politics and how did the Religious Right contribute to the New Right’s movement? (5 points)
10. Compare & Contrast Primary Documents– President Jimmy Carter’s “Crisis of Confidence” and Ronald Reagan’s “First Inaugural” speech (this document is located in CANVAS/Files/Primary Documents.) When making the comparisons, make direct reference to the historical inferences within the speeches. Also make comparisons based on the different messages, using key phrases from both speeches. (10 Points)
11. The 1980 presidential election of Ronald Reagan proposed a change. Reagan offered his new economic policy of supply-side economics. Called Reaganomics, supply-side economics was supported by the Laffer curve. Explain how the Laffer Curve was the basis for President Reagan’s supply-side economic policy. (15 points)
12. Who was Jesse Jackson and why is he historically significant? (2 points)
13. The Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade inspired the modern-day abortion debate. Which U.S. Constitutional Amendment was cited by the court? What was the basis for the court’s legal argument to permit abortion during the first trimester? (10 points)
14. What specifically led HIV/AIDS become a major public health emergency during the mid-1980s? (2 points)
15. The U.S. foreign policy in Central America in the 1980s sought to combat emerging communist regimes. In an effort to stop Nicaraguan communists, the Reagan administration supported the Contras in their fight against communism. In light of this foreign policy approach, EXPLAIN the Iran-Contra Scandal? (10 points)
16. Describe the U.S. Nuclear Arms Policy of the 1980s? (2 points)
17. What was the reason for the First Persian Gulf War? (2 points)

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