US History 70s and 80s Terms Quiz

A landmark Supreme Court case where students wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War and were suspended from school.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Environmental Protection Agency

Supreme Court case involving Amish parents who refused to send their children to school beyond 8th grade due to religious beliefs.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Environmental Protection Agency

Conservative activist, author, and political figure who successfully led opposition to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the 1970s.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Environmental Protection Agency

Federal agency established in 1970 under President Nixon to protect human health and the environment.

• Tinker v. Des Moines

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Phyllis Schlafly

• Environmental Protection Agency

Federal law designed to protect critically imperiled species from extinction due to economic growth and development.

• Endangered Species Act

• Détente

• Watergate Scandal

• OPEC

Period of reduced Cold War tensions and improved diplomatic relations between the United States and Soviet Union during the 1970s.

• Endangered Species Act

• Détente

• Watergate Scandal

• OPEC

Political scandal stemming from the break-in at Democratic National Committee headquarters and subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration.

• Endangered Species Act

• Détente

• Watergate Scandal

• OPEC

International organization of oil-producing nations formed in 1960 to coordinate petroleum policies.

• Endangered Species Act

• Détente

• Watergate Scandal

• OPEC

Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt negotiated by President Jimmy Carter at Camp David.

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Reaganomics

• Sandra Day O'Connor

444-day standoff when Iranian students seized the US embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage.

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Reaganomics

• Sandra Day O'Connor