Watergate: Scandal where 5 men broke into the Democratic Party's headquarters
Great Society: program by President Lyndon B. Johnson that instituted federally sponsored social welfare programs
Vietnam War protests: Anti-war marches and other protests after the successful Tet Offensive by North Vietnamese troops proved that war's end was nowhere in sight
Silent Majority: Segment of the population who Nixon believed still supported the Vietnam war
Phyllis Schlafly: Conservative, political activist, opposed the Equal Rights Amendment
Southern Strategy: A Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans
Equal Rights Amendment: A proposed amendment to the US Constitution stating that civil rights may not be denied on the basis of one's sex
New Right: American conservatives that rose up in opposition to liberal policies on taxes, abortion, affirmative action, as well as foreign policy stances on the Soviet Union
Roe v. Wade, 1973: issued laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions
Students for a Democratic Society: American student organization that flourished in the mid-to-late 1960s and was known for its activism against the Vietnam War
Voting Rights Act of 1965: signed into law by President LBJ, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels for voting
Civil Rights Act of 1964: Civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
Conservatism: Political views that favor free enterprise, private ownership, and socially conservative ideas
George Wallace: Southern populist and and segregationist
