On December 1, 1969, the Selective Service held its first Vietnam Draft Lottery.  Each male of appropriate age was given a number based on his birhday.  Men selected were to report to the draft board to be evauluated.  This provided a fair and equal way to draft American’s young men.

What was NOT a Northern advantage?

Among the root causes of the hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II was  _______________________-.

After talks with China and in an effort to improve relations with the Soviet Union, the Nixon administration begin talks to limit nuclear weapons.  The response to this was _________.

This husband and wife were convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union during WWII.  The couple was later sentenced to death and were executed.  

The Warren court often sided with the conservatives especially the “silent majority” and produced extremely conservative rulings.  

He symbolized the conservative backlash occurring in America around 1968.  He was a controversial governor that was a noted segregationist.  He was never a serious cadidate for the presidency but his standing in the polls at times up went to 20%

Roe v.Wade centered around this controversial moral issue.

OPEC is associated with what industry?

On April 19, 1995, a home-made bomb exploded outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.  The bombing remained the deadliest terrorist assault on U.S. soil until 9/11.