PART 1

1. What was the importance of the Battles of the Sexes and what was the outcome?

2. Why was pregnancy such a concern to women in the 1960s?

3. How did Shirley Chisholm change the understanding of the women's movement?

4. What is the ERA and why did Phyllis Schlafly oppose it?

5. What part of government during the 1970s became central to the culture wars over abortion, women's rights, and other issues? How and why?

PART 2

1. Why did Nixon tape his conversations - how did this impact his presidency?

2. How did Nixon view women in relation to political power? Be specific.

3. Why did Nixon seem obsessed with Jews in and out of government?

4. Why did Nixon not admit to having knowledge to the Watergate breaking?

5. Does Watergate define Nixon's presidency or should be remembered for his domestic or foreign policy? Answer this question iin detail

PART 3

1. How did the ideology of the New Left impact the rise of identity politics in the late 1960s and 1970s?

2. What had more of an impact ending the Vietnam War - Nixon's specific Vietnamization policies or the notion of detente?

3. How did Watergate impact the Nixon presidency (both short term and long term)?