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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%

The process of removing government controls over industries such as airlines, trucking, electricity supply, and banking, with the intention of stimulating competition and innovation.

She was the first female Jewish Supreme Court Justice.  She cofounded the Women’s Rights Law Reporter while at Rutgers.  She began as a champion for women’s legal issues and, later, advocated for same-sex marriage.

Osama Bin Laden was the leader of what terrorist organization?

In the summer of 1969, more than 400,000 people gathered for a rock concert on a farm near __________.

Obama signed this into law hoping to improve access to affordable health coverage for everyone and protect consumers from abusive insurance practices.

The Equal Pay Act of 1963 abolished wage disparity based upon __________.

As a reaction to the Cold War, millions of school-aged children in the 50s watched the film Duck and Cover.  The film featured a turtle educating children how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack.

This act enabled the federal government to gather foreign intelligence information by wiretapping American citizens, even searching computers and library records.

Wallace stood at this university and promised to keep his campaign pledge of “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregaton forever.”  The National Guard would be federalized, Wallace would step aside, and the students would be escorted in.  (In reality, Robert Kennedy made it know if Wallace caused to much trouble he would arrest him and lock him in the federal prison outside Atlanta.)