He led the Communist party in China in which he then overthrew the Chinese republic and turned China Communist. He ruled from 1966 to 1976, and his main goal was to remove all capitalist and traditional Chinese policies.
Who is Mao Zedong
100
Event where the National Guard opened fire on a crowd gathered to protest the Vietnam War. 4 people were killed, and 9 were injured.
What is the Kent State incident
100
Nixon’s promise to end U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization
100
Enables the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and enforce regulations related to reducing smog and air pollution
What is the Clean Air Act
100
President from 1969-1974. Ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam, normalized relations with China and the Soviet Union, denied allegations in the Watergate scandal to win a second term, and resigned shortly after being prosecuted over the Watergate scandal to avoid impeachment.
Who is Richard Nixon
200
Leader of the Fatah political party and Palestinian Liberation Organization that led terrorist attacks against the nation of Israel.
Who is Yasser Arafat
200
This became later known as the WaterGate Scandal. It was done by five men at the Democratic National Committee. This break in was ordered by President Nixon in secret.
What is the Break-in at Watergate Hotel
200
Foreign intelligence and domestic security agency of the Soviet Union.
What is the KGB
200
Treaty that ended U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and intended to bring peace to the region
What are the Paris Peace Accords
200
One of the largest landslide presidential victories in U.S. history. Richard Nixon won every state in the country except for Massachusetts.
What is the 1972 election
300
He was the head of the Herut Party after Israel gained its independence in 1948 up until 1967. He then joined the National Unity as a minister. In 1977 He became the Prime Minister of Israel.
Who is Menachem Begin
300
Nixon’s plan to end U.S. presence in Vietnam. This country was bombed before the invasion was declared. Led to unrest and protests back home.
What is the Invasion of Cambodia
300
Americans who agreed with Nixon’s policies during the Vietnam War. A poll showed that 77% of Americans fell under this category.
What is the Silent Majority
300
Supreme Court decision said that women in the United States had a constitutional right to safe abortions
What is Roe v. Wade
300
Worked for the Department of Defense starting in 1964. Photocopied the Pentagon Papers in 1969. He gave these papers to Congress members over the next 20 months, but these members did not make them public. Was charged for criminal charges under the Espionage Act in 1971.
Who is Daniel Ellsberg
400
Defense Minister of Israel during 1967 right before the 6 day war
Who is Moshe Dayan
400
When violence broke out after the police raided a gay club in New York City.
Terrorism at the 1972 Munich Olympics - Israeli Olympians were attacked and terrorised by Arabs at the events.
What is the Stonewall Riot
400
A doctrine based on the size of the Soviet Union and United States’ respective nuclear arsenals and their unwillingness to destroy civilization.
What is MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
400
Provides federal funds to family planning organizations, such as Planned Parenthood, to enable them to aid people of low income who otherwise could not afford such services
What is the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Act
400
Unanimous 1974 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that President Nixon had to surrender his secretly recorded White House tapes to Congress for their investigation of the Watergate scandal
What is U.S. v. Nixon
500
US Vietnam veteran who was put on trial for murdering 22 unarmed South Vietnamese citizens in the My Lai massacre.
Who is William Calley
500
1973 War between Israel and the surrounding Arab countries based around the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. Israeli victory.
What is the Yom Kippur War
500
An economic theory created by a British economist that refers to the idea that when spending increases in an economy, earnings also increase, which leads to even more spendings and earnings.
What is Keynesian Economics
500
Denies normal trade rights to any nation that restricts emigration
What is the Jackson-Vanik Amendment
500
Although it never was followed through, this was Nixon’s plan to ask Soviet Union leader’s help to end the Vietnam War, and to “de-Americanize” the Vietnam conflict