Nixon
In 1970, Nixon signed this landmark environmental act into law.
What is the CLEAN AIR ACT?
He was the soviet leader who, during the 1980s, introduced Glasnost and Perestroika?
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
In the 1980 Presidential Election, Ronald Reagan received this many electoral votes.
What is 489?
In 1991, the Persian Gulf War started because of this action.
What is when Iraq invaded Kuwait?
Arab countries stopped selling oil to the United States because of this action.
What is the U.S. sent military aid to Israel during the Yom Kippur War?
Ruled Unconstitutional by the courts, Nixon would refused to spend money approved by Congress.
What is IMPOUNDMENT?
She was the first woman to be on a major party's vice-presidential candidate.
Who is Geraldine Ferraro?
Before being elected President he was a Peanut Farmer and served as Governor of Georgia.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
The United States main purpose in invading Panama in 1989 was to arrest this infamous dictator.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
This group of Middle Eastern petroleum producers caused great problems in the U.S. when they stopped selling their product to the U.S.A.
Who what is OPEC?
As a young man, Richard Nixon would help his father with this business every morning.
What is a grocery store?
This Muslim cleric led the revolution in Iran in 1979.
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
In his now infamous 1988 speech, George H.W. Bush famously said "Read my lips: ( )".
What is "No new taxes"
In 1973, Egypt and Syria invaded Israel starting this conflict.
What is the Yom Kippur War?
When the United States sent military support to Israel during the Yom Kippur War, this happened.
What is Arab countries stopped selling oil to the U.S.?
When Nixon extended his presidential power and made the presidency seem more powerful than intended, this term was often used.
What is "IMPERIAL PRESIDENCY".
Name 1 of Nixon's most loyal advisors. There are 4 to choose from.
Who is H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitchell, OR John W. Dean, III?
This Vice-President resigned after it was revealed he had accepted bribes.
Who is Spiro Agnew?
The point, or reason, the United States and its allies committed to OPERATION DESERT STORM.
What is to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi control.
This Muslim cleric led the revolution in Iran in 1979.
Who is Ayatollah Khomeini?
This was Nixon's plan to get support from white, southern Democrats who were unhappy with segregation.
What is the SOUTHERN STRATAGY?
This President sent over 20 thousand soldiers into Panama in 1989.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
In the 1988 Presidential Election he ran against the republican candidate, George H.W. Bush.
Who is Michael Dukakis?
The U.S invaded this tiny island nation in 1983 with the goal of removing its pro-communist government.
What is, or were is, Grenada?
In 1991, the Persian Gulf War started because of this action.
What is when Iraq invaded Kuwait?