The Nixon Years
Americans who were disturbed by the unrest of the 1960s but did not protest publicly
Silent Majority
the communist party in Cambodia that imposed a reign of terror on Cambodian citizenship
Khmer Rouge
real or official
legitimate
a political scandal involving illegal activities that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in 1974
Watergate
President Nixon's visit to China is an example of what?
de'tente
a combination of rising prices
stagflation
after the Vietnam War, refugees who escaped from Vietnam in small boats
boat people
a policy that promotes the ending of strained or hostile tensions between countries
détente
Who was suspected of sending spies to take secret documents and wiretap phones of the Democrats?
Richard Nixon
BONUS: who won the election?
How did the SALT agreement ease Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union?
it limited nuclear weapons
to encourage or cause something to happen or to become more active
stimulate
What moves ordered by Nixon plunged Cambodia into a civil war between Communist and non-Communist forces?
The bombing of Communist bases in Cambodia and American and South Vietnamese forces invading by land
a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear warheads and missiles
SALT Agreement (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)
who was enlisted to obstruct the Watergate investigation?
The CIA
Nixon was involved in an illegal break-in and resigned after the House of Representatives passed articles of impeachment, this describes what scandal
Watergate
Nixon cut many Great Society programs, such as job training, education, and low-income housing. He also sought to return power to the states. This transfer of power became known as
"New Federalism"
Who won the Civil war in Cambodia
Communist Khmer Rouge (kuh MER ROOZH)
The United States refused to recognize which Chinese Government?
Mao Zedong's Communist government
What happened in July 1974 in relation to the Watergate Case?
Nixon was ordered by the Supreme Court to surrender tapes that prove his guilt
Nixon froze wages and prices to do what
halt inflation
how many American soldiers, Vietnamese soldiers, and civilians approximately died during the Vietnam War?
58,000 American Soldiers
one million Vietnamese soldiers
half a million civilians
In May 1972, Nixon became the first president to visit what country since the start of the Cold War?
Soviet Union
What did Richard Nixon become the first president to do?
Resign