Nixon & Detente
This president tried to ease tensions with the Soviet Union.
Who is Richard Nixon
He became president after Nixon resigned and pardoned him.
who is Gerald Ford?
This president called the Soviet union the "Evil Empire."
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This wall fell in 1989, symbolizing the end of division in Europe.
What is the Berlin wall?
The terrorist group responsible for the September 11 attacks.
What is Al-Qaeda?
Nixon signed this agreement to limit nuclear weapons.
What is SALT?
This agreement recognized european borders and pledge human rights.
What are the Helsinki accords?
His policy sent aid to anti-Communist fighters worldwide.
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
This superpower dissolved in 1991.
What is the Soviet Union?
He was the Leader behind the 9/11 attacks.
Who is Osama bin Laden?
This country did Nixon visit to open diplomatic relations.
What is China
Carter helped Egypt and Israel reach peace here.
What is Camp David?
Officials secretly sold arms to Iran in this scandal.
What is the Iran-Contra affair?
He was president when Germany reunited and the Cold war ended.
Who is George H.W.Bush?
The Supreme Court decided this controversial 2000 presidential election.
What is Bush v. Gore?
Former CIA agents broke into Democratic headquarters in this scandal.
What is watergate?
This Treaty promised to return control of a canal to Panama.
What is the Panama Canal Treaty?
He worked with this Soviet leader to reduce nuclear arms.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This war pushed Iraq forces out of Kuwait in 1991.
What is the Persian Gulf war?
In the former Yugoslavia, the U.S. and NATO intervened to prevent genocide in these two regions.
What are Bosina and Kosovo?
This Chilean general overthrew Allende with CIA help.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
Rebels held these Americans hostage for over a year in 1979.
Who are U.S. embassy workers?
reagan sent troops to these three countries: Afghanistan, Grenada, and this Central American Nation.
What is Nicaragua ?
The U.S. used military power to remove this Panamanian dictator.
Who is Manuel Noriega?
He became the first African American U.S. president in 2008.
Who is Barack Obama?