the cause of this event was the Iranian Revolution and Carter allowing the Shah into the U.S. for cancer treatment
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis
100
created to protect the Environment
What is the Environmental Protection Agency
100
President of the United States, whose foreign policy was detente with communist countries
Who is Richard Nixon
100
relaxation of political tensions between two countries
What is detente
100
hiring someone to influence government officials to pass laws supporting your special interest
What is lobbying
200
led to Nixon's resignation
What is the Watergate Scandal
200
two examples of detente during Nixon's Presidency
What is visiting China and SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
200
President of the United States, who helped to end the Cold War and increased military spending
Who is Ronald Reagan
200
Northeastern United States - traditional industrial heart of the country
What is the Rust Belt
200
Southern United States - people migrated for jobs, technology, less business regulations
What is the Sun Belt
300
the reason OPEC places an oil embargo on the U.S. in the 1970s
What is U.S. support for Israel
300
treaty between the United States and Soviet Union to limit the number of nuclear weapons in each country
What is the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
300
conservative preacher who feared America was losing its traditional moral values
Who is Billy Graham
300
Reagan's administration sold weapons to Iran to release the Hostages and then used the money to support rebels in Nicaragua
What is the Iran-Contra Affair
300
biggest lobbying group who supports protection of the 2nd Amendment
What is the National Rifle Association
400
first peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
What is the Camp David Accords
400
treaty between the United States and Soviet Union to reduce the number of Nuclear Weapons in each country and allow both countries to inspect each other
What is the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
400
first woman Supreme Court Justice
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor
400
the U.S. would support any nation around the world fighting against communism
What is the Reagan Doctrine
400
conservative group founded by Jerry Falwell, who helped to get Ronald Reagan elected
What is the Moral Majority
500
Reagan sent in peacekeeping troops to this country, where troops were left vulnerable to terrorist attacks
What is Lebannon
500
the three parts of Reaganomics
What is tax cuts, deregulation, and reducing social welfare
500
his presidential nomination showed the growing influence of conservatism in the Republican party
Who is Barry Goldwater
500
Reagan's plan to spend more money on building the military (Strategic Defense Initiative)
What is Peace through Strength
500
biggest conservative lobbying group in the country