Nixon Presidency
A scandal that involved the break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee and the attempt by President Nixon to cover it up. Ultimately led to President Nixon's resignation.
Watergate Scandal
Peace treaty between Israel and Egypt that was mediated by President Carter.
Camp David Accords
Also known as the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), this program called for the use of lasers in space to shoot down inter-ballistic missiles!
Star Wars
Conflict involving the United States, Iraq, and Kuwait. The United States and UN forces expelled the Iraqi military led by Saddam Hussein from the oil rich country of Kuwait.
Persian Gulf War
A free trade agreement between the countries of the Mexico, the United States, and Canada.
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
A main component of President Nixon's foreign policy; an ease of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Detente
Event were 444 Americans were held as hostages in Iran.
Iran Hostage Crisis
A main point of President Reagan's foreign policy, the idea that a strong America is vital to world peace.
Peace Through Strength
A law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. Requires reasonable accommodations be given to employees with disabilities, and proper accessibility requirements in public places.
Americans with Disabilities Act
The legal process when President Clinton was accused of a crime after lying about having an affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Impeachment
Nixon dealt with this issue while president. He was not able to solve it. It would get worse in the 1970s (but go by a different name...name that too and you get double the points...).
Inflation and the bonus is Stagflation.
Organization of oil producing countries. Proclaimed an oil embargo on the United States.
OPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries)
A political scandal that involved the United States selling weapons to Iran and using that money to fund anti-communist rebels in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra Affair
A conservative political organization closely affiliated with Christian Republicans that heavily supported the presidency of Ronald Reagan.
Moral Majority
Series of wars/conflicts among Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Croatia involving mass destruction and violence.
Yugoslavia/ethnic cleansing/genocide (Serbs vs Bosnians)
This Amendment idea grew in popularity. However, because of one woman it would never get passed.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
President Ford granted this to Richard Nixon after his involvement in the Watergate Scandal.
Presidential Pardon
She was the first woman appointed to be a judge on the Supreme Court.
Sandra Day O'Conner
This is an area of the United States that lost many jobs due to the loss of steel companies.
The "Rust Belt"
An international organization that helps regulate trade between countries.
World Trade Organization
The political competition between the United States and China (Remember Nixon visited China)
Ping Pong Diplomacy
President Carter signed the ownership of this canal back to its home country by the end of the century.
The Panama Canal Treaty
Also known as supply side economics, the policy of giving tax cuts to the wealthy and businesses to create economic growth.
Reaganomics
This significant event marked the fall of communism in Eastern Europe and the reunification of Germany.
Fall of the Berlin Wall.
An international agreement between countries whose overall purpose was to promote international trade by reducing or eliminating trade barriers such as tariffs or quotas.
GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)