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the relaxation of tensions between world powers (US and Soviet Union)
Detente
Realpolitik
foreign policy should only consider a countries power not their morals or ideals
became president after Nixon resigned
Gerald Ford
Nixon orders attorney General Richardson to fire the people investigating the Watergate Scandal
Saturday Night Massacre
peace negotiations between Egypt and Isreal with the US moderating
Camp David accords
an extremely expensive missile defense system
Strategic defense initiative
guaranteed government benefits to certain groups
Entitlement programs
What does OPEC stand for?
Organization for petroleum producing countries
President Nixon visited what 2 communist countries?
USSR and China
What were the burglars after in the Watergate scandal?
Campaign information from the Democratic Party Headquarters
What President support Human Rights?
President Jimmy Carter
What president pardoned Nixon?
President Ford
What are liberals generally fighting for?
Free speech, social programs
How do conservatives feel about government aid?
Private efforts and religion can fix issues
What area of the government did Reagan increase spending to?
the military
Chinese students
In order to cut the funding to the Environmental protection agency, who did Reagan appoint as administrators?
People who were sympathetic to business interest
Destroying the Berlin wall signified what to the world?
the end of communism is European countries
What were the students in Tiananmen Square fighting for?
Democracy in China
Did pardoning Nixon help President Fords reputation?
no
President Nixon
What was the largest terrorist attack on US soil?
9/11
How did Americans feel when Clinton apologized for his actions (stealing government money and having an affair with a white house intern)?
unhappy, disappointed, angry
How did conservatives feel about affirmative action?
they disliked it (it was only helping one group)
What are the two main political parties? (need both to get points)
Democratic and Republican