Nixon's Presidency
Flexible diplomacy adopted by Richard Nixon to ease tensions between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People’s Republic of China.
Detente
Jimmy Carter won the 1976 election by presenting himself as...
A Washington outsider, a regular guy, and not a "career politician" like Ford.
This new disease killed thousands of people in the US during Reagan's presidency.
HIV/AIDs
The tragic mid-air explosion of this U.S Space Shuttle is known as...
Challenger Disaster
Nixon's domestic policy to reverse the flow of power and resources from the federal government to the states was known as...
"New Federalism"
How did Gerald Ford become President?
Richard Nixon resigned after the Watergate Scandal and Ford was Nixon's Vice President.
Who did Jimmy Carter grant amnesty to, thinking it would heal the nation?
People that evaded the draft during the Vietnam war.
Reagan's economic policies of cutting taxes and government regulations, as well as increasing the budget deficit, is nicknamed...
Reaganomics
This event symbolized the collapse of communist control in Eastern Europe and the threat of communism.
The Fall of the Berlin Wall
Nixon signed this agreement with the Soviet Union, which stopped the further development of anti-ballistic missiles (ABMs).
Salt I Treaty
Hundreds of thousands of refugees from Cambodia and Vietnam fled by boat, earning them this nickname.
"Boat People"
Carter’s most controversial foreign policy was returning this artificial waterway back to its original country.
The Panama Canal
Reagan believed in this economic policy, which rests on the assumption that if taxes are reduced, the wealthy would invest more and thus create jobs.
Supply Side Economics
Proposed program in which land and space-based lasers would destroy any missiles aimed at the U.S. before they could reach their targets.
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This group that imposed an embargo on oil shipped to the United States in 1974 caused oil prices to increase by 400%.
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
This communist group in Cambodia committed a genocide of all non-communists in their country and Ford decided not to get involved.
Khmer Rouge
This 1978 agreement brokered by Carter between Egyptian and Israeli leaders that made peace between the two nations possible.
Camp David Accords
Reagan fired strikers with this job for violating a U.S law that forbids federal employees from striking.
Air-Traffic Controllers
This scandal under Reagan was highly criticized, as it contradicted government policy by negotiating with terrorists and illegally funding a terrorist group.
The Iran-Contra Affair
The tactic of the republican party for winning presidential elections by securing the electoral votes of southern states that was done by Nixon to secure the election of 1972.
"Southern Strategy"
At this meeting, the US, Soviet Union, Canada, and European countries promised to favor human rights. However, they didn't follow through on their promises.
Helsinki Accords
The U.S. decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah to enter the country for medical treatment sparked what event?
The Iran Hostage Crisis
Describe the differences between "Liberalism" and "Federalism"
Liberalism: Valued social programs that helped the poor, elderly, and underprivileged. More rights for women and minorities. Greater regulation of industry. Cooperating with international organizations (UN).
Conservatism: Believed that a large Federal government endangered economic growth and individual choice. Reduce taxes & limit federal regulations. Feared values of counterculture. Christian fundamentalism.
This Terrorist Group drove trucks filled with bombs into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing the most U.S soldiers in a single day since the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Islamic Jihad Organization (Hezbollah)