People
Who did Nixon appoint as Vice President?
Gerald Ford
What was Nixon's new plan for the government called?
New Federalism
What year did Nixon resign?
1974
Where did the Watergate scandal occur?
Washington D.C.
What is the abbreviation for the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks?
SALT
Who wrote Silent Spring?
Rachel Carson
What was the economic challenge Nixon faced?
Stagflation
What did Nixon call Americans who opposed protests?
Silent majority
Who found a way to secretly fund the Contras?
A group of Reagan administration officials
What did Reagan not support?
Communism
Who was formerly a Georgia governor, then became president?
Jimmy Carter
What was one of the most debated social issues for Americans in the 1970s?
Affirmative action
Who was the man who tried to assassinate Reagan?
John Hinckley Jr.
What was the result of Watergate?
Nixon almost being impeached
What was detente?
A term for less hostile relations
Who began the political reform known as perestroika?
Mikhail Gorbachev
What did Silent Spring make known to the population?
Pollution
What else happened on Reagan's inauguration?
What was the result of the Iran-Contra affair?
Reagan was found not guilty of the charges
What was realpolitik?
The German term meaning "actual politics"
Who worked on the Arizona Court of Appeals, then was appointed to the Supreme Court?
Sandra Day O'Connor
What was the 1972 federal law that banned discrimination on the basis of gender?
Title IX
What was President Carter's goal?
To show a new spirit of openness
Who was the anonymous government official who leaked information on Watergate?
W. Mark Felt
What were the Camp David Accords?
A meeting between the U.S., Egypt, and Israel about easing tensions