Nixon
Ford/Carter
Reagan
Clinton
Bush Sr./Jr.
100
-Training South Vietnamese soldiers to fight while American troops evacuated Vietnam
What was Vietnamization?
100
-Ford wanted to spare the nation the pain of an impeachment trial
Why was Nixon pardoned?
100
-USFG takes in less money, has to borrow money from other nations to fund anything
What is deficit spending?
100
-Worked hard to lead a task force to design a national health-care plan -Congress didn't vote on it -However, this allowed workers to keep insurance when they change jobs -Lost to Obama in the 2008 presidential election
Who was Hilary Clinton?
100
-Bush Sr. led US and UN troops, drove Iraqis out of neighboring Kuwait, a main supplier of oil
What was the Persian Gulf War?
200
-Series of scandals/cover-ups that eventually led to Nixon's resignation
What was the Watergate Scandal?
200
-Nation's first unelected president -Weak both foreignly and domestically
Who was Gerald Ford?
200
DAILY DOUBLE -lowered unemployment rate to lowest ever -tripled national debt -Reaganomics and supply-side economics
What was Reagan's foreign policy?
200
-Clinton's main opponent -became Speaker of the House in 1995 -Tried to get nominated for presidency by the Republican Party in 2012
Who was Newt Gingrich?
200
-broke up the al-Qaeda network in Afghanistan -expanded the war to Iraq -created Dept. of Homeland Security
How did Bush Jr. respond to terrorism?
300
-Improve relations with China and the USSR -Get US troops out of Vietnam
What was Nixon's foreign policy?
300
-Egypt and Israel signed a treaty that ended 30 years of conflict
What were the Camp David Accords?
300
-Americans learn about US selling weapons to Iran in exchange for help in freeing hostages in the Middle East -Weapons went to Contras, violating a law barring the USFG from funding the rebels
What was the Iran-Contra Affair?
300
-Lifted tariffs to increase trade between North American countries
What was NAFTA?
300
DAILY DOUBLE -Responsible for the 9/11 hijackings -Evaded Bush Jr. -Eventually killed under the Obama Administration
Who was Osama bin Laden?
400
-US and USSR signed a treaty limiting each nation's nuclear power
What was SALT?
400
-Hoped that Carter would bring fresh ideas to the nation
Why did America elect Carter?
400
-Decrease entitlements -Deregulations -Smaller government -Conservative Supreme Court -Lower taxes for the wealthy
What were the five points of Reaganomics?
400
-Kosovars wanted independence -Serbs opposed it -War breaks out
What was the War in Kosovo?
400
-Mass immigrations -Baby boom generation aging
How has the US population been affected?
500
-Nixon wanted to win the 1972 presidential election by a landslide -People working for Nixon began working on illegal activities
How did Watergate start?
500
-Carter wasn't used to D.C. politics and used this to say he was still "idealized"
What is a Washington Outsider?
500
-Give producers money to produce their goods -More money=more goods, consumers buy more -The money eventually trickles down through the economy
What was supply-side/trickle-down economics?
500
-improper relationship with a White House interim ( Clinton allegedly lied about it under oath)
Why was Clinton impeached?
500
-The Internet allows companies to sell products online -People can shop online and have their products shipped to them
How has technology helped build a more global economy?