Nixon!
The word that describes how Nixon left office.
Resigned
As president, Ronald Reagan was this kind of president who favors tradition and moderation
conservative
This French word was Nixon's foreign policy towards dealing with the Soviet Union and China
détente
Carter had a difficult time getting along with Congress during his presidency...what did they believe he was?
An outsider :(
Carter's foreign policy was based on
human rights
Who knew a game of table tennis would initiate peace between China and the US, something unseen since 1949
ping-pong diplomacy
Fighting against the Sandinistas, this group was initially backed by the Reagan administration
the Contras
Carter boycotted the 1980 summer Olympics in Moscow because the Soviet Union invaded which country?
Afghanistan
This scandal involved the break-in of the Democratic Party’s office headquarters
Watergate
This president helped reduce the budget deficit by raising taxes
Clinton
Our support of this country caused Arab countries to place an embargo on oil sales to the US in 1973
Israel
A major increase in this kind of spending significantly grew the national debt
military
The first of these not-pepper treaties limited the amount of nuclear missiles the Soviet Union and the US were allowed to have
SALT I
When a president is formally charged with misconduct in office
impeached
This president offered amnesty to "draft dodgers"
Ford
The name for Henry Kissinger traveling back and forth among Middle Eastern capitals in an effort to resolve the oil crisis and forge a lasting peace
shuttle diplomacy
This situation is one of the reasons Americans did not reelect Carter in favor of Reagan
the Iranian Hostage Crisis
While not a non-pepper treaty, this treaty with Gorbachev was another thaw in the Cold War that limited nukes
INF Treaty
Who can impeach the president and where is the trial held?
The House of Representatives can impeach the president; the trial is held in the Senate
Policy reducing government control of the economy
perestroika
Americans did not trust Gerald Ford because he did this for Nixon's involvement in Watergate.
Pardoned
This scandal involved administration officials selling weapons and using the money to fund another.
Iran-Contra Affair
Policy allowing new ideas into Soviet society
glasnost
Why did George Bush form a coalition to go to war against Iraq in 1991?
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
The first major legislation to outlaw discrimination against people with disabilities
Rehabilitation Act of 1973