Cold War
Nixon worked to build relationships of trust with communist nations, helping to thaw the Cold War. This policy was known as ?
Nixon ordered the military into Cambodia and Laos, hoping to stop the success of this infamous path that was supplying the Viet Cong.
What was the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
It helped save the Bald Eagle and other animals that were on the brink of extinction.
What was the Endangered Species Act?
The Watergate is one of these . . . . but don't get it confused with a Holiday Inn.
A large reason why Ford lost to Carter was because of what he did for Nixon right after he became president.
Much of Nixon's foreign policy "victories" were in large part thanks to this man, Nixon's Secretary of State
Who was Henry Kissinger?
Protests of Nixon invasion of Laos and Cambodia led to protest. Unfortunately, this led to horrific scene at this college in Ohio.
This term referred to the horrible economy that went on throughout the 1970s - high inflation and unemployment.
What was stagflation?
This "covert" group were responsible for the Watergate break in . . . someone fix the toilet please.
Who were the plumbers?
Carter stuck to America's Treaty signed about 70 years earlier and gave this back to the people where it was dug.
What was the Panama Canal?
In a dramatic shift, Nixon recognized mainland China, not this island nation, as the actual nation of China.
American troops were responsible for this massacre of 500 innocent Vietnamese, many of them women and children.
What was the My Lai Masssacre?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What was the 26th Amendment?
In the United States vs Nixon, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not use Executive Privilege and he must turn these over.
What were the White House tapes?
The Camp David Peace Accords were the first successful treaty with Israel and any Middle Eastern nation . . .which Middle Eastern Nation was part of the agreement.
What was Egypt?
Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev worked this treaty to lower the number of nuclear weapons>
What was SALT I or Strategic Arms Limitations Talks?
Nixon's plan to remove troops from Vietnam and train the South Vietnamese Army so they could defend themselves against the communist in North Vietnam.
In large response to the backlash against the Vietnam War, Nixon ended this practice . . . making male teens very relieved.
What was the draft?
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, reporters from the Washington Post, broke the scandal wide open thanks to this secret source.
Who was "deep throat"?
What was Afghanistan?
Nixon fought hard to keep this document out of the hands of the newspapers and the public. Fortunately, in the NY Times V United States, the Supreme Court ruled this document could be released by the press.
What were the Pentagon Papers?
What was Asia?
Nixon said this group of people did not support the ultra-liberal ideology of the younger generation . . . and he was right, since this group helped him get reelected in another landslide.
Who were the "Silent Majority"?
He took over when Nixon resigned as President . . . America's first non-elected President.
Who was Gerald Ford?
America's "Malaise" got even worse when American hostages were seized in this nation during it's religious revolution.
What was Iran?