Nixon
Foreign policy designed to ease tensions with communist nations
Detente
Hotel where the break-in occurred
The Watergate
Ford is the only president to serve without ever doing this
Being elected
Single most important issue facing the nation when he became president
Energy crisis
Legalized abortion
Roe v. Wade
Became the first man to set foot on the moon on July 20, 1969
Neil Armstrong
Office that was burglarized
Democratic National Committee Headquarters (DNC)
Decision that aroused fierce and widespread criticism
Pardon of Nixon
Foreign policy emphasis
Human rights
Rising inflation and unemployment
Stagflation
Historic visit was made to this country in 1972
China
Reporters who uncovered the scandal
Woodward and Bernstein
Americans were called on to voluntarily spend less
WIN (Whip Inflation Now)
Disapproval of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan resulted in this boycott
1980 Olympics in Moscow
Site of a nuclear facility "scare" in 1979
Three Mile Island
U.S. signed an arms limitation agreement (SALT) with this country
Soviet Union
Proved Nixon had attempted a cover-up
Tape recordings
Promoted greater cooperation between the nations of Eastern and Western Europe
Helsinki Accords
Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel that was considered his greatest foreign policy achievement
Camp David Accords
Effort to improve employment and educational opportunities for minorities
Affirmative action
Passed Congress but was never ratified by the states
ERA
Nixon is the only president to have ever done this
Resign
200th anniversary of the American Revolution
Bicentennial
Americans were taken hostage and held for 444 days
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Ruled that President Nixon had to turn over the tapes themselves not just transcripts
U.S. v Nixon, 1974