Nixon Presidency
This policy of easing Cold War tensions was a hallmark of Nixon’s foreign policy.
Détente
Ford granted this pardon to his predecessor, Richard Nixon.
presidential pardon
Carter negotiated this 1978 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
Camp David Accords
Reagan famously called the Soviet Union this “empire.”
Evil Empire
Nixon’s policy of easing Cold War tensions was called this.
détente
In 1972, Nixon became the first U.S. president to visit this communist country.
China
The 1973 oil embargo by OPEC led to this major economic problem in the U.S.
fuel shortage (oil crisis)
Carter agreed to return control of this strategic waterway to Panama.
Panama Canal
Reagan’s policy of aiding anti‑communist fighters worldwide became known as this.
Reagan Doctrine
The 1975 agreement that improved East‑West relations by pledging human rights was the
Helsinki Accords
The 1972 arms‑control treaty signed by Nixon and Brezhnev was called this.
SALT
In 1975, this Southeast Asian nation fell to communist forces under Ford’s watch.
South Vietnam
Carter boycotted these 1980 Olympic Games after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
Moscow Olympics
This covert scandal involved selling arms to Iran and funding Nicaraguan Contras.
Iran‑Contra Affair
Soviet leader who introduced glasnost and perestroika in the mid‑1980s.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nixon secretly authorized the CIA to help overthrow democratically elected President Allende in this country.
Chile
This 1975 agreement recognized post‑WWII borders in Europe and pledged respect for human rights.
Helsinki Accords
In 1979, Iranian students seized this U.S. diplomatic building and held Americans hostage.
U.S. Embassy in Tehran
On Reagan’s first day in office, this happened to the American hostages held in Iran.
their release
The U.S. sent military forces to this Caribbean island in 1983 to oust a communist government.
Grenada
This scandal — involving a break‑in at Democratic headquarters — forced Nixon to resign.
Watergate
Ford refused to negotiate when students took over this U.S. diplomatic mission in Iran.
U.S. Embassy (Iranian Hostage Crisis)
Carter’s refusal to support dictators in favor of this principle marked a shift in U.S. foreign policy.
human rights
Reagan pressured the USSR to disarm by proposing this high‑tech defense system
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)
This 1979 Soviet invasion heightened Cold War tensions and led to a U.S. Olympic boycott.
Afghanistan