Nixon & Watergate
This policy aimed to withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam while strengthening South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
Policy aimed at easing tensions between the U.S. and Soviet Union.
What is détente?
Peace agreement between Egypt and Israel brokered by Carter.
What are the Camp David Accords?
Agreement that reduced trade barriers between U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
Terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001.
What is 9/11?
This scandal involved a break-in and cover-up that led to Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
Treaty that limited nuclear weapons between the U.S. and USSR.
What is SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)?
Crisis where Americans were held hostage in Iran for over a year.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
Organization that oversees international trade rules.
What is the WTO?
Law that expanded surveillance to prevent terrorism.
What is the Patriot Act?
The Pentagon Papers case dealt with this constitutional freedom.
What is Freedom of the Press? (1st Amendment)
Nixon’s historic 1972 visit improved relations with this country.
What is China?
Scandal where Reagan officials secretly sold weapons to Iran and funded rebels.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
Practice of sending jobs to other countries to reduce costs.
What is outsourcing?
U.S. military response in Afghanistan after 9/11.
What is Operation Enduring Freedom? (War on Terror)
The Supreme Court case that proved the president is not above the law. (Rule of Law)
What is United States v. Nixon?
This informal diplomacy helped open relations with China through sports.
What is Ping-Pong Diplomacy?
Economic problem where prices rise and purchasing power decreases.
What is inflation?
Economic system combining free markets with some government regulation.
What is a mixed economy?
War launched in 2003 to remove Saddam Hussein.
What is the Iraq War (Operation Iraqi Freedom)?
Nixon attempted to use this concept to avoid turning over evidence.
What is executive privilege?
Cold War policy Reagan followed that aimed to eliminate communism, not just contain it.
What is the Reagan Doctrine?
Organization that placed an oil embargo on the U.S. in the 1970s.
What is OPEC?
Major concern caused by globalization related to American workers.
What is job loss (or job displacement)?
Supreme Court case that decided the 2000 presidential election.
What is Bush v. Gore?