Nixon Years
The political scandal that led to Nixon’s resignation involved a break-in at this building in Washington, D.C.
What is Watergate?
This event in 1979 involved the seizure of 52 American hostages by Iranian militants at the U.S. embassy, & likely cost Carter his re-election.
What is the Iran Hostage Crisis?
Reagan’s economic policies, which involved tax cuts to the wealthy, deregulation, and a focus on reducing government spending, became known by this name.
What is Reaganomics?
This major foreign policy event saw the fall of this massive communist regime, signaling the end of the Cold War.
What is the USSR?
This agreement, signed by Clinton in 1993, created a free trade zone between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
What is NAFTA?
Nixon’s policy of easing Cold War tensions with the Soviet Union and China was referred to as this.
What is détente?
In 1978, Carter supported this treaty, which transferred control of the Panama Canal from the United States back to Panama by the year 1999.
What is the Panama Canal Treaty?
In 1983, Reagan proposed this military initiative, designed to protect the U.S. from nuclear missile attacks, which faced widespread criticism and was never fully implemented.
What is the Strategic Defense Initiative?
In 1989, Bush sent U.S. troops to this country to depose its leader, Manuel Noriega, and arrest him on charges on drug trafficking.
What is Panama?
Clinton is the second president to undergo this process as a result of his scandal.
What is impeachment process?
This treaty, signed by Nixon in 1972 with the Soviet Union, aimed to limit the number of nuclear weapons and reduce the threat of a nuclear arms race.
What is SALT?
In 1978, Carter helped broker this agreement between Egypt and Israel, leading to a historic peace framework.
What is the Camp David Accords?
This scandal involved illegal arms sales to Iran by members of Reagan's administration, with profits funneled to Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair?
This conflict, triggered by Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait, saw a U.S.-led coalition swiftly defeat Iraqi forces and liberate Kuwait, marking a major military victory for Bush's administration.
What is Gulf War?
This set of programs aimed to reduce dependence on government assistance by promoting employment and self-sufficiency.
What is welfare to work programs?
This key Supreme Court case, decided in 1974, led to Nixon turning over his White House tapes, a critical moment in the Watergate scandal.
What is United States v. Nixon?
This 1979 nuclear accident occurred in Pennsylvania and raised widespread concerns about the safety of nuclear power.
What is the Three Mile Island incident?
During Reagan’s presidency, this public health crisis emerged, inflicting tens of thousands of Americans, and was largely ignored by the Reagan administration.
What is the AIDS crisis?
This military operation, launched in January 1991, was a response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait and resulted in the swift liberation of Kuwait.
What is Operation Desert Storm?
This occurred under the Clinton administration when Clinton raised taxes on the richest and lowered taxes on the individuals.
What is federal budget surpluses?
This is the group Nixon managed to appeal to quite well in his bid for presidency, who were largely middle class, white Americans.
What is the "silent majority"?
This economic trend, which began to gain traction during the late 1970s and continued into the 1980s, involved American companies moving production to other countries in search of cheaper labor, which hurt Carter's economy.
What is the outsourcing?
This campaign, launched by the Reagan administration in 1985 and largely championed by Nancy Reagan, aimed to help solve an epidemic primarily among young people.
What is "War on Drugs/Just Say No" campaign?
This is Bush's famous campaign slogan in 1990, which a lot of Americans are enticed by.
What is "Read my lips: no new taxes".
Clinton faced this scandal during his second term, which involved a sexual harassment lawsuit and led to his impeachment by the House of Representatives.
What is the Monica Lewinsky scandal?