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Unit 9
US History - Standards 22-23
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | 37th president who was elected in 1968 promising to end the Vietnam War. 1st president to go to China and open trade relations/business and EPA-resigns before impeachment |
| Gerald Ford | 38th president -pardoned Nixon after he resigns which taints his presidency |
| Jimmy Carter | 39th President - GA president-responsible for the Camp David Accords and remembered for Iran Hostage Crisis |
| War Powers Act | 1973 reversed Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
| Camp David Accords | peace agreement between Israel and Egypt at Camp David by Carter |
| Iranian Hostage Crisis | 52 Americans held captive for 444 days by Iran- Carter's administration did not react fast enough. |
| Rachel Carson | wrote Silent Spring that was about pesticides which sparked an environmentalist movement |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | a passage of laws to regulate laws about the environment and an overall protection of the environment |
| Watergate Scandal | Nixon new about a burglary of the offices of the Democratic National Headquarters in DC -this causes Nixon to resign |
| Ronald Reagan | 40th President; ushered in the end of the Cold War; very popular pres.; Reaganomics, SDI, end of Iranian Hostage Crisis |
| Reaganomics | If Americans had more money to spend, then the economy will improve; reduced government spending, income tax, & capital gains tax; control money supply to reduce inflation |
| Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) | aka "Star Wars" initiative; Reagan's modernization of US forces; USSR couldn't keep up |
| Impeachment of Bill Clinton | 2nd President to be impeached; charged with perjury and obstruction of justice; Senate acquitted him |
| 9/11 terrorist attacks | Islamic terrorists launched a series of attacks on US citizens; hit the World Trade Centers & Pentagon with airplanes; 3rd attack planned but derailed by people on flight |
| Patriot Act | law allowed US government to hold suspected terrorist for 7 days without charging them & let law enforcement agencies search personal communications to try to limit future terror attacks |
| Barack Obama | 44th president; D; 1st African-American pres.; Obamacare; Osama bin Ladin killed |
| George HW Bush | 41st pres; Rep.; economic downturn; Persian Gulf War |
| Bill Clinton | 42nd president; Democrat; economic success overshadowed by impeachment scandal |
| George W. Bush | 43rd pres; R; Elected 2000; 9/11; War on Terrorism; Patriot Act |
| War on Terrorism | invasions of Afghanistan & Iraq to find those responsible for 9/11 attacks |
| Operation Enduring Freedom | 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 to defeat Taliban & overthrow al-Quaeda; bin Laden scapes |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom | 2003 US invasion of Iraq to look for weapons of mass destruction; overthrew leader Saddam Hussein |
| Election of 2000 | disputed election between George W. Bush (R) & Al Gore (D); decided by votes in Florida & Supreme Court ruling |
| Election of 2008 | Obama becomes 1st person of color elected president |
| al-Quaeda | terrorist organization led by Osama bin Laden responsible for 9/11; sheltered by Taliban (gov't of Afghanistan) |
| Saddam Hussein | Dictator of Iraq; suspected of having weapons of mass destruction; executebillionaire terrorist leader of al-Quaedad during War on Terror |
| Osama bin Laden | billionaire terrorist leader of al-Quaeda |
| Taliban | government of Afghanistan that supported al-Qaeda; overthrown during Operation Enduring Freedom (War on Terror) |
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