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Unit 9

US History - Standards 22-23

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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 escapes
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
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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