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USH Unit 9
SSUSH 22&23
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | president elected in 1968 and 72; visited China, Watergate scandal |
| Kent State Four | four college students killed at anti Vietnam War protest led to beginning the removal of US troops from Vietnam |
| Nixon's Visit to China | to normalize relations with communist China and Soviet Union to try and end Vietnam War and increase trade |
| War Powers Act | repealed Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to require Congress to authorize troop commitments within a certain time frame |
| South Vietnam Collapse | North Vietnam took control of all of Vietnam in South Vietnam; containment failed in Vietnam |
| Camp David Accords | peace treaty between Israel and Egypt negotiations led by President Jimmy Carter |
| Iran Hostage Crisis | Iranian Islamic fundamentalists held Americans hostage in the American Embassy for over a year; Carter ordered rescue mission that failed |
| Silent Spring | published by Rachel Carson to make Americans aware of pesticide pollution beginning environmentalist movement |
| Earth Day | April 22, 1970 was first Earth Day 20 million Americans rallied for a healthy, sustainable environment |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | executive branch agency responsible for monitoring the environment, pollutants emitted by industrial facilities, and enforcing the laws passed by Congress to protect the enivornment |
| Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Act | passed by Congress to reduce pollution |
| National Organization of Women (NOW) | organization created fighting for Equal Rights Amendment, repeal of abortion laws, and ending sexual discrimination in workplace |
| Watergate Scandal | Nixon tried to cover up his involvement in break ins and resigned from office |
| Gerald Ford | Became president when Nixon resigned; pardoned Nixon for any criminal wrongdoing in Watergate Scandal |
| Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or Star Wars | President Reagan began modernizing US forces and contemplating a new anti-ballistic missile shield |
| Perestroika | Soviet economic rebuilding |
| Glasnost | Soviet political reform |
| Collapse of Soviet Union | reforms within Soviet Union and US pressure helped end Cold War |
| President George H.W. Bush | served one term, which included a costly economic downturn and the successful use of military resources in the 1991 Gulf War against Saddam Hussein and Iraq |
| Clinton's impeachment | charges based on accusations of improper use of money and lying under oath about relationship with a White House intern; acquitted by Senate |
| 2000 Election | Bush v. Gore; Supreme Court ruled Florida recounts unconstitutional, Bush won |
| September 11, 2001 | Islamist terrorist group launched a series of attacks on the United States using airplanes as weapons; World Trade Center in New York and Pentagon in DC were targets |
| PATRIOT ACT | law allowed the United States government to hold foreign citizens suspected of being terrorists and increased searches of private communications and record to thwart future terrorist attacks |
| Department of Homeland Security | agency tasked with protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters |
| Operation Enduring Freedom | invasion of Afghanistan by the US military and allied forces |
| Taliban | Afghanistan government harboring terrorist groups |
| al-Qaeda | terrorist network responsible for the 9/11 attacks |
| Osama bin Laden | leader of al-Quaeda |
| War on Terrorism | international coalition to fight the al-Qaeda network and other terrorist groups |
| Operation Iraqi Freedom | US and allied invasion of Iraq to search for weapons of mass destruction; none found; Saddam Hussein captured, tried, executed |
| Reagonomics | President Reagan's economic policy of supply side economics by reducing government spending, taxes, regulations, and inflation; growth came with increased federal debt |
| personal computer | made possible by microprocessors allowing more people access to Internet |
| Internet | new platform for worldwide instant global communication |
| electronic mail for instant messaging over Internet | |
| Social Media | recent technological phenomenon in which individuals share information in online communities |
| Tech challenges | cyberbullying, privacy, trustworthiness of information being presented, and cyber security risks are all challenges that must be addressed as technology continues to evolve |
| 2008 Election | Barack Obama became first person of color elected president in US history |
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