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1970-1988 TT33
Trainor- AP United States History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Richard Nixon | pres from 1969-74. first pres to resign b/c of his involvement in watergate scandal. |
| Cesar Chavez | chicano leader of the united farm workers. organized mexican field workers into a union. nonviolent resistance. demanded better pay and increased living standard |
| American Indian Movement | AIM- emphasized indians' rights to control their own affairs. fought for red power. established armed patrols to protect indians from being harrassed by police. |
| Wounded Knee, South Dakota 1969 | *200 members of AIM seized wounded knee for 70 days. attempted to dramatize indian suffering and called for preferential hiring and gov. reimbursements for lands taken by whites. |
| Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty I 1972 | *SALT I- signed while nixon was pres. limited production of ICBMs and other strategic weapons systems. |
| Henry Kissinger | national security advisor and secretary of state for president nixon. patient negotiator and wore the communists down by using the same methods that they used |
| Detente | through this approach, kissinger negotiated treaties with some of the most stubborn people |
| Recognition of China 1972 | *u.s. could not keep ignoring communist china b/c of its population and trade possibilities. kissinger opened up talks between u.s. and china. nixon visited china in 1973. |
| Revenue Sharing 1972 | *this was a policy that advocated the transfer of fedral revenues to state municipalities |
| War Powers Act 1973 | *passed over nixon's veto. restricted powers of the president in tonkin gulf resolution. the pres could only commit american troops for 60 days without approval of congress. |
| Yom Kippur War 1973 | *egyptian troops attacked israel on a jewish holiday. resulted in a stalemate and a UN cease-fire agreement. after the war, the OPEC began an oil embargo against the u.s. b/c of u.s. aid to israelis during war |
| Oil Embargo 1973 | *OPEC stopped the sale of oil to america b/c of its support of israel during the yom kippur war. a fuel crisis in the u.s. resulted from this. |
| Warren Burger | conservative chief justice of supreme court apppointed by nixon after liberal earl warren stepped down. had a strong law and order record. |
| Watergate 1973 | *scandal that resulted from a burglary at democratic national headquarters an watergate hotel. the burglars were hired by CREEP to ruin opponents' records and spy on them. nixon attempted to cover up the burglary. |
| Gerald Ford | he was the speaker of the house who became vp when spiro t. agnew, nixon's first vp, resigned b/c he was accused of aking bribes. when pres nixon resigned ford became the first non-elected president |
| Stagflation | term used to describe the economy during nixon's presidency b/c business was stagnated and inflation was rising uncontrollably |
| Jimmy Carter | gov of georgia. his lack of experience hampered his ability to get the necessary support from congress to pass his programs. high unemployment and double-digit inflation were blamed on him. defeated for a second term by ronald reagan |
| Panama Canal Treaty 1978 | *gave the panama canal back to panama on dec. 31, 1999. it will remain under panamanian control as long as ships from any country may use the canal |
| Camp David Accord 1978 | *presidential retreat at camp david, virginia. anwar sadat (egypt) and menachem begin (israel) agreed to a peace settlement. israel would leave egyptian territory if egypt recognized israel as a sovereign nation |
| SALT II 1979 | *limited rocket launchers, controlled the size of new missiles, but required no change in the existing arsenals. negotiations to l imit the nuclear arms race continued. it was not passe by congress, but carter still honored it. |
| Invasion of Afghanistan 1979 | *on dec. 27, the red army blitzed across afghanistan, renewing u.s. fears of soviet expansion. carter condemned this action by boycotting the 1980 olympics in moscow and embargoing grain to russia |
| Olympic Boycott 1980 | *this was a u.s. reaction to the soviet invasion of afghanistan |
| Iranian Hostage Crisis 1979-80 | **muslim fundamentalists raided the u .s. embassy in tehran, capturing 52 u.s. hostages. carter unsuccessfuly tried to negotiate their release. they were released 444 days later when ronald reagan was elected pres. |
| Ayatollah Khoumeni | head of muslims in iran. came to power after he overthrew the shah. fundamentalist religious leader who led revolutionary guard in tarrorist acts against shah's supporters. denounced the u.s. as enemy of islam. instigated the iranian hostage crisis. |
| Ronald Reagan | republican pres from 1981-89. initiated new federalism. it was a program to reduce the size of the federal government, deregulate business, cut government spending, and give more power to local governments |
| Supply Side Economics | a theory coined by Andrew Mellon, called Reagonomics during reagan's presidency |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | first female justice of the supreme court. confirmed in 1981 |
| Three Mile Island 1979 | *site of anuclear reactor in pennsylvnia that went into meltdown. radioactive material leaked creating health hazards |
| Lebanon Intervention 1982 | *u.s. and allies sent troops to lebanon to relieve the tension between the syria and israel armies when they fought over lebanon. terrorist attacks on american troops forced them to leave |
| Invasion of Grenada 1983 | *occured b/c an airstirp was being built on the island of grenada. this airstrip causedpeople to question the u.s. s ecurity in the caribbean. the u.s. invaded grenada nd established a pro-u.s. government |
| Nicaragua | underwent a revolution where the long-reigning somoza family was overthrown by leftist daniel ortega and the sandinistas. reagan supported the contras, a guerilla group based in el salvador that opposed the sandinistas. |
| Star Wars | proposed in 1983 by ronald reagan, the strategic defense initiative (SDI. elaborate military scheme. |
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