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US history

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Who? OPEC
What? Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Where? Middle East.
When? 1973.
Why? OPEC refused to ship oil to western countries that had supported Israel.
Who? Watergate
What? the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C. In addition to the hotel, the Watergate complex houses many business offices. It was here that the office of the Democratic National Committee.
Where? Washington D.C.
When? 1972
Why? Five men were Virgilio González, Bernard Barker, James W. McCord, Jr., Eugenio Martínez, and Frank Sturgis. The five were charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications.
Who? SDI
What? Strategic Defense Initiative
Where? United States
When? 1983
Why? use ground and space-based systems to protect the United States from attack by strategic nuclear ballistic missiles.
Who? Somalia
What? Officially The Republic of somalia.
Where? In the Horn of Africa.
When? 1978
Why? 1978, the Somali troops were ultimately pushed out of the Ogaden. This shift in support by the Soviet Union motivated the Barre government to seek allies elsewhere. It eventually settled on Russia's Cold War arch-rival, the United States.
Who? stagflation
What? the situation when both the inflation rate and the unemployment rate are high.
Where? United States
When? 1976 and 1980.
Why? stagflation can result when the productive capacity of an economy is reduced by an unfavorable supply shock, such as an increase in the price of oil for an oil importing country.
Who? Cold War
What? the continuing state of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and propaganda campaigns between two camps.
Where? Russia
When? 1985
Why? smaller civil wars elsewhere, along with large-scale preparations for war through an arms race, a Space Race, military coalitions
Who? New Federalism
What? a political philosophy of devolution, or the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government to the states.
Where? United States
When? 1980's
Why? the restoration to the states of some of the autonomy and power which they lost to the federal government.
Who? Bush Doctrine
What? a phrase used to describe various related foreign policy principles of former United States president George W. Bush.
Where? United States
When? 2001
Why? the United States had the right to secure itself against countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups.
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