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| Richard Nixon | Suspicious, Paranoid
Resented Dem. Party |
| "Vietnamization" | (Nixon Doctrine)
Slow withdrawal of troops in S. Vietnam |
| What is CREEP? | Republican Committee for Re-election of the President |
| Did the Constitution work in the Watergate Scandal? | Yes; invoked 25th Amendment to replace Agnew w/ Gerald Ford |
| What is detente? | Relaxed tensions with Russia/China |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | Required Pres. to report to Congress within 48 hrs after committing troops to foreign conflict |
| What happened as a result of the Arab oil embargo? | -Alaska Pipeline
-National Speed Limit of 55 mph
-End of cheap & abundant energy era |
| What is OPEC? | -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
-Lifted embargo, but quadrupled price of oil |
| Who was the only unelected Pres.? | Gerald Ford |
| Who won the election of 1976? | Carter |
| What was the main goal of Carter's presidency? | Human Rights (humanitarian)
Ex: -Camp David Agreement
-Black rights |
| What happened in Iran to humiliate the US? | Iranian Hostage Crisis
-Carter tried economic sanctions & rescue mission (failed)
-Hostages released day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration |
| Did the Constitution work in the Watergate Scandal? | Yes; invoked 25th Amendment to replace Agnew w/ Gerald Ford |
| What is detente? | Relaxed tensions with Russia/China |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | Required Pres. to report to Congress within 48 hrs after committing troops to foreign conflict |
| What happened as a result of the Arab oil embargo? | -Alaska Pipeline
-National Speed Limit of 55 mph
-End of cheap & abundant energy era |
| What is OPEC? | -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
-Lifted embargo, but quadrupled price of oil |
| Who was the only unelected Pres.? | Gerald Ford |
| Who won the election of 1976? | Carter |
| What was the main goal of Carter's presidency? | Human Rights (humanitarian)
Ex: -Camp David Agreement
-Black rights |
| What happened in Iran to humiliate the US? | Iranian Hostage Crisis
-Carter tried economic sanctions & rescue mission (failed)
-Hostages released day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration |
| Did the Constitution work in the Watergate Scandal? | Yes; invoked 25th Amendment to replace Agnew w/ Gerald Ford |
| What is detente? | Relaxed tensions with Russia/China |
| War Powers Act of 1973 | Required Pres. to report to Congress within 48 hrs after committing troops to foreign conflict |
| What happened as a result of the Arab oil embargo? | -Alaska Pipeline
-National Speed Limit of 55 mph
-End of cheap & abundant energy era |
| What is OPEC? | -Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
-Lifted embargo, but quadrupled price of oil |
| Who was the only unelected Pres.? | Gerald Ford |
| Who won the election of 1976? | Carter |
| What was the main goal of Carter's presidency? | Human Rights (humanitarian)
Ex: -Camp David Agreement
-Black rights |
| What happened in Iran to humiliate the US? | Iranian Hostage Crisis
-Carter tried economic sanctions & rescue mission (failed)
-Hostages released day of Ronald Reagan's inauguration |
