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What is the term for a government spending more than it takes in during a fiscal year?
 
Budget deficit
 
National debt
 
Inflation
 
Recession
What occurred in 1979 to make nuclear power seem unsafe?
Accident at Three Mile Island in PA
What trouble occurred in the Middle East, interrupting SALT II in 1979?
 
Iran Hostage Cristis- Rebels captured American embassy
 
6 Day War with Israel
 
Yom Kippur War
 
Iraq taking over Kuwait
What famous international agreement occurred at Camp David under Carter in 1977?
Camp David Accords- Sadat of Egypt & Begin of Israel signed a peace treaty
Under Jimmy Carter, what was decided about Panama?
The U.S. would give up control of Panama Canal Zone by 1999
Who ran for president in 1976 and who won?
Gerald Ford (R) and Jimmy Carter (D); Carter won
What 2 new forms of businesses (especially stores) became popular in the 1970's in the US?
Franchises and chain stores
Who was president after Nixon?
Gerald R. Ford, who had been vice president under Nixon
What was built from 1973-1977 to try to decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil?
Trans-Alaska pipeline.
What did Nixon do after Watergate?
He resigned as president.
What occurred at the Watergate Complex in 1972?
 
Break-in at Democratic National HQ during Nixon's campaign
 
Murder of a Democratic staffer in one of the hotel rooms
 
Spying on a Soviet ambassador in one of the kitchens
What major scandal occurred shortly after Nixon's re-election for a 2nd term?
 
The Watergate Scandal
 
Iran-Contra Affair
 
Clinton Lewinsky Scandal
 
Teapot Dome Scandal
What did the Roe vs. Wade decision by the Supreme Court decide in 1973?
Legalized abortion as a constitutional right (overturned June 24, 2022)
In 1972, what did the Supreme Court vote against having to do with certain criminals?
Capital Punishment or the death penalty
Name at least 1 of several caused for the recession in the U.S. in 1974?
Higher oil prices from OPEC, high debt from Vietnam War & welfare, inflation
As a result of the U.S. support of Israel in 1973, what did OPEC do?
 
Arab oil embargo; OPEC cut off supply of oil to U.S.
 
American Steel Boycott
 
Put 50% tariffs on all U.S. imports
 
Dumped oil for U.S. into Persian Gulf
What started on October 6, 1973 in Israel? What countries backed Israel? Enemies?
Yom Kippur War; U.S. helped Israel; USSR helped Egypt & Syri
What sparked the 6-day war in which Israel was involved in May 1967? Who won?
Egypt closed straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping & put troops along border. Israel.
In 1972 what agreement with the Soviet leader Brezhnev did Nixon & Kissinger enter?
SALT I Strategic Arms Limitation Talks to limit the production of nuclear arms
In Nixon's foreign policy with Communist countries, what did the word detente mean?
 
to relax tensions
 
to confront the enemy
 
to deter agreements
 
to go to the dentist
Name at least one extreme result of people's new focus on protecting the environment?
Laws that hurt private property owners, severe restrictions, fees, tight regulations
Who were the Apollo 11 astronauts & what did they do in July 1969?
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, & Micheal Collins went to the moon. Armstrong & Aldrin walked on it.
What did Madelyn Murray O'Hair protest in the 1960's?
 
daily Bible reading & reciting the Lord's Prayer in schools
 
the Vietnam War
 
Segregation at lunch counters
 
women earning less money than men
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