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
What occurred in 1979 to make nuclear power seem unsafe?
Accident at Three Mile Island in PA
What started on October 6, 1973 in Israel? What countries backed Israel? Enemies?
Yom Kippur War; U.S. helped Israel; USSR helped Egypt & Syri
In 1972, what did the Supreme Court vote against having to do with certain criminals?
Capital Punishment or the death penalty
In Nixon's foreign policy with Communist countries, what did the word detente mean?
to relax tensions
to deter agreements
to go to the dentist
to confront the enemy
What did Nixon do after Watergate?
He resigned as president.
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
What major scandal occurred shortly after Nixon's re-election for a 2nd term?
Iran-Contra Affair
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Watergate Scandal
Clinton Lewinsky Scandal
What is the term for a government spending more than it takes in during a fiscal year?
National debt
Recession
Budget deficit
Inflation
What 2 new forms of businesses (especially stores) became popular in the 1970's in the US?
Franchises and chain stores
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.
Put 50% tariffs on all U.S. imports
Dumped oil for U.S. into Persian Gulf
American Steel Boycott
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 was built from 1973-1977 to try to decrease U.S. dependence on foreign oil?
Trans-Alaska pipeline.
What did Madelyn Murray O'Hair protest in the 1960's?
the Vietnam War
Segregation at lunch counters
daily Bible reading & reciting the Lord's Prayer in schools
women earning less money than men
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
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.
What occurred at the Watergate Complex in 1972?
Spying on a Soviet ambassador in one of the kitchens
Break-in at Democratic National HQ during Nixon's campaign
Murder of a Democratic staffer in one of the hotel rooms
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
What did the Roe vs. Wade decision by the Supreme Court decide in 1973?
Legalized abortion as a constitutional right (overturned June 24, 2022)
Who ran for president in 1976 and who won?
Gerald Ford (R) and Jimmy Carter (D); Carter won
What trouble occurred in the Middle East, interrupting SALT II in 1979?
Iraq taking over Kuwait
Yom Kippur War
6 Day War with Israel
Iran Hostage Cristis- Rebels captured American embassy
Who was president after Nixon?
Gerald R. Ford, who had been vice president under Nixon