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Hint
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Answer
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“The enemy of my enemy is my friend”🡪 anyone who
opposed ______ was a friend of the U.S. |
communism
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Nixon’s head national security
advisor |
Henry Kissinger:
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“real politics” base political goals on concrete
national interests instead of abstract ideologies. |
Realpolitik
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Nixon reaches out to Communist China🡪 meets
with Chinese Premier |
Zhou Enlai
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to create more tension between China & ____ _____
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soviet union
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U.S. & China: Full diplomatic relations by 19
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79
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Un. Leader Leonid
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Brezhnev
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Nixon made a trip to _____ made
agreements: |
Moscow
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first treaty to freeze ICBMs and limit ABMs
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SALT 1
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easing Cold War tensions
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Détente
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1968 election: Represented _____ America
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middle
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everyday people, the non-shouters
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silent majority
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$ from fed. govt. to states for
social programs |
revenue sharing
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more power to state govt. &
revenue sharing |
New Federalism
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regulates workplaces for more safety
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OSHA
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federal war against illegal drugs
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DEA
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enforces federal environmental standards
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EPA
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dismantled Johnson’s Off. Of Econ. Opp. “___ __ _______ program” & incr. fed. spending on
social welfare progs. like Medicare & public
housing |
War on poverty
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July 20, 1969: Neil Armstrong landed
on the moon: “One small step for man, one giant leap
for mankind.” (Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin) |
Apollo Program
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recession and inflation
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Stagflation
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Increase in price of oil🡪During 1973 war btwn. Israel and
Arabs, _ _ _ _ placed oil embargo on Israel’s allies (U.S.)
& cost of oil went up 400% |
OPEC
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new Civil Rights initiatives/attempt
to get more Republican support in the South |
Southern Strategy
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affirmative action: reverse
discrimination |
Philadelphia Plan
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botched burglary (bugging) of Democratic Party
headquarters at ______ complex |
Watergate
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Nixon claims innocence🡪 stating _ __ ___ _ _____
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i am not a crook
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revealed🡪 Nixon secretly taped Oval Office
conversations for years in _____ of 1973 |
summer
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Nixon refuses to release tapes under ____ ____ ( right to keep it classified)
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executive privilege
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Nixon hands in the tapes and then ____. The first president to do so
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Resign
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He developed an “______ ___” and used federal agencies to
go after his enemies to secure reelection |
enemies list
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___ enters after nixons registration
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ford
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Ford _____ Nixon of all wrongdoings
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pardons
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inflation hits country hard, Ford
proposes WIN Program:
clear failure, his popularity plummets. WIN stands for? |
Whip Inflation Now
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1976 presidential election winner
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Jimmy Carter
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with support of many
_________ _____________ |
Christian Fundamentalists |
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he didn't have tie to the _____ party so most bills didn't pass
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democratic
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called for ____ of Vietnam draft dodgers: very
criticized for this bc looked like he forgave those who refused to
fight for their country |
amnesty
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____ ate people’s savings, raised prices of necessities, Amer.
Goods more costly abroad |
inflation
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this car company needed a loan from the govt to stay afloat
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Chrysler
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oil still expensive, cold winter of ’76-’77🡪 more need
for heating oil, factories/businesses closed was known as this crisis |
energy
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Carter appoints Paul _____ to head Fed. Reserve Brd. whose
policies to raise interest rates end inflation |
Volcker
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these accords among U.S., S.U., Europe,
Canada supported human rights |
Helsinki
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June 1979 US signs this program, which is the second of its kind
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SALT 2
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Sov. Un. Invades ________ to estab. Comm.
Govt. |
Afghanistan
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Carter withdraws SALT II and imposes ______
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sanctions
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suspension of ___ sales to Sov. Un.
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grain
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Carter returns control of _____ ____ to Panama
by 1999 |
panama canal
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Sept. 1978: _____ ____ ____ settle peace between Egypt
and Israel |
Camp David Accords
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Jan. 1979: Iran🡪____ (emperor) fled Iran,
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shah
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______ ______ takes power in iran
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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crazy citizens take __ us citizens hostage at the us embassy
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66
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