Studied by 3 people
Vietnam
Election of 1972- Immediate withdrawal from ________ + guaranteed income.
Nixon
________ administration- Successful foreign policy BUT domestic issues.
1972
Watergate Scandal
South
Democratic → Republican
AA
Republican → Democratic
1957
USSR launches Sputnik
1971
SALT I (limit deployment + missile production)
SALT II
Limit missile launchers
1969
Neil Armstrong on the moon
Election of 1972
Immediate withdrawal from Vietnam + guaranteed income
1972
Men broke into Democrat HQ
Bob Woodward + Carl Bernstein
Investigative reporters
"Plumbers"
Prevent press leaks (wiretapping)
1974
Nixon impeached + resigned
1972
Leaked by Daniel Ellsberg
"Smoking-gun tape"
Nixon told CIA to get FBI to stop Watergate investigation
1974
Gave speech to Americans
1974
Pardoned Nixon → Very unpopular
Nixon administration
Successful foreign policy BUT domestic issues
Richard Nixon
The 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974
Southern Strategy
Republican Party electoral strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans
Revenue Sharing
Distribution of part of the federal tax income to states and municipalities
Environmental Protection Agency
An independent federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment
Vietnamization
Acquisition or imposition of elements of Vietnamese culture, in particular the Vietnamese language and customs
Henry Kissinger
A German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Sputnik
A Russian artificial satellite
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
Cold War superpowers dealt with arms control in two rounds of talks and agreements
Hydrogen Bomb
A nuclear weapon that releases atomic energy by union of light nuclei at high temperatures to form helium
Multiple Individually Targeted Reentry Vehicle
An exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
An independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research
Apollo Missions
The third United States human spaceflight program carried out by NASA, which succeeded in preparing and landing the first humans on the Moon from 1968 to 1972
George McGovern
An American historian and South Dakota politician who was a U.S. representative and three-term U.S. senator, and the Democratic Party presidential nominee in the 1972 presidential election
Watergate
A political scandal involving abuse of power and bribery and obstruction of justice
Pentagon Papers
Study of US involvement in Vietnam
G. Gordon Liddy
An American lawyer, FBI agent, talk show host, actor, and convicted felon in the Watergate scandal as the chief operative in the White House Plumbers unit during the Nixon administration
John Dean
Known for his role in the cover-up of the Watergate scandal and his subsequent testimony to Congress as a witness
White House Tapes
Audio recordings of conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Nixon administration officials, Nixon family members, and White House staff, produced between 1971 and 1973
Gerald Ford
An American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and was the only president never to have been elected to the office of president or vice president
