A Changing Nation (part 1)

SS vocabulary

Camp David Accords

A 1978 peace agreement brokered by president Jimmy Carter between the long-term enemies Egypt and Israel.

Detente

A period of relaxed tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970s characterized by increased diplomacy and trade

Environmental Protection Agency

A federal agency established in 1970 to regulate pollution and protect human health and the environment.

Gerald Ford

Vice President under Richard Nixon. Becomes President once Nixon resigns due to Watergate. Upsets the American public by pardoning Nixon, losing the 1978 election to Carter.

Iran Conta Affair

A secret 1980s operation where the U.S. sold weapons to Iran to fund Contra rebels in Nicaragua, despite a Congressional ban.

Iran Hostage Crisis

A 444 day period 1979-1981 where American diplomats were held captive by Iranian students following the Iranian revolution.

Jimmy Carter

Democratic president 1977-1981. Elected because he is seen as a D.C. outsider. Known for the Camp David Accords. His Presidency is remembered for failing to get Iran Hostages released and the Panama Canal Treaty.

Kent State Shooting

Killing of four and wounding of nine unarmed college youths by the Ohio National Guard troops on May 4 1970 during a rally opposing the expanding involvement of the Vietnam War the National Guard presence on campus and the draft.

New Federalism

Nixon Domestic Policy where the U.S. supports Asian allies with money and weapons instead of troops.

Nixon Doctrine

States are giving more control over over federal funds are spent in the states increasing their rights, which had been taken away in the New Deal and Great Society.

OPEC organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

An organization of oil-producing nations that caused a massive U.S. energy crisis in 1973 by halting oil shipments.

Panama Canal Treaty

America agrees to turn over control of the canal by 1999 . It seen as President Carter giving the canal away.

Pentagon papers

Classified government history documenting the mistakes and deception by the government during the Vietnam War. Leaked by a military analyst whistle blower and published in the New York Times in June 1971

Richard Nixon

Republican President 1969-1974. His domestic policy was called New Federalism. Supported Detente and normalized relation with China. Stars withdrawal of troops from, Vietnam War an resigned from office due to Watergate

SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks)

Negotiations and treaties between the U.S. and USSR Aimed at limiting the number of number of nuclear missiles search countries could posses (SALT I, 1972) and tighter restriction on new missile technologies and launchers (SALT II 1979).

Stagflation

A Difficult economic period during the 1970s featuring both high inflation (rising prices) and high unemployment (stagnant growth)