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Gerald Ford

38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, known for pardoning Nixon and facing stagflation.

Stagflation

An economic condition characterized by stagnant growth, high unemployment, and high inflation, prevalent in the 1970s.

Watergate Scandal

A major political scandal involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and a subsequent cover-up by the Nixon administration.

Jimmy Carter

39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981, known for his emphasis on human rights and the Iranian hostage crisis.

Phyllis Schlafly

A conservative activist known for opposing the feminist movement and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).

Helsinki Accords

A 1975 diplomatic agreement aimed at improving relations between the Communist bloc and the West, emphasizing human rights.

Camp David Accords

A peace treaty brokered by Jimmy Carter between Israel and Egypt, significant for Middle Eastern diplomacy.

Title IX

A law enacted in 1972 that prohibits sex-based discrimination in federally funded education programs.

Roe v. Wade

A landmark Supreme Court case in 1973 that legalized abortion, establishing a woman's right to choose.

SALT II

A treaty aimed at curbing the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Robin Morgan

An influential feminist writer, activist, and editor known for her work in the women's liberation movement.

Milton Friedman

(1912-2006) A Nobel Prize-winning economist who helped to spearhead the public revival of pro-free-market thought in the later twentieth century. His neoclassical critique of Keynesian economics made him one of the most influential practitioners in his field. His popular writings on markets, democracy, and the dangers of big government, meanwhile, made him an intellectual giant of American conservatism.

Leonid Brezhnev

(1906-1982) General secretary of the Communist party and premier of the Soviet Union from 1964, when he ousted Khrushchev, to his death in 1982. Brezhnev engaged in détente with American presidents Nixon, Ford, and Carter and in both series of SALT negotiations. He also led the Soviet Union during its initial foray into Afghanistan in 1979.