A changing nation

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 tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970’s, characterized by increase diplomacy and trade.

Environment protection agency

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

Gerald Ford

Vice President under Richard Nixon. Becomes president once Nixon resigned due to watergate. He upsets the American public by pardoning Nixon and loses the 1978 election to Carter.

Iran Contra Affair

A secret 1980’s 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 diplomates were held captive by Iranian students following the Iranian Revolution.

Jimmy Carter

Democratic president 1977-1981. Elected because he is seen as the 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 youth 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

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

Nixon Doctrine

States are given more control over how federal funds are spent in the state,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 is 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 whistlebower 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 relations with China. Start withdrawal of troops from, Vietnam war and 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 nuclear missiles each country could possess (SALT I, 1972) and tighter restrictions on new missile technologies and launchers (SALT II, 1979).

Stagflation

a difficult economic period during the 1970’s featuring both high inflation and high unemployment

Title IX

A 1972 law prohibiting gender discrimination in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance

Twenty-sixth amedment

Ratified in 1971; lowered the voting age from 21 to 18

Vietnamization

Plan to withdraw troops from Vietnam while still proving funds to support the South Vietnamese resistance of North Vietnam and Viet Cong

Watergate

A major political scandal involving a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters that led to President Richard Nixon’s resignation in 1974