A Changing Nation Part 1

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Camp David Accords

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

Dètente

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

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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. He upsets the American public by pardoning Nixon and loses the 1978 election to Carter.

Iran Contra 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 diplomates 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

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

Nixon Doctrine

States are given more control over how 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 Petrolum Exporting Countries)

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

Panama Canal Treaty

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

Pentagon Papers

Classified government history documenting the mistakes and deception by the government during the Vietam War. Leaked by the military analyst whistleblower and publushed in the New York Times in June 1971.

Richard Nixon

Republican President 1969-1974. His domestic policy was called New Federalism. Supported Détente and normalized relations with China. Starts 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 1, 1972) and tighter restriction on new missile technologies and launchers (SALT 2, 1979)