module 8 notes

lesson 1

the 1970s

white house

• nixon was the first president to visit china since the communist party took over

• he also began talking with the soviet union to limit production of nuclear weapons

  • SALT talks

• detente: easing of tensions between nations, mainly used in referencing the 1970s period of the cold war

• after watergate nixon resigned and ford became president

• ford and jimmy carter both struggled with foreign and economic problems

social concerns

• in the 1970s americans saw a return to more conservative politics

• feminism was still strong but lost steam as the fight for the equal rights amendment (era) dragged on without success

review

• This conflict between Israel and Egypt and Syria led to the oil embargo on the United States.

  • yom kippur war

• The high point of President Carter's term in the White House, this event helped bring some peace to Israel and Egypt.

  • camp david accords

• This issue of the 1970s, made worse by high inflation and conflict in the Middle East, helped encourage the environmental movement in the United States.

  • energy crisis

• This group represents countries whose most valuable resource is oil

  • organization of the petroleum exporting countries (opec)

• This is the process of countries around the world increasingly sharing cultural, political, and economic ties

  • globalization

• These talks brought a period of détente between the United States and USSR.

  • strategic arms limitation talks (salt)

lesson 2

the 1980s