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*Environmentalism (EPA, Endangered Species Act)
*Detente (ex, signing of SALT 1 which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US)
*Positive relations with China
*Watergate -
*Energy crisis due to OPEC embargo, does not solve.
* Failure of detente. -
*Energy crisis, does not solve.
*Support for human rights.
*Camp David Accords :first step to peace in the Middle East.
*Iran Hostage crisis: 1979-Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran b/c American supports the dethroned shah-hostage are not released unit Reagan is elected in 1881.