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Panama Canal
Shortcut cut through Panama so ships could get accross to the European counteries if being shipped from the Westcoast -
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Inflation
General increase in price of goods and services -
Phylla Schafly
American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist, author, speaker, and founder of the eagle forum. -
OPEC
Oil exporting developing nations -
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President Richard Nixon
37th President of the U.S.A -
Tinker vs. Des Moines
Decision made by U.S Supreme court for the rights of students in publis schools -
Stagflation
Inflation rate was high. Economic growth was low. -
EPA
Protected human and enviormental health. -
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Reopening Relations with China
Trading with China reopened after Nixon visited for the first time. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Equality amoung men and women. -
Wisconsin vs. Yoder
U.S Supreme Court found that amish children could not be placed under compulsory education past 8th grade. -
Watergate
Ex-Federal agents broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at Watergate, Nixon attempted a cover up but ended in his resignation. -
Imperial Presidency
Term used to define the presidency of the U.S. It became popular in the 1960s. Wrote that the president was out of constitutional laws and how the power of the preisdent was to high. -
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Gerald Ford
Becomes first unelected president after Nixon resigns -
ESA
Protecting endangered and threatned species and their habitats. -
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Jimmy Carter
39th Democratic president -
Camp David Accords
Peace treaty between Isreal and Egypt. -
Three Miles Island
Nuclear melt down -
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Iran–United States hostage crisis
Sixty-six American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days, after an attack on a U.S base. -
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Ruhollah Khomeini
Iran's 1st Supreme leader after the Iranian Revolution. -
Iranian Revolution
Khomeini became Supreme Leader of the country, after rebals overwhelmed loyals to the shah in armed fighting in the streets. -
Boycott os the Olympics
U.S response to the invasion of the Soviet Union -
Peace through Strength
Regon used this to come back and Jimmy Carter -
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Ronal Reagon
40th U.S President -
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Reaganomics
Wide spread cut of taxes and decreased social spending. -
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Sandra O'Connor
First woman in the U.S Supreme Court -
Star Wars
President Reagan proposed the creation of the Strategic Defense. -
Marines in Gernada
Invasion of 8 thousand troops -
Reagan Doctrine
overwhelm the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final years of the Cold War -
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George W Bush
43rd President of the U.S