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Kent State
Involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. Some of the students who were shot had been protesting the Cambodian Campaign, a series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia during the Vietnam War, under President Richard Nixon. -
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
A treaty, signed by the U.S, and the U.S.S.R., restricting the use of nuclear weapons. -
Watergate Plumbers
President Nixon had a group of "followers" that had broken into Watergate (the democratic headquarters) and placed eavesdropping devices in order to, possible, sabotauge the election that he was already going to win. -
Abortion Legalized
A landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. The Court ruled 7–2 that a right to privacy under the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman's decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting women's health and protecting the potentiality of human life. -
Nixon Resigned
During the Waergate scandel, NIxon was accused of taking part and order to turn his tape recordings (of all his conversations) to the supreme court. He refused and later resigned from presidency rather than being impeached. -
Vietnam War Ends
Direct U.S. military involvement ended on 15 August 1973. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese Army in April 1975 marked the end of the war, and North and South Vietnam were reunified the following year. -
Jimmey Carter's Presidency
- Arranged the signing of the Camp David Accords.
- Recognizes the Peoples Republic of China as a nation.
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Camp David Accords
A peace treaty between Egypt and Isreal, negotiated by President JImmy Carter, to declare peace. -
U.S. Recognised China
President Jimmy Carter states that as of January 1, 1979, the United States will formally recognize the communist People’s Republic of China and sever relations with Taiwan. From the U.S. viewpoint, closer relations with the PRC would bring economic and political benefits. -
Moral Majority
A term, founded by Jerry Falwell, for people who didn't take part in drug abuse, homosexuality, communism, and abortion.
