THE 1970s

  • Detente

    Detente
    Ex.signing of SALT I which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US
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    Environmentalism (EPA,Endangered Species Act)

    provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found.The law also prohibits any action that causes a "taking" of any listed species of endangered fish or wildlife.
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    Environmentalism (EPA,Endangered Species Act)

    provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The law also prohibits any action that causes a "taking" of any listed species of endangered fish or wildlife.
  • Watergate Scandal (Resignation in 1974)

    Watergate Scandal (Resignation in 1974)
    a major political scandal that occurred in the United States during 1972 to 1974, following a break-in by five men at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon's administration's