Modern STAAR Review

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What did Nixon do after his cover up of Watergate was discovered after U.S. v Nixon?

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Nixon resigned on August 8, 1974 to avoid being impeached.

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During the 1970s this hit the U.S. economy when high unemployment and high inflation happened

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Stagflation

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What was OPEC's response to the U.S. assisting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War?

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It enacted an oil embargo, cutting off trade to the U.S.

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How did the oil embargo effect the U.S. during the 1970s?

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Prices of everything increased and gas shortages happened.

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What was the impact of Jimmy Carter's work at the Camp David Accords?

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Egypt recognized Israel and Israel made peace with Egypt

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What did the Community Reinvestment Act do?

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It made banks give credit to low income communities

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The first female Supreme Court Justice, appointed by Ronald Reagan.

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Sandra Day O'Connor

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Reagan's plan to build up the military to make enemies believe the U.S. was prepared to retaliate at any time.

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Peace Through Strength

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What scandal was discovered that would later be known as the Iran-Contra Affair?

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The Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran and gave profits to anti-Communist "Contras" in Nicaragua.

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This woman fought to kill the ERA to protect new Conservative values; she believed it would threaten a woman's right to be "protected and supported by men" and hurt housewives.

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Phyllis Schlafly