70's to today

What communist nations did president Nixon extend relations to during his Administration?

• Cuba
• China
• Soviet Union
• Both China and Soviet Union

Which word means, "easing/lessening of tension?"

• Inflation
• Detente
• Stagflation
• Constipation 

Who was the president at the time of the Watergate Scandal?

• Richard Nixon
• John F. Kennedy
• Gerald R. Ford
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who helped helped Nixon in foreign affairs by adopting policies of détente to ease Cold War tension along w/ realpolitik to shift U.S. foreign policy to real power, not principles?

*His name is Henry

• Barry Goldwater

• Henry Ford

• Henry Kissinger

• Bob Woodward

In the Iran-Contra Affair, __ sold weapons to __, then used the money from that sale to provide support for anti-Communist rebels fighting in __.

• Iran, Nicaragua, United States

• Nicaragua, United States, Iran

• United States, Iran, Nicaragua

The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -

• Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
• Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
• Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
• Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism

In the Camp David Accords (1978), President Jimmy Carter succeeded in...

• returning the Panama Canal Zone to Panama
• suspending grain sales to the Soviet Union and China
• freeing hostages being held in Iran
• providing a foundation for a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel

In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the American embassy in Tehran and held 52 Americans hostage. The Carter administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January 20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days in captivity.

• Iran Contra Affair

• OPEC Hostage Crisis

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Tehran Hostage Crisis

Controls supply and price of oil  

• OPEC
• NATO
• UNITED NATIONS
• Iran

Broad tax cuts, cuts to the federal budget, and increased military spending, Reagan believed all of these would promote economic expansion, these are examples of what policy:

• Reaganomics

• Strategic Defense Initiative

• Containment

• Fiscal Responsibility