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She was the first woman Supreme Court Justice

Sandra Day O’Connor

She was a staunch conservative and a critic of the Women’s Liberation Movement and against the Equal Rights Amendment

Phyllis Schlafly

He was the first president to visit China since it became a Communist country

President Nixon

He was the first Vice President to take the office of the President under the 25th Amendment

Gerald Ford

He only President to resign

Richard Nixon

This cover-up scandal forced President Nixon to resign

Watergate

Nixon tried pursuing a policy of ‘détente’ (a relaxing of tensions) with the Soviet Union by signing this agreement

Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty - SALT

The Arab nations of this organization used their natural resources as a political tool

OPEC – Organization of Oil Producing Countries

President Carter had to deal with this economic issue where there was high inflation and unemployment

Stagflation

In 1977, President Carter invited Anwar Sadat, the Egyptian President, and Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel, to negotiate peace resulting in this agreement being signed

Camp David Accords

This organization tried to steer clear of politics until the Gun Control Act of 1968 was enacted

National Rifle Association - NRA

This conservative, Christian group, led by Jerry Farwell, was instrumental in helping Reagan become president

The Moral Majority

This group is a “think-tank” based in Washington, D. C This group is a “think-tank” based in Washington, D.C. that promoted conservative policies on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and strong national defense

The Heritage Foundation

The GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade)of 1947 became obsolete with the expansion of global trade, so this organization was created to help establish trade rules and settle disputes.

WTO – World Trade Organization

This agreement set-up free trade between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.

NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement

This legislation required the Fish and Wildlife Service to list species of plants and animals that are threatened with extinction

Endangered Species Act of 1973

This Act required banks to make credit and loans available in poor communities to prevent decay in low-income inner city areas

Community Reinvestment Act of 1977

This Act legalized illegal aliens who had lived continuosly in the U.S. since 1981

Mazzoli-Simpson Act of 1986

This Act prohibited the discrimination against people with disabilities in employment and public accomodations

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

This Amendment lobbied by the National Woman’s Party passed through Congress but failed to obtain the approval by the required 38 states and was not ratified

Equal Rights Amendment

This Act was the result of the assassinations of MLK Jr This Act was the result of the assassinations of MLK Jr., JFK, and Robert Kenedy

The Gun Control Act of 1968

This decision stated that the school violated students’ 1st Amendment rights of peaceful protest by not allowing them to wear black armbands in protest against the Vietnam War

Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

This court decision struck down a state law requiring children to attend school past the eigth grade, which violated this group’s religious beliefs and practices

Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

This Supreme Court case ruled that the President could not use the ‘Executive Privilege’ to avoid a Senate investigation of wrong doing and more importantly, the President is not above the law.

United States v. Nixon (1974)

This Supreme Court case ordered the state of Florida to stop any further election vote recounts and to declare a presidential winner based on the most recent recount

Bush v. Gore (2000)

To help reduce tensions with the Soviet Union, this 1975 agreement was signed by the U.S., Canada, Soviet Union, and most European countries, establishing post WWII borders

Helsinki Accords

President Carter established this department to help combat the energy crisis

The Department of Energy

This agency was created after the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident in 1979

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

This event lasted more than a year when angry Iranian students seized the U.S. Embassy and took the staff hostage, ended when Reagan became President

Iran Hostage Crisis

This new economic term describes the tax cuts, domestic spending, deregulation, increased military spending, and world oil price stabilization during President Reagan’s first term

Reaganomics

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Two terms used to identify these two vastly different geographic regions in the U.S. where one is mostly hot and dry and the other has widely varying climate

Sun and Rust Belts