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4. She was the first woman Supreme Court Justice

5. Sandra Day O’Connor

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

7. Phyllis Schlafly

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

9. President Nixon

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

11. Gerald Ford

12. He only President to resign

13. Richard Nixon

14. This cover-up scandal forced President Nixon to resign

15. Watergate

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

17. Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty - SALT

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

19. OPEC – Organization of Oil Producing Countries

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

21. Stagflation

22. 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

23. Camp David Accords

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

25. National Rifle Association - NRA

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

27. The Moral Majority

28. 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

29. The Heritage Foundation

30. 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.

31. WTO – World Trade Organization

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

33. NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement

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

35. Endangered Species Act of 1973

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

37. Community Reinvestment Act of 1977

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

39. Mazzoli-Simpson Act of 1986

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

41. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

42. 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

43. Equal Rights Amendment

44. 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

45. The Gun Control Act of 1968

46. 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

47. Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)

48. 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

49. Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)

50. 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.

51. United States v. Nixon (1974)

52. 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

53. Bush v. Gore (2000)

54. 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

55. Helsinki Accords

56. President Carter established this department to help combat the energy crisis

57. The Department of Energy

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

59. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

60. 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

61. Iran Hostage Crisis

62. 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

63. Reaganomics

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65. 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

66. Sun and Rust Belts