Standard 22 Vocabulary

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  1. 4. Gerald Ford issued this and excused crimes he may have committed; Ford believed it would heal country
  2. 6. Environmental Protection Agency; sets regulations for pollution, emissions and other harmful effects on the environment
  3. 7. National Organization of Women promoted equal rights and opportunities for women; led by Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem
  4. 8. 39th President of the US; voted in as “outsider” after Watergate; presidency was strongly affected by many international issues
  5. 10. Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty; limited number of nuclear arms (US and USSR)
  6. 11. US agreed to view Taiwan as a part of China and not a separate entity
  7. 14. Vice Pres of Richard Nixon who finished out Nixon’s presidency after he resigned; Vietnam War ended during his administration; presidency plagued by decision
  8. 16. first celebrated April 22, 1970; raised awareness of environmental issues.
  9. 17. Talks that resulted in a peace agreement between the Egyptian president and the Israeli prime minister at Camp David in 1978
  10. 18. Equal Rights Amendment; equality for genders
  11. 19. 37th President of the US; presidency was one of the greatest successes and criminal scandals in history
  12. 20. college where 4 students were killed and several wounded during an anti-Vietnam protest
  13. 22. 1962 book about the harmful effect of pesticides (DDT) on ecosystem by Rachel Carson
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  1. 1. National Security Advisor to Nixon
  2. 2. Nixon visited China (1971) to seek scientific, cultural, and trade agreements
  3. 3. Prevents the president from committing the U.S. to an armed conflict without Congress’ approval
  4. 5. Easing of strained relations, especially in politics (US and China)
  5. 9. Attempt to cover up a burglary of the offices of the Democratic Party during the 1972 election; CREEP; led to distrust of government
  6. 12. Iranian revolutionaries invaded US embassy in Iran and took 52 Americans captive; lasted 444 days
  7. 13. Resigned from presidency following a scandal during the 1972 presidential election
  8. 15. overthrow of shah (king) who was friendly to America; replaced with a Muslim religious leader unfriendly to US
  9. 21. Nixon’s plan for the US to leave the Vietnam War; unsuccessful after invasion by VietCong