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Six Day War
- (1967)
- = Israel and Seria/Egypt
- - Israelis use American Equiptment; Seria/Egypt use Soviet Equiptment
- - LBJ stops Israel from capturing our allie Egypt
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Yom Kippur War
- (1973)
- = Seria and Egypt attack Israel on holy day and catch Israel by surprise
- - we give Israel a massive resupply to not fall
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O.P.E.C.
- (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies)
- = announce 5% cuts off oil until Israel gives back Egyptian territories
- - oil shock for America and other countries that buy from us
- - US highly dependent on foreign oil
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Environmental Protection Agency
- = try to figure out debate for electricity and oil
- - republicans want to drill and try to find oil
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Sandra Day O'Connor
- = first female on Supreme Court
- and one of the finest judges on court
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Roe vs Wade
= overturns state prohibition on abortion
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Affirmative Action
= colleges have to set aside a number of new students for minorites
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Bakke Decision
- = Outlaws use of racial quotas in administration policies
- - Allen Bakke applies to university of CA & rejected,
- sues university b/c minorities had lesser qualifications
- - Supreme Court rules in favor of Bakke
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Gerrald Ford
= President elected in '74
- - Kicks off presidency w/ pardon to Nixon which creates suspicion
- - proposes tax cut to stimulate consumer spending and got rebate of 50 bucks
- - tried to talk out inflation with W.I.N.
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Jimmy Carter
- = Democrat President ran against Ford and faces same economic problems
- - was federal reserve board chairman
- -believes in human rights and that influenced his decisions
- - unwilling to take bold actions
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Paul Volcker
- = gives us an immediate solution with economy
- --> Issues a Tight Money Policy:
- high interest rates and credit hard to get with tighter money in federal aid
- - loud, large man
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Walter Mondale
Carter's VP
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War Powers Act
- - Passed by Congress in 1973
- = President can commit troops for 60 days but must withdraw them within 30 more days,
- if congress does not commit to an extension - Pres must notify congress of decision to commit troops and Pres cannot veto their decision
- - Reaction to Vietnam War squashing future wars by limiting pres authority
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Khmer Rouge
- = Leader of Cambodia
- - wants to destroy cities and go back to 7/8th century when agriculture was big
- Cambodia imprisons ship crew and Ford advises marines in Thailand to free crew
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Panama Canal Treaties
- by Jimmy Carter
- = First : restores zone around Panama Canal back to Panama sovereignties
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Anwar Sadat
- = Egypt's new president
- - takes a trip to Israel to look for solution
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Camp David Accords
- - Carter invites Begin and Sadat to Camp David to come to agreement
- = Israel and Egypt sign a peace treaty in '78
- --> Egypt gets back all territory --> Egypt will repeal their war document with Israel
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Ayatollah Khomeini
- = religious leader (theocracy)
- - not welcomed by Shah
- - lives in France
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Cyrus Vance
- = Carter's Secretary of State- resigns and protests because he disagrees with Carter
- - next person in power = Zbignew Brezinski (National Security Advisor)
- - hard line approach towards Soviets
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SALT 2 Treaty
- = Russians signed but never went through
- - would have scaled back problems with Russia
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Afghanistan
- - Blocked Russia from signing salt 2
- = becomes Russia's version of Vietnam War
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Carter's Response to Russians invading Afghanistan:
- 1. US ban high technology to Soviets
- 2. Embargoes grain export3. resumes draft registration
- 4. boycotts 80's Summer Olympics
- Backfires:1. Comp industries mad, 2. hurts farmers-Russia no 1 buyers, 3. worries families, 4. get sport communities, networks and sponsors mad
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Supply-Side Economics
- = Trickle Down Theory: give to rich to spend on corporations to give jobs etc.
- - exporters, farmers, smoke&stack industries hurt
- - economy worsens under Raegan than Carter
- - leads unto huge federal defecit
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Gramm - Rudman Act
- = institutes budget ceiling to eliminate future defecits through mandatory across the board spending cuts- Supreme Court declared unconstitutional
(nonexistent after Clinton administration)
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Strategic Defensive Initiative
- (Star Wars research)
- = Anti-Missile system designed to destroy incoming missiles in outer space
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Glasnot
= Political Openness in Russia
- becomes more free and heading towards more Capitalism
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Perestroika
- = Restructuring the Soviet economy
- - try to head into markey and capital economy
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INF Treaty
- (Intermediate Nuclear Forces)
- = Bans Nuclear Intermediate Missiles with Soviets
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Iran-Contra Affair:
- - Iran attacked by Iraq and Sadam Hussein
- - Iraq had one of world's largest military powers
- -Iran needed military hardware, held Americans hostage so we sell to Iran and make money
- -> not authorized by Congress
- - Colonel Oliver North handled business between Iranians and Raegan officials
- = Profits: Send money to Nicaragua Contra's
- - illegal scandal revealed and tried, Raegan didn't remember, Col North in jail
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George H W Bush
1988 republican wins landslide
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Gulf War
- = Iraq invades Kuwait and United Nations try to free Kuwait
- - lead by General Collen Powell
- -victory over Iraq
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