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Term for a stagnant economy with inflation
Stagflation
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This company is supposed to regulate oil prices from/in the Arab states
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies
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Nixon's plan/act to assure rights are received equally by minorities, giving minority-specific college scholarships
Affirmative Action
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Republican candidate in the 1972 election
Richard Nixon
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Democratic candidate in the 1972 election
George McGovern
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Nixon's VP in the 1972 election
Spiro Agnew
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Nixon won all states but one in 1972 election: which one?
Massachusetts
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Spire Agnew quits his VP position on what date?
October 10, 1973
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VP to replace Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford
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Government position that serves as vice-VP
House Minority Leader
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Date of the Watergate Scandal
June 17, 1972
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Organization that paid the five Watergate scandals
The Committee to Re-Elect the President
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Night when Nixon fires multiple important gov't people related to Watergate investigation.
Saturday Night Massacre
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Three gov't officials Nixon gets rid of in the Saturday Night Massacre
- Main investigator of Watergate
- Attorney General
- Deputy Attorney General
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Main investigator of the Watergate Scandal, fired by Nixon
Archibald Cox
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Newspaper that first got/released info on the Watergate Scandal
Washington Post
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Washington Post reporters who were informed about the Watergate Scandal
- Bob Woodward
- Carl Bernstein
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Washington Post's Watergate Scandal informer codename
Deepthroat
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Washington Post's Watergate Scandal informer real identity
Deputy Director of the FBI, William Mark Felt Jr.
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Main points of Deepthroat's information (2)
- Nixon has been covering up Watergate
- Nixon has been recording phone conversations that will prove his guilt
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Regulates campaigns, defining what must be said (and what doesn't have to)
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974
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This states that we the people have the right to information on what's going on.
Freedom of Information
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Act that states it will shed light on what goes on in the gov't and what the gov't is doing.
Gov't in the Sunshine Act (1976)
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Act to help or regulate ethics and such?
Ethics in fhe Gov't Act (1976)
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Gerald Ford's failed plan to get rid of inflation
Plan WIN: Whip Inflation Now
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The nation's Bicentennial Year
1976
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"the citizens' president"
Jimmy Carter
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One thing Jimmy Carter does as President that stirs up a lot of controversy and dislike
Grants amnesty (no prosecution or punishment) to Vietnam draft dodgers
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Star on '70s TV show "All in the Family"
Archie Bunker
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70s TV show that talked about controversial topics and showed a family as more imperfect than usual TV
"All in the Family"
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Document signed by many major nations putting human rights as the important thing in foreign policy
Helsinki Accords
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Year Jimmy Carter promised/planned to give the Panama Canal back to Panama
1999
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Peace agreement between Israel and Egypt, overseen by Carter
Camp David Accords
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First Arab nation to recognize Israel as it's one independent nation
Egypt
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Term for the leader of Iran
Sha
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Iranian group/people that organized retaliation to make us give the Sha back (for execution)
Fundamentalist Islamic Clerics
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Iranian in charge of the Fundamentalist Islamic Clerics
Ayatollah Khomeini (Ayatollah is a title, the other is his last name.)
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Number of days the Iranians held US hostages
444
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Number of US embassy people taken hostage by the Iranians
66
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Month the US hostages were released from Iran
January 1981
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