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militant wing of the SDS
Weather Underground (the Weathermen)
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Former law partner of Nixon's who was appointed attourney general
John Mitchell
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Nixon's plan to have south vietnamese troops trained to take the place of American ones
Vietnamization
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Who was the secretary of state under Nixon who helped to negotiate peace talks?
Kissinger
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Conferences discussing peace in Vietnam
Paris Peace Talks
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What were three effects of the fall of Saigon?
- US didn't give South Vietnam the aid promised
- Saigon became a communist nation
- South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam
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attempt to repair strained relations between US and communist powers by Nixon.
detente
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What were the 5 economic super powers in 1970?
- US
- Soviet Union
- Japan
- China
- Eurpopean Economic Community (countries in west Europe)
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What were the two goals of detente?
- limit communist expansion
- curb nuclear arms race
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What did Nixon sign while in the Soviet Union?
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks- limited numbers of certain types of nuclear weapons for both countries.
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did SALT end the nuclear arms race?
no, but it did ease tensions between the US and the USSR
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Housed on the 6th floor of the Watergate building in Washington DC.
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
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Three members of Nixon's inner circle-
Kissinger, Haldeman and Ehrlichman
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Nixon's Enemy list included the names of... (4)
senators, representatives, college presidents and hollywood stars
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Expanded and unified the work of FBI, CIA, the National Security Agency and Defense Intelligence Agency. Approved by Nixon, blocked by the FBI president.
The Huston Plan
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Committee to re-elect the president
CREEP
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report dealing with the Vietnam war policy before Nixon, which was leaked.
Pentagon Papers
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The two reporters for the Washington post that uncovered the entire Watergate story
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
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committee that investigated Watergate and heard testimony from many white house officials
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Practices
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Special prosecuter investigating Watergate
Archibald Cox
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Why did Spiro Agnew resign the Vice-Presidency?
charged with income tax evasion and accepting bribes
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Became vice president was Agnew resigned
Gerald Ford
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Case which ruled Nixon had to release tapes
US v Nixon
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