| A | B |
|---|
| Vietnam truce signed | when Nixon was president |
| Demonstrations | Kent State University |
| War Powers Resolution | President can make decisions without the consent of Congress |
| Detente | Nixon policy of easing tensions while still fighting communism |
| Miranda v. Arizona | criminals must be read their rights |
| Griswold v. Connecticut | right to privacy |
| 26th Amendment | lowered voting age to 18 |
| Roe v. Wade | declared that abortion in a constitutionally protected right |
| George McGovern | shot and paralyzed from waist down |
| Watergate | theives caught in Democratic headquarters-they were paid by Republicans |
| impeachement | rather than go through the hearings, Nixon resigns |
| 1970's | Energy Crisis |
| Replaces Nixon as president | Gerald Ford |
| Defeats Ford for presidency | Jimmy Carter |
| Carter failures | Iranian hostage crisis, Afghanistan |
| Replaced Carter as president | Ronald Reagan |
| Reagan policy | trickle down economics-taxes of the rich are slashed |
| Reagan's approach to foreign policy | harsh |
| Iranian Contra Affair | diverting funds to Nicaraguan Sandinistas |
| Replaced Reagan | George Bush |
