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.Mayday Protest
This was one of many Vietnam war protests.
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Watergate Scandal
5 men were arrested for planting electronic "bugs" in the Watergate building that served as the Democratic Party's Headquarters, this was called _______.
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1973
When was Vice President Agnew was forced to resign?
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Wage and Price Controls
This is an economic policy measure when the government places a ceiling on wages and prices to curb inflation.
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John Dean III
Who used to work for the White House, accused many officials, including Nixon, of helping to cover up the Watergate break-in and silence the burglars?
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Nixon Doctrine
Nixon announced this policy which would withdraw United States troops from South Vietnam so they could learn to fight their own war.
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Pentagon Papers
This document was leaked and showed that the United States had deliberately expanded its involvement in Vietnam.
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1971
When were the Pentagon Papers leaked to the public?
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SALT Treaty II
This agreement limited the levels of strategic weapons on both sides, but it was never ratified by the Senate.
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China
Nixon's historic visit began the slow process of the re-establishing diplomatic relations between the United States and communist _______.
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Vietnam
Who's conflict became the longest conflict in American history with 40,000 killed and 250,000 wounded as well as the 3rd most costly war in American history.
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Oval Office
There were secretly taped recordings of conversations, where did they take place?
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1972
When does Nixon visit China?
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SALT I Treaty
This was the series of arms-reduction negotiations which aimed at freezing numbers of long-range nuclear missiles for 5 years.
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
What limited both nations to 2 clusters of defensive missiles?
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Paris Peace Accords
The United States was to withdraw the remaining 27,000 troops and could reclaim some 560 American prisoners of war, this was called _______. (Vietnam was allowed to keep 450,000 troops in South Vietnam)
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Richard Nixon
Who fired the prosecutor he'd appointed to investigate the scandal, his attorney general and deputy attorney because they refused to cooperate in firing the prosecutor?
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1973
When did America learn that the United States Air Force had been secretly conducting over 3500 bombing raids against North Vietnam positions in Cambodia?
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"Bretton Woods"
The wage and price controls ended the _______ system of international currency stabilization that took place after World War II.
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Invasion of Cambodia
Riots including rock throwing, window smashing, and arson broke out, especially by university students, were all causes of _______.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Who was going to bomb North Vietnam in 1965 despite the judgment by the US Intelligence Community?
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Some portions were missing due to him deleting them.
What did Nixon do to the tapes before he gave them up?
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1976
When does Jimmy Carter become president, greatly helped by 97% of the African American vote?
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Richard Nixon
Who took the US off the gold standard and devalued the dollar?
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Camp David
Carter invited President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Prime Minister Menachem Begin of Israel to blank in 1978.
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