APUSH ch. 39 vocab/Id’s

1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war.

A phrase used to describe people, whatever their economic status, who uphold traditional values, especially against the counterculture of the 1960s

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks- the limitation of weapons

protect the environment in order to protect the health and safety of the public and to protect the nation's natural resources

An organization that provides a particular service; the place of business of an agent

This anti-war South Dakota Senator lost a landslide election to Nixon in 1972

Act that grants emergency executive powers to president to run war effort

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

VP under Nixon, resigned for extortion and bribery charges

1974-1977, Republican, first non elected president and VP, he pardoned Nixon

A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel

USA backed leader of Iran most of the time from 1950s-70s.

Shi'ite philosopher and cleric who led the overthrow of the shah of Iran in 1979 and created an Islamic republic.

the policy declared by President Nixon in 1969 that the U.S. would supply arms but not military forces to its allies in Asia and elsewhere.

occurred at Kent State University in the U.S. city of Kent, Ohio, and involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4, 1970. The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding nine others, one of whom suffered permanent paralysis.[

A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. The report was declassified and publicly released in June 2011.

a German-born American academic, political scientist, diplomat, and businessman. A recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, he served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as Secretary of State in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. After his term, his opinion was still sought by many subsequent presidents and many world leaders.

the easing of strained relations, especially in a political situation. The term is often used in reference to the general easing of relations between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1971, a thawing at a period roughly in the middle of the Cold War.

July 9, 1974) was an American jurist and politician who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and the 30th Governor of California

policy of equipping and training of the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves

A scandal involving an illegal break-in at the Democratic National Committee offices in 1972 by members of President Nixon's reelection campaign staff. Before Congress could vote to impeach Nixon for his participation in covering up the break-in, Nixon resigned from the presidency.

the Shah of Iran (a US ally) came to US after a revolution in Iran and armed students took 52 American hostages. (contributed to the defeat of Carter in 1980 election)

Supreme Court declared abortion to be a private decision, Right to Abortion

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President who stressed human rights. Because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow