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1970s Flashcards

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April 30th 1970

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Vietnam War President Richard Nixon ordered US troops to go to Cambodia.

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SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty signed between the US and USSR.

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May 26th 1972

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Vietnam The Paris Peace Accords ended American involvement in Vietnam.

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August 15th 1973

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Vietnam North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. The capture of Saigon by the North Vietnamese led to the whole country becoming Communist

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April 30th 1975

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Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Joint space venture between USA and USSR heralded as an end to the ‘Space Race’

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July 1975

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Carter President Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the United States

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January 20th 1977

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Iranian hostage crisis A group of Iranian students and militants stormed the American embassy and took 53 Americans hostage to show their support for the Iranian Revolution.

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November 4th 1979

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Afghanistan Soviet troops invaded Afghanistan

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December 24th 1979

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