Cold War Ends Flashcards
SALT
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -> In 1972, Nixon and Brezhnev signed SALT limiting nuclear weapons and banning missile defense systems.
détente
Period of improving relations between the U.S. and Communist nations, particularly China and the Soviet Union, during the Nixon administration.
My Lai Massacre:
Massacre of 374 Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai by Liet. William Calley and troops under his command.
Pentagon Papers
Informal name for the Defense Department’s secret history of the Vietnam conflict
Vietnam War
A prolonged military conflict that started as an anti-colonial war against the French and evolved into a Cold War confrontation between international communism and free-market democracy
Watergate:
Washington office and apartment complex that lent its name to the 1972-1974 scandal of the Nixon adm
Helsinki Accords
1975 agreement between the USSR and the United States that recognized the post-World War II boundaries of Europe and guaranteed the basic liberties of each nation’s citizens.
Camp David Accords
Peace agreement between the leaders of Israel and Egypt, brokered by President Carter in 1978.
Moral Majority
An organization of Evangelical religious conservatives founded in 1979 to promote conservative social values.
Reagan Revolution
The rightward turn of American politics following the 1980 election of Ronald Reagan
Reaganomics
Popular name for Pres. Ronald Reagan’s philosophy of “Supply-side” economics combined tax cuts with an unregulated marketplace.
Iran-Contra Affair
The Iran-Contra affair involved secret arms sales to Iran to free hostages and illegally funding Nicaraguan Contras despite a congressional ban.
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oil embargo:
Prohibition on trade in oil declared by OPEC, dominated by Middle Eastern producers, in Oct 1973 in response to U.S. and western European support for Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War
