Unit 6 Flashcards
Kissinger
American diplomat and Nixon’s sidekick
Comes up with Vietnimization
Vietnimization
Gradual withdrawal of troops in Vietnam
New Federalism
Whatever the federal government doesn’t recognize can be left up to state governments
Revenue Sharing Bill
Gives power that the states can spend money how they see fit
Reasons for Decreased Economy End of 60s
LBJ funding war and social programs
Competition in international trade
Floods of immigrants
Heavy dependence on foreign oil with wars where oil comes from
No longer backed by goal
Watergate
Wire tapping
DNC men arrested
On trial and perjury
Discovered they lied so investigator is hired
Wants tapes from Nixon because he has been recording people
Wants to fire new investigator
Saturday Night Massacre because everyone quits or resigns for not firing investigator
Investigator is fired
Hires new investigator who asks anyways
Nixon gives tapes with gap in them
Supreme court rules
Important People of Watergate
John Mitchell
Jeb Magruder
James McCord
John Dean
John Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
Archibald Cox Jr.
Leon Jawoski
John Mitchell
Attorney general and then director of CREEP
Jeb Magruder
Part of comittee, broke under second hearing, destroyed legal documents
James McCord
Part of comittee but rats others out for perjury
John Dean
Counsel to the president said they had approval of break in with white house advisor and chief of staff
John Ehrlichman
White house advisor who gave approval to break in
H. R. Haldeman
Chief of staff who gave approval to break in
Archibald Cox Jr.
First investigator who is fired
Leon Jawoski
Second investigator
Ecomomic Issues Carter Had to Deal With
High oil prices due to war
Dislike for American cars as they were gas guzzlers
Question of energy independence
Carter VS Nixon
From reapolitik to human rights
Cuts aid to nations with human rights violations
Gives back Panama Canal
Collapse of Detente
Major obstacles for a 2nd SALT treaty
Soviets invaded Afghanistan killing the first treaty
Camp David Accords
Egypt and Israel in prolonged conflict is ruining oil prices
Carter gets the leaders to have Israel withdrawal and Egypt recognize Israel as an independent country
Iran Hostage Crisis
Shah of Iran, who is a dictatorial ally to US, has revolution against him
Muslim religon overthrows government
Shah enters US for cancer treatment and revolutionaries storm US Embassy taking 52 hostages
Reagan Government
Likes it small
Televangelist
Christian preacher asking for funds
Carter’s Foreign Policy
Human rights took priority
Only some dictators ok
Care for environment more than independence
Carters Loss of Second Election
Recession of economy
Poor connections with other leaders
Resurgence of conservatism
Peace Through Strength
Increasining military for soviets to catch up
Reagan Foreign Policy
USe of military to deescelate civil war in Lebanon
Removes military force for peacekeeping
Eventually brings it back after Berlin bombing
Reagan Doctrine
America should be able to support geurilla groups fighting to overthrow communism
Dictator Overthrown in Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Reagan Military
Increasing leads to weapon reduction of Soviets
White lies
Perestroika
Restructuring in Soviet Union that allows some private companies
Glasnost
Freedom of religion, speech, and spread of information
