1970s and 1980s Graded Flashcardizz

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This photograph is a result of -

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an embargo on the United States by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

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Sandra Day O'Connor

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first woman named to US Supreme Court

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Which factor links all these modern innovations?

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they include technology developed for the US space program

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Which situation caused President Nixon to introduce this project? illegal sale of weapons to Iran, Iraqi invasion of Kuwaiti oil fields, OPEC oil embargo, fall of Saigon

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OPEC oil embargo

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Reagan's demand to "tear down this wall" was part of his foreign policy goal to end

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the Cold War

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the US government secretly sold weapons to fund anti-communists in Nicaragua

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Camp David Accords

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President Nixon did all of the following except: become the only president to resign from office, create the Environmental Protection Agency, sign the SALT I missiles system treaty with the USSR, authorize his government to sell weapons to Iran.

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authorize his government to sell weapons to Iran

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The collapse of this infamous landmark led to the end of the Cold War

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Berlin Wall

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This severely damaged American prestige and likely cost Jimmy Carter re-election.

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Iranian Hostage Crisis