70s & 80s Vocabulary

American politician who served as the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office. 

• Gerald Ford
• Bill Clinton
• Richard Nixon
• Sam Walton

The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries; instituted by Nixon to calm threats of nuclear war during the Cold War.

• Stagflation
• Impeachment
• Reagan Doctrine
• Detente

Fifty-two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 444 days after a group of Iranian students, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

• Star Wars
• Peace through Strength
• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Persian Gulf War

An economic phenomenon of the late 1960s and 1970s characterized by sluggish economic growth and high inflation.

• E-Commerce
• Stagflation
• Impeachment
• Reaganomics

A former actor and California governor, he served as the 40th U.S. president from 1981 to 1989.  Dubbed the Great Communicator, this conservative politician became a popular two-term president. 

• Bill Clinton
• George H.W. Bush
• Ronald Reagan
• Sam Walton

A conservative activist best known for her opposition to the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment during the 1970s.

• Oprah Winfrey
• Hillary Clinton
• Sandra Day O'Connor 
• Phyllis Schlafly

A major political scandal that occurred in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee in 1972 and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.

• Watergate Scandal
• Camp David Accords
• Helsinki Accords
• Impeachment

States in the South and Southwest marked by warm climate, rapid economic and population growth in the last two decades, and (often) political conservatism.

• Rust Belt
• Detente
• Sun Belt
• OPEC

Nickname for President Reagan’s  proposed creation of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), an ambitious project that would construct a space-based anti-missile system.

• Contract with America
• USA Patriot Act
• Star Wars
• NAFTA

The first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

• Phyllis Schlafly
• Hillary Clinton
• Sonia Sotomayor
• Sandra Day O'Connor