Vietnam & American Foreign Policy

President Richard Nixon signed the SALT I treaty with the Soviet Union which -

• Decreased the production of nuclear weapons
• Limited trade between the US and China
• Officially ended the Vietnam War
• Forced the Soviet Union to tear down the Berlin Wall

Post-Vietnam War President Nixon called for this policy as a way to relax or ease tensions between the United States and Soviet Union.

• Brinkmanship
• Containment
• Detente
• Big Stick Policy

This scandal led to the resignation of President Nixon; Former CIA agents were caught breaking into the Democratic Party headquarters in a hotel building.

• Watergate
• Teapot Dome Scandal
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Cuban Missile Crisis

The Shah of Iran is overthrown, Iranian students seized the staff of the US Embassy and held them for more than a year.

• Iran Hostage Crisis
• Iranian-US Standoff Accord
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Watergate Scandal

The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -

• Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
• Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
• Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
• Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) caused this economic issue for the United States in the 1970s.

• Stagflation
• Inflation
• Depression
• Stock Crash

The Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 gave the canal zone and eventually full control of the Panama canal itself to Panama. This treaty came into effect by which US President?

• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan
• Bill Clinton
• Richard Nixon

The Reagan administration secretly selling arms to Iran and illegally using the money to finance the "Contra" rebels in Nicaragua.

• The Iranian Hostage Crisis

• The Iran-Cuba Deficit

• The Iran-Contra Affair

• The Great Escape

Broad tax cuts, and financial deregulation, which would promote economic expansion, are examples of what policy's objective:

• Reaganomics
• Trade Imbalance
• Iran-Contra Affair
• Heritage Foundation

This war is also known as Desert Storm and involved leader Saddam Hussein. He invaded Kuwait in order to capture it's valuable oil fields.

• Iraq War
• World War I
• Persian Gulf War
• World War II