70s & 80s Administrations

During the 1970s, this US Presidents legacy will be marked by a successful first term of Vietnamization, Cold War Detente, & open communication with Communist China; however, his second term will end abruptly with his resignation

• Dwight D. Eisenhower

• Richard Nixon

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

During Richard Nixon's 2nd term as US President, he will be connected to one of the worst US scandals in American history; this scandal will cause great mistrust in the US government by the public

• 9/11 Conspiracy

• Great Society

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Watergate Scandal

This US President called for an immediate pardon of any criminal wrongdoing for Richard Nixon's involvement in the Watergate Scandal

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

• Jimmy Carter

• Gerald Ford

During Jimmy Carter's presidency, he successfully arbitrated a peace agreement between Israel & Egypt at Camp David in Maryland, that is known today as...

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Watergate

One of the worst hostage situations in American history; saw 52 Americans taken hostage for 444 days at the US embassy in Tehran, Iran; will cause President Carter to not be re-elected in 1980.

• Iran-Contra Affair

• Watergate Scandal

• Russian Interference

• Iran Hostage Crisis

This US President is credited with ending the Cold War & causing the Soviet Union to collapse, cutting taxes, increasing the defense spending & appointing the first female to the US Supreme Court

• Ronald Reagan

• Gerald Ford

• Jimmy Carter

• George H.W. Bush

Economic policy that granted tax cuts to the wealthy, in hope the wealthy would then "pass down" or "trickle down" those tax cuts to the lower and middle classes:

• Keynesian Economics

• Reaganomics

• Demand Side Economics

• Voodoo Economics

Describe the two signs of the ending of the Cold War era:

• Fall of the Berlin Wall & Death of Soviet leader

• Financial collapse of the Soviet Union & development of the internet

• Collapse of the Soviet Union & Fall of the Berlin Wall

• Fall of the Berlin Wall & increased defense spending