Modern America Key Terms

an agreement between the heads of Israel and Egypt that began a process for peace in the Middle East

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran Contra Affair

negotiations between the United States and Soviet Union designed to limit the number the number of nuclear weapons produced by the two nations

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

scandal during the Ronald Reagan administration in which government officials were accused of selling weapons to Iran and passing the profits to a revolutionary group

• Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

a crisis in which Americans were taken hostage by militants in Iran and held captive for over a year

• Strategic Arms Limitations Talk

• Camp David Accords

• Iran Hostage Crisis

• Iran-Contra Affair

freedom from punishment that can be granted by a U.S. president

• Stagflation

• Pardon

• Apartheid

• Sanctions

• Deficit

economic restrictions placed on a country in an attempt to change its policy decisions

• Stagflation

• Pardon

• Apartheid

• Sanctions

• Deficit

the amount by which a government’s spending exceeds its revenue

• Stagflation

• Pardon

• Apartheid

• Sanctions

• Deficit

a system of segregation practiced in South Africa that was ended by Nelson Mandela

• Stagflation

• Pardon

• Apartheid

• Sanctions

• Deficit

term describing a slowing economy mixed with a high unemployment rate

• Stagflation

• Pardon

• Apartheid

• Sanctions

• Deficit

a scandal in which President Richard Nixon resigned as president over accusations of illegal activity

• OPEC

• Detente

• Watergate

• Affirmative Action

• Human Rights