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1967 to 1979
President-  Nixon (primarily)

A relaxing of tensions; Nixon pursued this policy to relations with the Soviet Union

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1972 to 1974
President-  Richard Nixon

Definition- Was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon  that led to Nixon's resignation. The scandal stemmed from the Nixon administration's continuous attempts to cover up its involvement in the June 17, 1972 failed break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Washington, D.C. Watergate Office Building.

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1975
President-  Gerald Ford

Definition-  Were primarily an effort to reduce tension between the Soviet and Western blocs by securing their common acceptance of the post-World War II status quo in Europe. as the final act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Finland Hall of Helsinki, Finland, during July and August 1, 1975.

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1978
President-  Jimmy Carter

Definition- President Carter arranged an agreement between the Prime Minister Begin (Israel) and President Sadat (Egypt); Israel agreed to return

the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, which Israel had taken in the Six-Day War in 1967, while Egypt offered a peace treaty.

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1979-1981
President- Jimmy Carter

Definition-  Resenting America for helping the Shah of

Iran and backing Israel, Iranian students seized the staff at the US Embassy (1979)in Tehran, Iran and held them hostage for more than a year (444 days)

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1980's
President-  Ronald Reagan
Definition-  Reagan increased defense spending while attempting to improve

relationships with the Soviet Union

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1981 (1980's)
President- Ronald Reagan

Definition-  Also called “supply-side economics”; An effort to make it easier to produce more goods by reducing taxes and business regulations

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Strategic Defense Initiative - "Star Wars"

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Strategic Defense Initiative - "Star Wars"

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1983
President-  Ronald Reagan

Definition- An anti-ballistic defense system, the Strategic Defense Initiative, using lasers to shoot down missiles in order to prevent a nuclear attack

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1983
President- Ronald Reagan

Definition- During the Lebanese Civil War 800 U.S.

Marines lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestinian withdrawal from Lebanon. It was the beginning of a problem plagued mission that would stretch into 17 months and leave 241 Marines dead.

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1985-1987
President- Ronald Reagan

Definition- Officials in the Reagan Administration

acted against the policy of refusing to negotiate with terrorists by secretly selling arms to Iran as part of a deal in

exchange for the release of American hostages in Lebanon.

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1989 / 1991
President- Reagan (build-up) / Bush SR

Definition- Germany was reunified, triggering the swift collapse of the other East European regimes. People celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. Thirteen months later, on December 25, 1991, Gorbachev resigned and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics dissolved.