Remake of Unit 10 Major Events by Maria Mora Quintero https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr en-us 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC 2020-05-05 21:24:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f8.png Détente k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247399 1967 to 1979
President-  Nixon (primarily)

A relaxing of tensions; Nixon pursued this policy to relations with the Soviet Union]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247399 Watergate Scandal k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247403 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. ]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247403 Helsinki Accords k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247407 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.]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247407 Camp David Accords k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247409 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.
]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247409 Iran Hostage Crisis k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247410 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)
]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247410 "Peace Through Strength" k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247413 1980's
President-  Ronald Reagan
Definition-  Reagan increased defense spending while attempting to improve 
relationships with the Soviet Union
]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247413 "Reaganomics" / Supply-side economics k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247416 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]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247416 Strategic Defense Initiative - "Star Wars" k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247417 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]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247417 Marines in Lebanon k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247420 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.
]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247420 Iran-Contra Affair k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247421 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.
]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247421 Berlin Wall falls / End of Cold War k1831644 https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247424 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.]]> 2020-05-05 20:55:51 UTC https://padlet.com/k1831644/esp6znlbhmhx79dr/wish/553247424