UNIT 9 VOCAB

WATERGATE

• June 1972, 5 men broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at the Watergate complex
• Richard Nixon

OPEC

• When the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised oil prices and didn't give oil to the US an energy crisis occured
• Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford

IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS (NOV 1979)

• A U.S. Embassy was taken over by Iranian military and 52 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days in Tehran
• Jimmy Carter

REAGANOMICS

• Ronald Reagan's economic policy which was to increase economic growth and reduce the federal deficit, but failed
• Ronald Reagan

CAMP DAVID ACCORDS 1979

• Peace agreement to end a long time conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Egypt
• Jimmy Carter

IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR

• A scandal in the administration of President Ronald Reagan, which in the mid-1980s the United States secretly arranged arms sales to Iran in return for promises of Iranian assistance in releasing Americans held hostage in Lebanon.
• Ronald Reagan

PERSIAN GULF WAR

• Saddam Hussein, Iraq leader, fought an ongoing war against Iran. The United Nations started an embargo against Iraq, but it was ineffective. They sent allied troops and fought until Hussein withdrew forces.
• George H. W. Bush

BALKAN CRISIS

• Serbs in Bosnia wanted to get rid of Muslims in the area. The Serbs bombed the capital of Bosnia and conflict expanded in 1995. NATO supported Bosnia.
• George H. W. Bush & Bill Clinton

NAFTA

• Removed most barriers to trade among US, Canada and Mexico
• George H. W. Bush & Bill Clinton

GATT

• Multilateral international treaty to provide fair trade rules
• Bill Clinton

MIGRATION

• Sunbelt- Migration from the South due to hot climate
• Rustbelt- Migration from North East due to factory closings
• Nixon, Ford, Carter & Reagan