vietnamization
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President Nixon's plan of withdrawing U.S. troops from the Vietnam War to leave the fighting to the Vietnamese.
nixon doctrine
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A doctrine by Nixon that proclaimed that America would honor its defense commitments, but it would not be as likely to help Asians in the future.
silent majority
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The group of Americans that Nixon appealed to. This group consisted of those who silently supported the Vietnam War.
my lai massacre
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A massacre in My Lai, Vietnam in 1970 where innocent Vietnamese women and children were killed.
kent state university
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An event where a member of the National Guard shot and killed four people during a riot caused by the Cambodian invasion.
pentagon papers
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A leaked set of top-secret documents that further fueled the antiwar movements.
detente
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A word meaning "relaxed tension" that described an era that Nixon created due to his international travels.
miranda warning
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A set of lines that police officers must read to all suspects before capture. This warning came about due to the Miranda Supreme Court case in 1966.
philadelphia plan
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A plan established by Nixon that required employers nationwide to meet a hiring quota.
environmental protection agency (EPA)
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An important organization established by Nixon in 1970 that addressed two decades of concern for the environment.
earth day
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An event that occurs on April 22 starting in 1970 where Americans raise awareness for the environment.
southern strategy
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A plan devised by Nixon for the election of 1972 that made it easier for him to be reelected.
war powers act
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An act that Congress passed over Nixon's veto in 1973 that required the president to report to Congress with 2 days after committing a "substantially" sized army to a foreign conflict.
watergate
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A scandal where Nixon was accused of bugging the Democratic party's headquarters.
"smoking gun" tape
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A tape that proved that Nixon was guilty in the Watergate scandal.
equal rights amendment (ERA)
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An addition to the Constitution that happened in 1972. It outlawed unequal rights on the basis of sex.
roe v. wade
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A Supreme Court case in 1973 that allowed abortion, saying that it was a right of privacy.
malaise speech
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A speech that President Carter gave on July 15, 1979 where he blamed the country for being greedy.
salt II
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The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty II that Carter signed with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna in June 1979.
iranian hostage crisis
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An event where the American embassy in Iran was attacked and American hostages were taken captive.