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detente
the easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries -
failure of detente
The communist parties of the Soviet bloc were apparently in firm control—the brutal suppression of the 1968 Prague Spring was still fresh in people’s minds— and the West did not seem interested in allowing human rights to interfere with the Cold War Detente. -
energy crisis --does not solve
adjustments in local economies to become more efficient in petroleum usage, controlled demand sufficiently for petroleum prices worldwide to return to more sustainable levels. -
support for human rights
Although government support for human rights decreased, international organizations increased in strength and number. -
environmentalism (EPA, endangered species act)
provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found -
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energy crisis due to opec embargo -- does not solve
But U.S. government policies really caused the recession and the stagflation that accompanied it. They included Nixon's wage-price controls and the Federal Reserve's stop-go monetary policy. -
watergate scandal--resignation in 1974
Nixon took aggressive steps to cover up the crime afterwards, and in August 1974, after his role in the conspiracy was revealed, Nixon resigned. -
camp david accords
The Camp David Accords, signed by President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin in September 1978, established a framework for a historic peace treaty concluded between Israel and Egypt in March 1979. -
positive relations with china
trade grew rapidly, and after the full normalization of diplomatic and commercial relations in 1979, -
iran hostage crisis
The overthrow of Muhammad Reza Shah Pahlevi of Iran by an Islamic revolutionary government earlier in the year had led to a steady deterioration in Iran-U.S. relations
