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-Police raid on the Stone Wall, a gay bar in New York city
-encouraged lesbians and gay men to engage in radical action -
-Led by Theodore Roosevelt
-20 million people participated
1st Earth Day was in 1970 -
-policy that would reduce tensions of Cold War
-promised to bring Americans together after the turmoil that negatively impacted their lives. -
-a reduction of Cold War Tensions
-Nixon negotiated with Chinese leaders about diplomatic exchanges and to imrpove relations and future conflicts.
-Recognized communist government in 1979 -
Liberal justicesof Supreme Court retired, so Nixon replaced them with conservatives.
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-more social stress and fragmentation
-controls air pollution at a level. -
-U.S economy faced economic slowdown and high inflation
-Nixon reduced federal spending, which caused unemployment
-took the dollar off the gold standard -
-will withdraw U.S troops from Vietnam and give money, training, and weapons to Southern Vietnam for the war.
*Nixon Doctrine-U.S would get involved in defense of its allies. -
-Nixon hired a group of white house officials to break into the White housethat resulted as an illegal activity.
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-It was a statue that was built in order to end sex discrimination in all schools that were under federal funding
-girls received the same opportunities as boys (Ex:sports).
-This event was a rise in societal status of women. -
-Democrats won: Senator George McGovern of South Dakota
-Ran an anti war campaign between Nixon (republican) and McGovern (democratic). -
-signed by Richard Nixon
-protected species from extinction -
U.S V. Nixon!
Nixon denied knowing anything and refused to hand in tape recordings. -
-important event because of the Watergate Scandal
8-0 votes against Nixon
-This event limited the power of any President -
-Cambodia fell to Khmer Rouge, who was a radical communst and killed over a million people
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This was an effort to end imperial presidency.
-unique when people saw that he walked to the white house rather than driving in a limo.
-impressed everyone worldwide
-Jimmy Carter:democratic -
-It was a peace settlement between Egypt and Israel
-Egypt was the first Arab nation to recoginize the nation of Israel -
-The Islamic fundamentalists overhtrew the Shah, who led the Iranian government.
(Antiwar sentiment)
-Caused Carter to become frustrated. -
-Social changes were greater significance than politics.
-Growth of Immigration
Undocumented Immigrants- about 12 million were in the U.S illegaly
-There were demands for minority rights -
-encouraged American Indians to leave reservationsists and assimilate into urban areas