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Issues under Rep President Richard Nixon
*EPA fix national guidelines and to monitor and enforce them to protect human health and the environment.
**Detente- the name given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
* Relations with China-resumption of harmonious relations between the United States and China after years of diplomatic isolation.
**Watergate Scandal- impeachment of Nixon for obstruction of justice,abuse of power,contempt of Congress -
Issues under Rep President Gerald Ford
**Energy crisis due to OPEC( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)- imposed an embargo against the United States in retaliation for the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military and to gain leverage in the post-war peace negotiations.\
**Failure of Detente- While the United States and the Soviet Union signed the Helsinki pact, they failed to agree on a major arms control agreement. Moreover, superpower tensions remained high. -
Issues under Dem President Jimmy Carter
**Energy crisis does not solve
**Support for human rights- implemented a human rights strategy that would serve as the cornerstone of Carter’s foreign policy.
**Camp David Accords- first step to make peace with the Middle East
**Iran Hostage Crisis-1979- Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran because Americans supports the dethroned shah- hostage are not released until Reagan is elected in 1881.
