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Detente
signing of SALT 1 which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US -
EPA
a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation. The act aims to provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats. -
OPEC
energy crisis due to The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries embargo under President Gerald Ford -
Camp David Accords
first step to peace in the Middle East -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran because Americans supports the dethroned shah- hostages are not released until Reagan is elected in 1981