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Question 1: Nixon Doctrine

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was put forth in a press conference in Guam on July 25, 1969 by U.S. President Richard Nixon. He stated that the United States henceforth expected its allies to take care of their own military defense, but that the U.S. would aid in defense as requested.

Question 2: Earl Warren

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The 14th chief justice of the supreme court and one of the 2 people to ever be elected governor of California 3 times. Made decision in the Brown vs. Board of education case and the Gideon vs.Wainwright cases.

Question 3: War powers act

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A United States Congress joint resolution providing that the President can send U.S. armed forces into action abroad only by authorization of Congress or if the United States is already under attack or serious threat. It was passed on a 2/3 vote.

Question 4: Cambodian Incursion

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A series of military operations conducted in eastern Cambodia.These invasions were a result of policy of former President Richard Nixon whose decision it was to invade.

Question 5: Iranian Hostage Crisis

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A crisis between Iran and the U.S. 52 US citizens were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamic students and militants took over the Embassy of the United States to support the Iranian Revolution.

Question 6: Gerald Ford

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38th president of the United States from 1974-1977. He was also the 50th vice president. He is the only person never elected president or vice president.

Question 7: Mayaguez

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The name of the ship that was involved in the Mayaguez incident which was The last battle of the Vietnam war.

Question 8: Spiro Agnew

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39th vice president of the United States serving under president Nixon. He was the 55th governor of Maryland. He was under investigation on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy in 1973.

Question 9: Echelon

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A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

Question 10: Pentagon papers

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A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense, is a top-secret United States Department of Defense history of the United States' political-military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967. Daniel Ellsberg leaked the papers.

Question 11: Sam Ervin

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Democratic Senator from North Dakota. He took part in the water gate investigation that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon.

Question 12: Obstruction of Justice

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Refers to the crime of interfering with the work of police, investigators, regulatory agencies and prosecutors.Richard Nixon was being investigated for obstruction of justice for his alleged role in the cover-up of the Water gate scandal.

Question 13: MIRV's

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Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle. a collection of nuclear weapons carried on a single intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). This allowed the U.S. to send more missiles in one warhead in the cold war.

Question 14: SALT

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks were two rounds of bilateral talks and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union. Negotiations took place in Helsinki Finland.

Question 15: Kent State Killings

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Involved the shooting of unarmed college students by the Ohio National Guard on Monday, May 4,

• The guardsmen fired 67 rounds over a period of 13 seconds, killing four students and wounding

nine others.The were protesting the invasion of Cambodia.

Question 16: Executive privilege

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The power of the executive branch to resist certain subpoenas and other interventions by the legislative and judicial branches of government.

Question 17: energy crisis

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Great bottleneck (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. There were many of these in the 70's because there were many conflicts in the middle east causing oil to cost more.

Question 18: Richard Nixon

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37th president of the Unites States and the only one to ever resign. President from 1969-1974. Also the 36th vice president. Of the Republican party.

Question 19: CREEP

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a fund raising organization of United States President Richard Nixon's administration. Besides its re-election activities, CRP employed money laundering and slush funds and was directly and actively involved in the Watergate scandal.

Question 20: 26th amendment

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Limited the minimum voting age to no more than 18. It was adopted in response to student activism against the Vietnam War and to partially overrule the Supreme Court's decision in Oregon v. Mitchell. It was adopted on July 1, 1971.

Question 21: Revenue sharing

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In place from 1972-1987. Under this policy Congress gave an annual amount of federal tax revenue to the states and their cities, counties and townships.

Question 22: Southern Strategy

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The late-20th century Republican Party strategy of winning elections in Southern states by exploiting anti-African American racism among Southern white voters and appealing to states' rights. It was first used by Nixon in the lat 60's.

Question 23: OPEC

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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries; an intergovernmental organization of twelve developing countries made up of Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.