Chapter 28 The End of the Cold War
Who were the two Washington Post reporters that investigated the break-in?
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
What happened on June 17th, 1972, at the Watergate Hotel/Office complex?
Five men had broken into the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters in the city's Watergate apartment office complex
Spiro Agnew
Governor of Maryland who ran as Vice President with Richard Nixon in 1968, South supported him
What was Nixon's "New Federalism" strategy?
He planned to end several federal programs and give more control to state and local governments, reduce the size of the federal government
Salvador Allende
He was elected president of Chile in 1970 and overthrown by a US-backed military coup in 1973.
What did Nixon promise to the South that earned him some support from the region?
Nixon agreed to appoint only conservatives to the federal courts and to name a Southerner to the Supreme Court. He also promised to oppose court-ordered busing and to choose a vice-presidential candidate that the South could support.
What did Nixon announce to US allies in July 1969?
Nixon announced that the United States would honor all of the alliances it had signed
What did Richard Nixon promise in the 1968 presidential election campaign?
Nixon promised "peace with honor" in Vietnam and law and order at home as well as a more streamlined government and a return to more traditional values.
What historic event occurred in February 1972?
Nixon visited China
What did Pres. Nixon do three months later in May 1972?
President Nixon flew to Moscow for a weeklong summit with the USSR
What important set of accords were set up in 1975 due to the new era of "détente", and what did they do?
The Helsinki Accords were set up, it committed to three sets of recommendations focusing on security, economic, and human rights issues
Leonid Brezhnev
The Soviet Premier that helped ease relations between the US and the USSR
What did the US refuse to recognize from 1949 to 1972?
The United States had refused to recognize the Communists as the legitimate rulers, instead recognized Taiwan as the Chinese gov't
What did the US and China agree to during this trip?
The leaders of both nations agreed to establish "more normal" relations between their countries
What did his "Family Assistance Plan" do?
The plan called for providing needy families a yearly grant of $1,600, which could be supplemented by outside earnings
What else did the US and USSR agree to?
They also agreed to increase trade and the exchange of scientific information
What was Nixon's strategy in dealing w/ the Soviet Union and communist China?
They developed a new approach called détente, or relaxation of tensions, between the United States and its two major Communist rivals
What important treaty did the US and USSR sign during this trip, and what did it do?
They signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, or SALT I. The treaty temporarily froze the number of strategic nuclear weapons
What was the Soviet Union's (and China's) reaction to Nixon's election in 1968?
They were not pleased when Nixon became president
The "Nixon Doctrine" was an expansion of the policy of "_____".
Vietnamization
détente
a policy that attempts to relax or ease tensions between nations
