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this government regulatory agency created by nixon to require that businesses provide safety equipment and make sure that workplaces are healthy places
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this government regulatory agency created by nixon to require that businesses provide safety equipment and make sure that workplaces are healthy places
OSHA
americans who supported strong us military efforts in vietnam were called___
hawks
americans who were against the vietnam war were called
doves
this was a communist opposition group that carried out thousands o assassinations of south vietnams government officials
vietcong
this term refers to a philosophy in which foreign policy should be based solely on consideration of what is in the interest of the US and to reflect the power of the nation involved, not based on ideas or some higher moral principals
silent majority
this term refers to the dual problems of rising unemployment and inflation encountered during the nixon years
stagflation
nixons policy of withdrawing american troops from vietnam while providing aid for the south vietnamese to fight the war
vietnamization
nixons, fords, and kissingers, policy of seeking relaxed tensions with the soviet union through trade and arms limitation
detente
this organization of oil producers cut off oil sales to the US after the US sent aid to israel during the yom kippur war
OPEC
this refers to nixons plan to limit the size and power of the federal government by distributing a part of federal power to state and local governments
new federalism
this government agency was created by nixon and is in charge of regulating pollution that is harmful to human healthEPAthis group, formed by Vietnamese communists and other nationalists, non-communist groups in 1941, declared independence from foreign rule as its single goalvietminhan individual who has claimed the right to refuse military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, and/or religionconscientious objectorhe lost the 1960 presidential election in one of the closest elections in history. he later became president after LBJ chose not to run for reelectionnixonhe lead the indochinese communist party and fought french, japanese, and US forces the independence of vietnam. he was the leader of north vietnam after he defeated the french armyho chi minhthis anti-communist, US backed, south vietnam president canceled elections when it became clear that he would lose to the communistsNgo Dinh Diemthe first appointed VP and first appointed president of the US. he was a successful football player and a member of the house of reps for 25 years.LBJhe was MN senator and the Vp under johnson, he was a moderate democrat. he ran against nixon and lost in 1968humphrey