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Eased tensions during the Cold War, resigned due to the Watergate scandal

Watergate Affair

Government scandal that began in 1972 and led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974

1974 Supreme Court decision that required President Nixon to turn White House tapes over to the courts.

New York Times v. US

Supreme Court ruling in 1971 that newspapers cannot be censored by the government if there is no threat to national security.

Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18; created due to the Vietnam War

Consumer rights crusader; wrote Unsafe at Any Speed (1965) to expose the lack of safety standards for cars

Writer, scientist, and environmentalist whose book, Silent Spring (1962) identified the hazards of agricultural pesticides

• Only president not to be elected by the American public; pardoned Nixon for which he was both criticized and praised

A combination of too much unemployment and too much inflation, both occurring at the same time.

President who negotiated the Camp David Accords but faced a struggle due to the Iran Hostage Crisis

Camp David Accords

A peace treaty between Israel and Egypt where Egypt agreed to recognize the nation state of Israel

Latino leader of California farm workers from 1962 until his death in 1993, organized the United Farm Workers (UFW) to help migrant farm workers gain better pay and working conditions

United Farm Workers

Organization of migrant workers formed to win better wages and working conditions led by Cesar Chavez

Women's rights activist whose book The Feminine Mystique encouraged women to find their own identity outside of marriage, helped to found the National Organization for Women (NOW)

Equal Rights Amendment

Constitutional amendment passed by Congress but never ratified that would have banned discrimination on the basis of gender