President: Richard Milhous Nixon Years Served: 1969 - 1974 Political Party: Republican Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Vietnamization Cambodia Kent State Massacre Détente Nixon Travels to China Watergate Equal Rights Amendment (Failed to pass enough states) Roe v. Wade President: Gerald Ford Years Served: Republican Political Party: 1974 – 1977 Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Pardon of Nixon President: Jimmy Carter Years Served: 1977 – 1981 Political Party: Democrat Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Camp David Accords (WOW IS THIS IMPORTANT) Iran Hostage Crisis President: Ronald Reagan Years Served: 1981 – 1989 Political Party: Republican Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Reagonomics Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Iran Contra Scandal “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
President: Richard Milhous Nixon Years Served: 1969 - 1974 Political Party: Republican Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Vietnamization Cambodia Kent State Massacre Détente Nixon Travels to China Watergate Equal Rights Amendment (Failed to pass enough states) Roe v. Wade President: Gerald Ford Years Served: Republican Political Party: 1974 – 1977 Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Pardon of Nixon President: Jimmy Carter Years Served: 1977 – 1981 Political Party: Democrat Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Camp David Accords (WOW IS THIS IMPORTANT) Iran Hostage Crisis President: Ronald Reagan Years Served: 1981 – 1989 Political Party: Republican Key Events/Terms you MUST know: Reagonomics Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) Iran Contra Scandal “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall”
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