Cesar Deschamps
Period 4
Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy of Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger:
He
served as a foreign policy advisor to Presidents Kennedy and
Johnson. In 1969, President Nixon appointed him National Security Advisor, and
Secretary of State in 1973. Kissinger received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1973 for his role
in ending the Vietnam War.
Détente:
A policy adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon
to ease Cold War tensions between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the People's
Republic of China.
SALT II:
It proposed agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union to limit
certain types of nuclear arms production; also known as the Strategic Arms Limitation
Treaty II, it was never ratified by the United States Senate.
Visit to China:
Following a series of secret negotiations with Chinese leaders, Nixon
traveled to Beijing in February 1972 to meet with Mao Zedong. Nixon became the first
president to go to China. The visit initiated diplomatic exchanges that ultimately led to
US recognition of the Communist government in 1979.
Watergate:
The Watergate scandal was one of the worst political scandals in the history
of the United States. The scandal began when five men were arrested for breaking into
the Democratic Party offices on June 17, 1972 and ended with the resignation of
President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974.
Foreign Policies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
OPEC:
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) An organization of
countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the production and sale of
petroleum.
Helsinki Accords:
The Helsinki Accords were a series of agreements that were signed in
August 1975, during the period of
Detente
, by leaders of the USA, the USSR and 35
nations who were members of
NATO
and the
Warsaw Pact
. The Helsinki Accords dealt
with three main issues of cooperation, security and human rights. Under the Helsinki
Accords the nations of the East and West agreed to forge cultural links aimed at bringing
the USA and the USSR closer together.
Panama Canal Treaty:
Treaties guaranteeing that Panama would gain control of the
Panama Canal after 1999, ending the control of the canal that the U.S. had exercised
since 1903.
PLO:
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) A political and military organization
formed in 1964 to unite various Palestinian Arab groups and ultimately to bring about an
independent state of Palestine.
Camp David Accords:
1978 agreement brokered by President Jimmy Carter between
Egyptian and Israeli leaders that made a peace treaty between the two nations possible.
Iranian Revolution:
Iranian Revolution, also called Islamic Revolution, a popular
uprising in Iran in 1978–79 that resulted in the toppling of the monarchy on February 11,
1979, and led to the establishment of an Islamic republic.
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- Cold War, President of the United States
