Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, and Bush

1968 - 1993
Summary Assignment


ANY answers copied from the internet or the textbook will not be given any credit. Summarize using your own words.


Part I: Identification - In complete sentences, explain who the person was and why she was important to the time period.


1 Rachel Carson


2 Mikhail Gorbachev


Part II: Identification - In complete sentences, explain what the term was and why it was important to the time period.


1 SALT I


2 Strategic Defense Initiative


3 INF Treaty


Part III: Answer each question in complete sentences.


1 Why did President Nixon resign?


2 Identify and explain one success and one failure of President Carter.


3 What is Reaganomics? What were the impacts of Reaganomics?


4 How did the Cold War end?


5 What were the circumstances of the Persian Gulf conflict in 1991?