Richard Nixon - elected President in 1968, moved the nation to a more conservative direction, only President to resign from office, Tinker V. Des Moines - ruled that students had the right to wear armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War, EPA - was created to protect the environment by setting air and water pollution standards, Endangered Species Act - designed to protect the environment and animal species on the verge of extinction, Watergate Scandal - a group of men working for Nixon's re-election campaign were caught breaking into the Democratic Party Headquarters in Washington, DC, OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, designed to control the flow, production and distribution of oil throughout the world, Camp David Accords - Cater negotiated peace between historic middle eastern enemies, Egypt and Israel, Wisconsin V. Yoder - struck down a state law requiring Amish children to attend school past 8th grade (freedom of religion), Phyllis Schlafly - was a critic of the Women's Liberation Movement, claiming it would reduce the rights of wives and harm the American family, Détente - Nixon's policy of relaxing tensions between US and Soviet Union limiting development of missile systems, Jimmy Carter - elected President in 1976, struggled with economic problems and hostage crisis in Iran, Gerald Ford - appointed Vice President by Nixon and assumes Presidency after Nixon resigns from office,

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