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The 1970s

  • Detente

    Detente
    signing of SALT 1 which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US
  • EPA

    EPA
    a key legislation for both domestic and international conservation. The act aims to provide a framework to conserve and protect endangered and threatened species and their habitats.
  • OPEC

    OPEC
    energy crisis due to The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries embargo under President Gerald Ford
  • Camp David Accords

    Camp David Accords
    first step to peace in the Middle East
  • Iran Hostage Crisis

    Iran Hostage Crisis
    Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran; takes Americans hostage at the embassy in Iran because Americans supports the dethroned shah- hostages are not released until Reagan is elected in 1981