1. What french word was used to describe the "thaw" in the cold war that occured around 1970?

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2. What 1972 supreme court case affirmed a woman's right to have an abortion

3. How did the Watergate scandal get it's name??

4. What nation did the USSR invade in 1979, and how did the US respond in summer 1980??

Answer 1

1. Detente
2. Roe vs. Wade
3. Watergate was the name of the hotel.
4. Afghanistan. The United States supported the rebels. The U.S. imposed an embargo on commodities like grain and high technology.

Answer 2

The word used was "detente" the meaning of which is closer to "surrender" rather than "thaw".

Roe -vs- Wade (based on the fiction that the right to privacy is enshrined in the Constitution - it isn't.)

Watergate was the apartment building where it took place.

USSR invaded Afghanistan in 1979. President Carter decided not to allow the US to participate in the Olympics, held in Moscow in 1980. Of course, that pretty much guaranteed that the USSR would get the most gold medals because most of the top competition came from the USA.
Strange way of punishing the USSR - like cutting off your own nose to spite your face.

Answer 3

hmm, dunno

Roe vs. Wade

name of the hotel the people were staying in

Afghanistan, boycotted the Moscow Olympics