1. The 1970s to the Present
Chapters 29-32

2. Nixon’s Foreign Policy
Détente – lessening of tensions
Nixon and Henry Kissinger
Realpolitik
Balance of Power

3. Nixon’s Foreign Policy
China Visit – 1972
Diplomatic Recognition
Soviet Union and détente
Arms Control Treaties
SALT I
ABM Treaty
Grain Deal

4. Foreign Policy Energy Crisis, 1973 Helsinki Conference – 1975
Arab Oil Embargo
OPEC
Helsinki Conference – 1975
Held during Ford’s presidency
“Helsinki Accords”
Human rights and fundamental liberties
European borders set (after WWII)
Effects

5. Nixon’s Domestic Policy
New Federalism
Revenue Sharing – What? Why?
Civil Rights
Legislation

6. Environmentalism EPA created, 1970 – Why? Toxic Waste Nuclear Protests
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring 1962
Clean Air Act 1970
Toxic Waste
Nuclear Protests
Endangered Species Act, 1973

7. Economic Issues Inflation Wage and Price Controls – why? Stagflation
What happened?
Stagflation
Slowing productivity and rising inflation – a rare combination – will plague the Ford and Carter presidencies

8. Election of 1972
Democrats select George McGovern to run against Nixon – Why?
Result

9. Watergate Watergate Biggest presidential scandal in history
Forced Nixon to resign

10. Watergate Key advisors – Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman CREEP
Watergate break-in – Why?

11. Watergate Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein Washington Post Reality
The Movie

12. Watergate VP Spiro Agnew resigns, Oct 1973 – Why? Senate Hearings
Watergate Tapes
U.S. v Nixon

13. Watergate
Impeachment and Resignation
Gerald Ford becomes President

14. Watergate – the Aftermath
The Pardon (Sept 1974)
Thirty-one Nixon officials were convicted and went to jail
The “Imperial Presidency”
Criticisms of the Nixon White House
The War Powers Act

15. The Ford Presidency
Pardon
Fighting Inflation
WIN
Fall of Saigon

16. Ford as President
The Mayaguez Incident
SALT II

17. Election of 1976 Ford vs. Carter
Campaign Issues – honesty, the outsider

18. Carter – Domestic Policies
Amnesty – Why? Controversial?
Depts of Education and Energy created
More inflation
Environment
Three Mile Island
Airline Deregulation

19. Carter - Foreign Policy
Humanitarian diplomacy!
Define
Panama Canal Treaty
Camp David Accord – 1978
What was it?
SALT II - ratify
Iran Hostage Crisis

20. Election of 1980 Carter vs. Reagan (another outsider)
Campaign Issues- Role of Religious Right

21. The Reagan Years Cold War Politics Middle East Evil Empire speech
SDI – Why?
Middle East
Lebanon and Libya
Iran-Iraq War
The U.S. backs Iraq and its leader, Saddam Hussein – Why?

22. The Reagan Years
Western Hemisphere
Nicaragua
El Salvador
Granada

23. End of the Cold War Michael Gorbachev Iron Curtain falls in 1989
Glasnost and perestroika
Iron Curtain falls in 1989
Fall of the Soviet Union 1991

24. Reagan’s Domestic Policies
Supply-side economics (Reaganomics)
Define
Trickle-down effect
Tax cut
Results
More deregulation
AT&T

25. Reagan’s Domestic Policies
S & L Bailout – why?
Air Traffic Controllers Strike
Reagan’s response?
Difference between Democrats & Republicans
Appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor

26. Election of 1984 Reagan vs. Walter Mondale
Geraldine Ferraro nominated by Democrats as first female VP candidate

27. Reagan – Second Term Tax Reform Act of 1986 Immigration Reform
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
Gives permanent status to 2.7million illegals who have lived in the USA since 1982
Iran Contra Scandal
Reagan and the Supreme Court
Reagan’s Legacy

28. Election of 1988 George Bush vs. Michael Dukakis
Role of the South for the Republicans

29. Bush’s Presidency
End of the Cold War
Operation Desert Storm

30. Election of 1992 Bush vs Bill Clinton (D) and Ross Perot (I)
Key Issues - The Deficit

31. Clinton NAFTA Failed attempt at health care reform
Republican rebirth in Congress, 1994
Newt Gingrich
Contract with America

32. Clinton – Legislative Agenda
Family Leave Act
PWORA – ending welfare as we know it
Motor Voter Law
Reelection against Bob Dole in 1996
Economic Prosperity
Balanced Budgets
Deficits, entitlements, and the national debt

33. Clinton – 2nd Term Impeachment 2nd Pres. to be impeached
Neither convicted

34. Election of 2000 Al Gore (D) vs George W. Bush (R)
Disputed ballots in Florida (hanging chads)
Bush v. Gore (2000)

35. Which is the real ballot for Palm Beach County?
Butterfly Ballot – How did it get its name?
Which is the real ballot for Palm Beach County?

37. The 21st Century No Child Left Behind Tax Cuts 9/11/2001
Homeland Security and the growth of government
War on Terrorism

38. The 21st Century
War in Iraq
Election of 2004 against John Kerry

39. The 21st Century
Election of 2008
Barack Obama defeats John McCain

40. Immigration – From Where?
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41. The Age of Globalization
Total Immigration,
Sources of Immigration, 41

42. How do these maps reflect the population shifts within the USA?
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43. Trends on the Supreme Court
From Roe v Wade (1973)
Ideological Battles on the Court
The Court shifts right
Burger to Rehnquist to Roberts
Supreme Court confirmation battles – Why?
What is the litmus test for appointees?

44. Political Trends since 1960
What has happened to the New Deal coalition? the conservative coalition?
How did the changing coalitions affect a president’s ability to enact legislation?
How does the country shift to the right?
What does this mean?
- election trends

45. Social Trends – How has the workforce changed?

46. Decreasing Number of Farmers, 1940-1990
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47. Technology Trends Space: the Final Frontier
Communications changes since 1950
How have these affected the following?
Individuals
Politics/ Elections
The Media
How has technology has affected business and lifestyle?
Credit and credit cards
Franchising
The internet

48. The Age of Globalization
Science and Technology in the New Economy
Breakthroughs in Genetics
Human Genome Project
Moral and Ethical Dilemmas
DNA Model (Lawrence Lawry/ Getty Images) 48

49. Social Trends Women’s Rights Betty Friedan – The Feminine Mystique
Gloria Steinem
Phyllis Schlafly
Equal Rights Amendment
Proposed by Congress, but never ratified by the states
Roe v. Wade (1973)

50. Liftoff of Apollo 11 in July 1969.
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51. Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin descends the ladder on the lunar module.
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52. Man first walked on the moon in July 1969. (Neil Armstrong)
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53. The space shuttle Enterprise in 1977.
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55. How has the state you were born in changed?
What does urbanization mean?
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