The Cold War:

Nixon May 1972 Leonid Brezhnev SALT 1 Results

The US Economy Effects of Vietnam and the Great Society OPEC October 1973 The Yom Kippur War Response of OPEC Gas Prices Egyptian forces crossing the Suez Canal on October 7, 1973.

Gerald Ford The Oil Crisis Ford’s Response The Recession Stagflation Reactions

Gerald Ford Ford pardons Nixon WIN Results of WIN

Ford’s Foreign Policy April 1975 Fall of Saigon May 1975 Problems with Cambodia Mayaguez

Ford’s Foreign Policy Henry Kissinger August 1975 Détente The Helsinki Accords Results

The 1976 Election Jimmy Carter Background The “Outsider” Economic problems Energy Crisis Department of Energy

Carter’s Domestic Policies 1979 “Crisis of Confidence” Windfall profit tax Value of the Dollar Problems with Congress Results

Carter’s Foreign Policy “Right and honest” Panama Relations with the Soviets Camp David Accords Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan Celebrating the signing of the Camp David Accords: Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter, Anwar El Sadat

Carter’s Foreign Policy Iran Background SAVAK US Support Social Problems in Iran

The Iranian Hostage Crisis Protests against the Shah Tehran American Intelligence American Beliefs January 1979

The Iranian Hostage Crisis Ayatollah Khomeini Carter’s Response Recognition of Iran April 1979 (official establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.) February 1979

The Iranian Hostage Crisis The Shah comes to America November 1979 American Hostages Carter’s Reaction Nightline

The Iranian Hostage Crisis February 1980 Demands April 1980 Operation Eagle Claw Cyrus Vance (Sec. of State) Feelings in the Carter Administration about the mission

The Iranian Hostage Crisis The 1980 Election The final deal The release of the hostages

The 1980s Reagan’s Background “Are you better off than you were four years ago?” “Government is the problem”

The 1980s The Economy Monetarists Supply Side Economics Reaganomics The “Trickle Down” Theory

The 1980s Cutting Programs Tax Cuts Budget Deficit Deregulation Oil Prices Other Cuts President Ronald Reagan signs the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981

The 1980s March 30, 1981 John Hinckley Reagan’s attitude

The 1980s Economic Booms Average Income New Businesses New Jobs Unemployment Rate

The 1980s The Supreme Court Strict Constructionalists Sandra Day O’Conner More Appointments

The 1980s 1984 Election Reagan Wins Re-election The Economy Walter Mondale Geraldine Ferraro

The 1980s Foreign Policy “Focus of evil” “Evil Empire” “Peace through strength” Budget deficit

1980s The Reagan Doctrine Aid to the mujahedeen Nicaragua Sandinistas Contras Grenada

The 1980s The Iran Contra Scandal Oliver North CIA participation Reagan’s role Results of the Scandal

The 1980s Arms Control START SDI “Star Wars”

The 1980s Mikhail Gorbachev Summit Results “tear down this wall” Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) The beginning of the end

The 1980s George Bush Background Focus of Americans Michael Dukakis Results of the 1988 election

The 1980s Perestroika Glasnost Revolutions in Eastern Europe November 9, 1989 Uniting Germany

The End of the Cold War Criticism of Gorbachev Coup attempts Boris Yeltsin The collapse the USSR December 1991