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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Watergate Watergate Biggest presidential scandal in history Forced Nixon to resign

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

Watergate Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein Washington Post Reality The Movie

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

Watergate Impeachment and Resignation Gerald Ford becomes President

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 - 1973

The Ford Presidency Pardon Fighting Inflation WIN Fall of Saigon

Ford as President The Mayaguez Incident SALT II

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

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

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

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

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?

The Reagan Years Western Hemisphere Nicaragua El Salvador Granada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

Immigration – From Where? Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

The Age of Globalization Total Immigration, 1960-2000 Sources of Immigration, 1995-2003 41

How do these maps reflect the population shifts within the USA? Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

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?

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? http://www.270towin.com/ - election trends

Social Trends – How has the workforce changed?

Decreasing Number of Farmers, 1940-1990 Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

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

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

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)

Liftoff of Apollo 11 in July 1969. Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

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Man first walked on the moon in July 1969. (Neil Armstrong) Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

The space shuttle Enterprise in 1977. Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved

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How has the state you were born in changed? What does urbanization mean? Copyright + 1999 by Harcourt Brace & Company All rights reserved