 July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon.  Visits Communist China and the USSR (1972)  Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) 1972: Signed with Leonid Brezhnev. Limits the number of nuclear weapons both sides can have.  Ends Vietnam War (1973)

 Apollo 11 Apollo 11

 Stagflation: stagnant economy with increasing inflation (failed to deal with)  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): U.S. supported Israel in 1973 Yom Kippur War against its Arab neighbors. OPEC puts oil embargo on U.S. that caused economic recession, inflation, a stagnant economy, unemployment, higher gas prices, gas rationing and the 55 MPH speed limit. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

 Watergate ( ) Watergate ◦ June 17, 1972: 5 men caught breaking into the Democratic Party HQ at the Watergate Complex. All five are associated with the Nixon administration. ◦ June 23, 1972: Nixon orders break-in covered up. Shredded documents, paid burglars $500,000 hush money, used government agencies. If Nixon disowns the operation, he could have ended the scandal.

◦ October 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after bribery scandal. Gerald Ford becomes new Vice- President ◦ July 24, 1974: Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over tapes ◦ August 5, 1974: Nixon released tape transcripts that show he ordered the cover- up on June 23, 1972 ◦ August 8, 1974: Nixon announces his resignation resignation

 September 8, 1974: Ford gives Nixon a full pardon  Stagflation: Ford failed to deal with  End of Vietnam nightmare in 1975  Survived two female assassination attempts

 Failed to deal with stagflation  Created Department of Energy  Panama Canal Treaty (1977): turned canal over to Panama on 12/31/1999  Iran-Hostage Crisis: November 4, 1979 – 52 Americans held for 444 days Iran-Hostage Crisis:  USSR invades Afghanistan ◦ Russia’s Vietnam

 Anwar el-Sadat: Egypt  Menachem Begin: Israel  Jimmy Carter: USA  First Middle East Peace agreement  Israel gives back the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt and Egypt recognized Israel

 Reaganomics (supply-side or trickle –down economics)  Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): “Star Wars” missile defense system  March 30, 1981: ◦ Reagan shot by John Hinckley Jr. ◦ Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity (trying to impress Jodi Foster)

 Iran-Contra Affair  Gorbachev reforms in USSR (Glasnost & Perestroika)  Sandra Day O’Connor: first woman on the Supreme Court Winning…

 Fall of communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe (end of Cold War)  Operation Desert Storm (1991): ◦ January 16, 1991: air assault on Iraq ◦ February 23-28, 1991: ground offensive against Iraq ◦ Led by General Norman Schwarzkopf ◦ Liberates Kuwait

 Economic Budget Boom & Surplus  Oklahoma City Bombing (1995): Timothy McVeigh executed Oklahoma City Bombing  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  Impeachment by House & Acquittal by Senate

 9/11 terrorist attacks 9/11 terrorist attacks  Department of Homeland Security & Patriot Act  War in Afghanistan & Iraq

 First African-American President  Economic Depression  Health Care Reform  Osama Bin Laden Osama Bin Laden  The Operation-Osama The Operation-Osama  Bin Laden Bin Laden