1. Nixon 1969-1974

2. Good timing or bad timing? 1960s – VW, Anti-war protests, CRM, Black Power, race riots, counterculture, etc. 1968 – Tumultuous year

3. 1968 Election Wallace and the “silent majority” “law and order”, and “peace with honor”

4. Vietnamization Bomb NV Reducing troop forces Peace talks ****But secretly bombing Cambodia and later …LAOS!!!

5. Apollo 11

6. Nixon Doctrine Containment?? But not with …troops!

7. Nixonomics 1960s (end) and early 1970s (STAGFLATION) = stagnant (economy = no econ. Growth) and inflation!

8. Watergate

9. 1972 Election

10. SALT I Treaty (1972) Strategic Warheads, ICBM’s, and Development plans

11. Nixon in China - Detente

12. Yom Kippur War

13. 1973 Oil Embargo

14. Nixon Resigns

15. Ford (1974-1976) Caretaker Presidency *only VP and Pres that was never elected!

16. Continuing Nixon’s problems WATERGATE (all the time) Stagflation (tries W.hip I.nflation N.ow) = taxes and cut spending (Cong. Says NO) Vietnam (Cong. Says NO) – Khmer Rouge take over in Cambodia and Vietnam Falls!!!

17. Mayaguez

18. Election of 1976 Ford barely beats out Reagan for nomination Carter (Dem.) an outsider

19. 1976 Election Southern votes, and Af. Am’s! and low voter turnout

20. Jimmy Carter Born-again Southerner Honest Character outsider

21. Energy Plans Wanted: 1. reduce use of oil 2. deregulate natural gas prod. 3. taxes on gas 4. conservation 5. promote coal and nuclear power All shot down by Cong. Three Mile Island, Penn. (no more Nuclear ideas)

22. Economic Problems Skyrocketing oil prices (1976) End of term – cut social welfare, reduced capital gains taxes, and deregulation of industries

23. Foreign Affairs Panama Canal Camp David Peace Accords (1978) peace between Israel and Egypt Nicaragua (no more support for dictators) Iran (hostage crisis) Afghanistan (invaded by USSR) = no reaction US boycott of Olympics in Moscow

24. Election of 1980 Carter v. Reagan 1979 – Malaise Speech (Big no, no!!!)