1. Watergate and Nixon Presidents Carter thru Obama
Unit 8
Watergate and Nixon
Presidents Carter thru Obama

2. Watergate Start with break-in at Watergate hotel in June 1972
Goal- wiretap Democrats
Eventually found out that Pres. Nixon had tape recorded conversations about break ins
Supreme Court orders Nixon to give up the tapes
Nixon resigns in 1974 after tapes are released (he knew he was guilty)

3. Woodward and Bernstein
Plumbers and CREEP
CREEP- Committee to re-elect President 1972
Plumbers- people who will break in and wiretap the phones
Woodward and Bernstein
Reporters from Washington Post who will uncover and report about break-ins
Uncover government role in break-ins
Secret Informant- “Deep Throat”
Give them information to trace to President

4. Impeachment and Resignation
Taped Conversations
Nixon had taped conversations in Oval Office
Ordered to give them up
At first he refuses- eventually he will, parts missing
US v. Nixon- ordered to give up tapes
Impeachment and Resignation
Brought up on impeachment charges
Resign before the trial begins

5. Richard Nixon

6. Resignation August 8, 1974 Resign instead of face impeachment charges
Later will be pardoned by President Gerald Ford (his former Vice-President)

7. Political Cartoon 1

8. Role of Woodward and Bernstein
Reporters for Washington Post
Write a series of articles about Watergate
“Inside Sources”- man named Deep Throat provided them with information to help with their investigation
Articles cause public opinion for Nixon to drop and call for the Senate investigation

9. Woodward and Bernstein

10. End of 70s Economic Problems Nuclear Power
High Inflation- prices soaring
Oil Embargo
Embargo- OPEC countries refused to ship oil to US
Created gas shortage and high gas prices
Carter’s inability to lower inflation will lead to election of Ronald Reagan in 1980
Nuclear Power
Expansion of nuclear power plants
Three Mile Island- near meltdown of nuclear plant in Pennsylvania

11. President Carter Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) Camp David Accords
Meeting with Egypt and Israel to sign peace agreement
First President to get an Arab (Islamic) country and Israel (Jewish) country to talk peace
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Movie “Argo”
US Embassy in Iran will be seized and hostages taken
Hostages not released until Ronald Reagan becomes President in January 1981
Slap in the face to President Carter

12. 1980s Domestic Events Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
Conservative Republican
Reaganomics
Budget cuts- downsize federal agencies and social programs
Tax cuts- cutting taxes would lead to people having money to spend and invest
Increase spending on defense- see Star Wars program
Effects
Huge national debt created
Social welfare cuts hurt the poor
Trickle-down Theory
Wealthy and businesses benefitted most from these cuts
“Rich get richer and poor get poorer”

13. Other Domestic Events War on Drugs
Reagan will start “Just Say No” and DARE programs
Strict drug laws
Sandra Day O’Connor
First woman chosen for US Supreme Court
AIDS
Beginning of AIDS disease
Pay Equity
Meant to close gap between male and female earnings
Olympic Boycotts
US boycott 1980 Winter Olympic in Moscow to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Soviets will boycott Summer Olympics in 1984 in Los Angeles

14. National Debt

15. 1980s Foreign Affairs End of Cold War
President Ronald Reagan ( )
New Attitude- call Soviets and Evil Empire and spend money on new weapons
Star Wars- program to build defense system using satellites (cost billions of dollars)
Fall of Berlin Wall
1989- wall collapses and end of Communism in Eastern Europe
Today- no longer Soviet Union

16. Europe Then

17. Europe Today

18. Affairs in Latin America
Nicaragua and Latin America
Reagan will charge Nicaragua with Soviet ties
Support Contras (guerilla group involved in civil war)
Grenada- Reagan send troops to overthrow the communist government that was friendly to Cuba
Panama- Send troops to arrest drug lord Manuel Noriega

19. 90s to Today

20. President George H. W. Bush 1988-1992
Persian Gulf War (1990)
US along with UN forces will fight Iraq
Goal- free Kuwait, which Iraq had invaded in August 1990
US oil interests in Kuwait
Texas v. Johnson (1991)
Supreme Court rules in favor of flag burning as a protection of 1st amendment rights

22. Election of 1992 Map Role of 3rd party (H. Ross Perot)
Split in Republican vote will allow Bill Clinton to win

23. Bill Clinton- Domestic Events 1992-2000
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
Free trade in US, Canada and Mexico
Controversial- worry that businesses relocate to Mexico (pay lower wages)
Monica Lewinsky Affair- go through impeachment trial and be acquitted

24. Other Events Standoff at Waco “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Texas- standoff with Branch Davidians and David Koresh
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Policy towards gay and lesbians serving in military
If openly gay or lesbian, not allowed to serve
Oklahoma City Bombing
Attack on federal building in Oklahoma City
Lead to conviction and death sentence of Timothy McVeigh

25. Foreign Affairs Under Clinton
Somalia
Troops sent to give relief to people suffering during Civil War
Clinton withdraw troops due to war being unpopular in US
Bosnia
Troops sent in 1995 to help end Civil War between Bosnians and Serbs
Ethnic Warfare in Balkan Region (just like Franz Ferdinand and WWI)

26. George W. Bush 2000-2008 Al Gore (D) v. George W. Bush (R)
Questions over votes in Florida- key to the election
Re-count the votes- Republicans sue to stop the recount
US Supreme Court votes (5-4) on Dec. 12 to stop the recount
Bush is declared the winner

27. Domestic Events 9/11 Attack on World Trade Center in 2001 Results
War on Terror
Creation of the Department of Homeland Security to investigate terrorism within the US and Abroad
Patriot Act
Gave the US govt. broad powers in gathering information about suspected terrorism (wiretaping phones, etc)
No Child Left Behind
Education reform- mandated testing and students being on grade level

28. Foreign Affairs Operation Enduring Freedom War in Iraq
Fight to find and arrest Osama bin Laden and other members of Al-Queda terrorist organization
War in Iraq
Invade Iraq for 2 purposes
1- Find weapons of mass destruction which Iraq reportedly was producing
2- displace leader Saddam Hussein (eventually captured and put to death for Genocide against Kurds in Northern Iraq)

29. Barack Obama Healthcare Reform Guantanamo Bay Recession
Close the military base in Cuba
Recession
Currently in economic downturn or recession
Causes
Housing crisis- main cause

30. Foreign Affairs with Obama
End of Iraq War
Killing of Osama bin Laden
New threats????- Iran, N. Korea