1. THE 1970S
Chapter 24
UNIT 7 SEMESTER 2

2. RICHARD NIXON

3. LAW AND ORDER POLITICS
Nixon appealed to a “Silent Majority” of Americans to support his policy of taking action against war protesters, students and anti-establishment groups that committed criminal acts

4. THE ENERGY CRISIS
OPEC
In response to Israel’s victory in the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quadrupled the price of oil in 1974

5. STAGFLATION
An increase in unemployment and inflation at the same time

6. CAUSES OF THE ENERGY CRISIS
OPEC QUADRUPLES THE PRICE OF OIL
U.S. DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL
LACK OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCES

7. EFFECTS OF THE ENERGY CRISIS
INCREASED FUEL PRICES
FUEL CONSERVATION
INFLATION
FACTORIES AND BUSINESSES CLOSE

8. REALPOILITK

9. NIXON VISITS CHINA

10. NIXON VISITS MOSCOW SALT I TREATY
First treaty to limit the production of nuclear weapons

11. DETENTE

12. WATERGATE

13. WATERGATE/”ENEMIES LIST”
In response to Vietnam War protesters, radical Civil Rights groups, and influential people that supported them, President Nixon created a domestic covert operations team that attempted to subvert, discredit and damage the reputation, private lives, and in some cases; the careers and financial security of his so-called “enemies”

14. NIXON’S “ENEMIES” VIETNAM WAR PROTESTERS RADICAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS
The Weathermen
Hippies
RADICAL CIVIL RIGHTS GROUPS
Black Panthers
LIBERAL JOURNALISTS
LIBERAL ACTIVISTS
1972 DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES SUPPORTED BY “ENEMIES”

15. WATERGATE HEARINGS

16. WATERGATE HEARINGS

17. SATURDAY NIGHT MASSACRE

18. “SMOKING GUN” TAPES
After President Nixon refused to hand over the White House tapes, Congress sued the President on behalf of the American people. In U.S. v. Nixon (1974), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of Congress. Through the process of Judicial Review, Nixon was ordered by the court to hand over the tapes.

19. “SMOKING GUN” TAPES

20. WOODWARD AND BERNSTEIN

21. All the President’s Men

22. GERALD FORD

23. PARDON OF NIXON
President Ford told the American people that it was time to heal and move on from Watergate
Ford’s approval rating fell 20%; he never politically recovered

24. ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS

25. THE FALL OF SAIGON AND CAMBODIA

26. JIMMY CARTER

27. NATIONAL ENERGY ACT Placed tax on gas-guzzling cars
Tax breaks for the development of alternative fuels
Free market for oil and natural gas produced in the U.S.

28. CAMP DAVID ACCORDS

29. HUMAN RIGHTS FOREIGN POLICY
President Carter discontinued economic, military and intelligence aid to several repressive governments that had been key allies during the Cold War

30. ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IN IRAN

31. IRANIAN HOSTAGE CRISIS

32. SANDINISTA REVOLUTION IN NICARAGUA

33. EARTH DAY

34. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT

35. THREE MILE ISLAND

36. NO NUKES