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Unit V-The 1970’s:Read 946-975
Richard Milhous Nixon (1969-1974)-Republican, California
a. Duke Law-WWII
b. Political Career-House (1947), Senate (1951), VP (1953)
c. Pure Machiavellian-“Checkers” Speech
d. Election of 1968 vs. Hubert Humphrey
e. Election of 1972 vs. George McGovern, George Wallace (520-17)***
Nixon Foreign Policy-Détente & Realpolitik
a. Vietnam-See Previous
b. Moon Landing-July 16, 1969
c. Visit to China-February 21-28, 1972-Meeting w/ Mao-Why did he go?
d. Visit to USSR-May 22-30, 1972-Meeting with Leonid Brezhnev-Why did he go?
1. SALT Treaties-May 26, 1972-Major Limitation of Nuclear Weapons
e. Middle East
1. 6 Day War (June 5-10, 1967)
2. Yom Kippur War (October 6, 1973)
3. Importance of OPEC and America’s Ignorance
f. Chile-1972-Replacement of Allende with Gen. Augusto Pinochet
Domestic Policy-New Federalism + Law & Order
a. Philadelphia Plan-January 8, 1969-govt. contractors must meet with minorities
b. Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act-March 12, 1969
c. Aid to Families with Dependent Children-October 2, 1970-$$$ to families w/ little income
d. Clean Air Act of 1970-February 21, 1970-Sen. Edmund Muskie
e. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) December 2, 1970-Rachel Carson-Silent Spring
f. 26th Amendment passed-June 22, 1970-Lowers voting age to 18
g. Monetary + Fiscal Program-August 15, 1971-90 Day Freeze on Wages/Prices
1. US dollar not tied to the Gold Standard
2. Economic Crisis-1st occurrence of Stagflation
h. Senate passes the Equal Rights Amendment-March 22, 1972
i. Furman v. Georgia-June 29, 1972-SC declares the death penalty unconstitutional
j. Roe v. Wade-Jan. 22, 1973-the federal govt. cant interfere with women and their
doctors…
k. Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act-January 2, 1974
l. Watergate-CREEP + Plumbers
1. June 28, 1971-Daniel Ellsberg confesses to leaking the Pentagon Papers
2. September 3, 1971-6 men break into Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office
3. June 17, 1972- The Break-in, Watergate Hotel, 5 Plumbers arrested
4. June 23, 1972- Nixon orders the cover up, CIA Blocks the FBI**
5. Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward-find a source, W. Mark Felt
6. January 20, 1973-G. Gordon Liddy + James McCord found guilty-wiretapping
7. April 30, 1973-AG Richard Kleindienst + aides John Erlichmann and H.R.
Haldeman resign due to Watergate. John Dean, counsel to Pres is also dismissed.
8. May 18, 1973-Archibald Cox is appointed as Special Prosecutor
9. July 16, 1973-Alexander Butterfield reveals that Nixon recorded all conversations
10. October 13, 1973- Spiro Agnew Resigns, income tax evasion/kickbacks-Ford VP
11. October 20, 1973-Sat. Night Massacre-2 AG’s resign due to the fact that they will
not fire Archibald Cox…Who does?
12. August 2, 1974- US v. Nixon-Nixon turns over tapes-18 ½ minutes missing
13. August 9, 1974- Nixon resigns the Presidency
Gerald Rudolph Ford (1974-1977)-Republican, Michigan
a. Born Leslie Lynch King, Michigan Football, Yale Law, WWII
b. Political Career-House of Reps (1949-1973), VP 1973
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Domestic Policy
a. Pardon of Richard Nixon-September 8, 1974-approval falls from 72 to 49%
b. Partial Pardon of Vietnam Draft Dodgers-September 16, 1974
c. Whip Inflation Now-October 8, 1974-encourage personal savings + buy American
d. Freedom of Information Act passed-November 21, 1974-over Ford Veto
e. Title IX-prohibits sex discrimination in any federally funded program-Feb 23, 1975
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Foreign Policy-make the US respect the world again
a. Ford Doctrineb. End of the Vietnam War-April 27, 1975-Fall of Saigon
c. Mayaquez Incident-May 14, 1975-15 US dead, 50 wounded to save 39?
d. OPEC calls for a 10% oil increase-September 27, 1975
e. Helsinki Agreements with USSR-August 1, 1975-end of détente
f. Angola-Communist Takeover, $25 million denied-No More Vietnams
VII. James Earl Carter (1977-1981)-Democrat, Georgia
a. Peanut Farmer, US Naval Academy
b. Political-GA State Senator (1963-1967), Governor of GA (1971-1975)***Outsider***
c. Post Presidency-Habitat for Humanity, Peacemaker, More Successful???
VIII. Carter Domestic Policy
a. Pardon of Vietnam Draft Dodgers-January 21, 1977
b. Recession & Inflation
c. Bakke v. US-June 28, 1978-Question of Affirmative Action to Medical School
d. Created Department of Energy-August 4, 1977
e. Created Department of Education-September 27, 1979
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Carter Foreign Policy-Preventative FoPo, focused on Human Rights (Cuba, Uganda, Argentina)
a. Panama Canal Treaties-September 7, 1977-US agrees to relinquish Panama Canal in 2000.
b. OPEC announces Oil price increases of 14%-December 17, 1978
c. Recognition of China-January 1, 1979-renounce all defense claims on Taiwan…
d. Camp David Accords signed-March 17, 1979-Israel, Egypt, US end 30 years of war.
e. USSR-Failures of Détente-Communism spreading to Angola, Ethiopia, etc.
1. SALT II-June 18, 1979-Broad limits on nuclear weapons between both nations.
2. Afghanistan Invasion-“Russia’s Vietnam”-December 27, 1979
a. Carter Doctrine
f. Iran Hostage Crisis-November 4, 1979-January 20, 1981 (444 Days)
1. Background-Shah Reza Pahlavi-CIA Installation in 1951 (Mossadeq govt.)
2. Shah’s Vacation-January 16, 1979
3. US Hostages Taken-November 4, 1979
4. US Embargo on Iran-January 4, 1980
5. US + 44 other nations withdraws from 1980 Moscow Olympics-January 20, 1980
6. US cuts off diplomatic ties + imposes economic sanctions on Iran-April 7, 1980
7. Operation Eagle Claw-April 24, 1980
8. Hostages Freed-January 20, 1981
9. Results of the Iran Hostage Crisis
Independent Practice: 1970’s (25 points)-Due the Day Before the Test!!
Identify 4 main lessons that the United States needed to learn from the Nixon administration and the mistakes that
it made during its time in office. Make sure to identify the historical reference from when this lesson is learned.
Make sure to relate how this lesson should be applied to America today. The more creative that you are, the better
the assignment will be. Make sure to supplement with historical facts and reasoning!