The Stalemated Seventies
1968-1980
Objectives
 Evaluate the causes for the decline in the 1970s
economy.
 Identify what led to Nixon’s involvement in the
Watergate scandal.
 Analyze why the 1970s was met with little progress.
The Gift Given by the
Sixties
 1970s becomes a period of
stagnation, multiple causes
 Nixon adopts policy of
Vietnamization, appeals to
Silent Majority
 Opposition grows
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My Lai
Kent State
26th Amendment
Pentagon Papers
 Nixon breaks through Cold
War barrier with China,
Soviet Union
Supreme Court Activity
 Complete the activity related to the supreme court
cases heard by the “Warren Court” that molded a
decade.
Nixon’s Homefront
 Expands “Great Society”
through…
 Affirmative action
 EPA
 OSHA
 Clean Air/Species Act
 Nixon wins a landslide
election in 1972, goes on
bombing rampage
Unraveling a Presidency
 American public loses trust
in the gov’t, establishes
War Powers Act
 American involvement in
Israel result in speed
restrictions and embargo
 CREEPs efforts brought
about the Watergate
Scandal, “Saturday Night
Massacre”
 Nixon resigns Aug. 8, 1974
Ford’s Presidency
 Moments that define a
presidency…
 Pardon
 Amnesty
 Vietnam falling to
Communism
 Feminist movement =
ERA, Title IX
 The “white flight” and
“affirmative action”
become burning issues
Carter’s Presidency
 Capitalizes on being a
“Washington outsider”
 Brings peace to the Middle
East
 Diagnoses economic issues,
leading to energy issues
 Embargo was placed on the
Soviets, the Olympics
 Presidency ends with Iran
hostage crisis