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Changing and Enduring Issues. 1970 - The Present. #37: Richard Nixon, 1969-1974 What is the significance of this image?. Nixon visits China & USSR --> Detente - easing of Cold War Tensions SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty). Watergate Scandal When: June 17, 1972 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Changing and
Enduring Issues1970 - The Present
#37: Richard Nixon, 1969-1974
What is the significance of this image?
Nixon visits China & USSR --> Detente - easing of Cold War TensionsSALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty)
Watergate Scandal
When: June 17, 1972 Where: Watergate Towers, Washington DCWho: Nixon re-election advisorsWhat: Break in to the Democratic Party Headquarters to install wiretapsWhy: To get information that would help Nixon get re-elected
Nixon recorded Oval Office conversations
Nixon believes that as President, he is above the law
US v. Nixon - Supreme Court orders him to turn over tapes but parts of the recordings had been destroyed --> limited executive privilege
Nixon resigns on August 9, 1974
Also during the Nixon Administration
Foreign
Vietnamization“Peace with Honor”War Powers Act
Domestic
OSHAEPADEA1969 - moon26th Amendment
Tries to rebuild US trust in government
Amnesty to draft dodgers
Pardon for Nixon
#38: Gerald Ford, 1974-1977
OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) places embargo on US due to our support of Israel --> Inflation and high oil prices
Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel
1980 Olympics in Moscow Boycotted
Iranian Hostage Crisis
Stagflation
High Oil Prices
#39: Jimmy Carter, 1977-1981
Supply-Side Economics (Reaganomics, Trickle-Down Theory) --> Tax Cuts for businesses and the wealthy
Trade Deficits
#40: Ronald Reagan, 1981-1989
Iran-Contra Affair
Fall of the Berlin Wall
#41: George H.W. Bush, 1989-1993
Persian Gulf WarOperation Desert Storm
“No New Taxes”
#42: Bill Clinton, 1993-2001
BosniaNAFTA
Healthcare ReformImpeachment
#43: George W. Bush, 2001-2009
2000 Election
Dept. of Homeland Sec.
Hurricane Katrina
September 11, 2001
War in Afghanistan/Taliban
War in IraqOperation Iraqi Freedom
#44: Barack Obama, 2009-2015
Foreign Policy Challenges● Iraq● Afghanistan● North Korea● Middle East
Domestic Policy/EventsStimulus PlanFair Pay ActHealthcare Reform - “Obamacare”Acts of Mass ViolenceGay RightsImmigration ReformSuperstorm Sandy