chapter 30 crisis of confidence, 1969 - 1980 web
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CHAPTER 30CHAPTER 30
Crisis of Confidence, 1969 - 1980
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America United and DividedAmerica United and Divided
Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong walks on moon Near disaster of Apollo 13
400,000 celebrate Woodstock in 1969 Nixon begins “Vietnamization” -- bringing
American troops home Anti-war movement escalates
Kent State Americans learn more about events in Vietnam
William Calley Pentagon Papers
Activism, Rights, and ReformActivism, Rights, and Reform
Women’s rights see some improvement Minority groups push for rights as well
La Raza Unida American Indian Movement
Wounded Knee
To court black voters, Nixon become concerned for civil rights Office of Minority Business Enterprise
Nixon impacts Supreme Court, especially with Warren Burger Roe v. Wade Court also attacks lingering segregation
The Struggle for the Equal Rights Amendment
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New Directions at Home and AbroadNew Directions at Home and Abroad Nixon restructures welfare
Returns much control to state level First Earth Day is celebrated in 1970
Environmental Protection Agency Clean Air Act of 1970
Nixon supports CIA covert actions in Latin America Henry Kissinger
Nixon visits China Closer relations, ignored Taiwan question
Moscow Summit, May 1972 Strategic Arms limitation Treaty Détente
Four More Years?Four More Years? Nixon wins victory over George McGovern
Watergate Hotel burglary U.S. withdrawal left Vietnam vulnerable
50,000 American dead in war Watergate Scandal
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein investigation showed Nixon involved in cover up
Nixon’s resigns, August 9, 1974 Gerald Ford becomes president.
Yom Kippur War Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries U.S. support for Israel, bring oil embargo against U.S
Presidential Election, 1972
Gerald Ford in the White HouseGerald Ford in the White House
Ford in office War Powers Act (1973) Pardons Nixon in September 1974 Offers “conditional amnesty” to Vietnam draft evaders
North Vietnam takes South Vietnam, April 29, 1975
Americans view Ford as unprepared Helsinki Accord of 1975
Jimmy Carter wins 1976 election
The Election of 1976
The Carter YearsThe Carter Years
Carter supports civil rights Nation divided on affirmative action
President oversees return of Panama Canal Zone Camp David Accord between Israel and Egypt
Anwar Sadat and Menahem Begin Carter’s finest hour
Inflation, high unemployment, and energy crisis burden America
The Carter Years The Carter Years (cont.’d)(cont.’d)
Iranian Hostage Crisis Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini November 4, 1979, dozens of American taken hostage at
embassy in Tehran April 1980, rescue mission ended in deadly failure
8 soldiers dead Carter’s credibility destroyed
Discussion QuestionsDiscussion Questions
Examine Nixon’s policy on Vietnam. How was it different than that of his predecessor? Was it successful?
What were the details of the Watergate Scandal? Why were Americans willing to have Nixon removed from office?
What were the problems that faced Ford and Carter? How did each deal with them?
Explain this statement: “Carter’s greatest achievement and his most abysmal failure both are connected to the Middle East.”