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Nixon to the Present. Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974): Republican. July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon. Visits Communist China and the USSR (1972) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nixon to the Present
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July 20, 1969: Apollo 11 with Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong land on the moon.
Visits Communist China and the USSR (1972)
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) 1972: Signed with Leonid Brezhnev. Limits the number of nuclear weapons both sides can have.
Ends Vietnam War (1973)
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974): Republican
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Stagflation: stagnant economy with increasing inflation (failed to deal with)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC): U.S. supported Israel in 1973 Yom Kippur War against its Arab neighbors. OPEC puts oil embargo on U.S. that caused economic recession, inflation, a stagnant economy, unemployment, higher gas prices, gas rationing and the 55 MPH speed limit.
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Watergate (1972-1974)◦ June 17, 1972: 5 men caught breaking into the
Democratic Party HQ at the Watergate Complex. All five are associated with the Nixon administration.
◦ June 23, 1972: Nixon orders break-in covered up. Shredded documents, paid burglars $500,000 hush money, used government agencies. If Nixon disowns the operation, he could have ended the scandal.
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◦October 1973: Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns after bribery scandal. Gerald Ford becomes new Vice-President
◦July 24, 1974: Supreme Court orders Nixon to turn over tapes
◦August 5, 1974: Nixon released tape transcripts that show he ordered the cover-up on June 23, 1972
◦August 8, 1974: Nixon announces his resignation
Watergate continued
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September 8, 1974: Ford gives Nixon a full pardon
Stagflation: Ford failed to deal with End of Vietnam nightmare in 1975 Survived two female assassination attempts
Gerald Ford Administration 1974-1977: Republican
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Failed to deal with stagflation Created Department of Energy Panama Canal Treaty (1977): turned canal
over to Panama on 12/31/1999 Iran-Hostage Crisis: November 4, 1979 – 52
Americans held for 444 days USSR invades Afghanistan
◦ Russia’s Vietnam
Jimmy Carter Administration 1977-1981: Democrat
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Anwar el-Sadat: Egypt Menachem Begin: Israel Jimmy Carter: USA First Middle East Peace agreement Israel gives back the Sinai Peninsula to
Egypt and Egypt recognized Israel
Camp David Accords 1978
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Reaganomics (supply-side or trickle –down economics)
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI): “Star Wars” missile defense system
March 30, 1981: ◦ Reagan shot by John Hinckley Jr.◦ Hinckley not guilty by reason of insanity (trying to
impress Jodi Foster)
Reagan Administration 1981-1989: Republican
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Iran-Contra Affair Gorbachev reforms in USSR (Glasnost &
Perestroika) Sandra Day O’Connor: first woman on the
Supreme Court
Reagan continued
Winning…
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Fall of communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe (end of Cold War)
Operation Desert Storm (1991):◦ January 16, 1991: air assault on Iraq◦ February 23-28, 1991: ground offensive against
Iraq◦ Led by General Norman Schwarzkopf◦ Liberates Kuwait
George H.W. Bush (1989-1993): Republican
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Economic Budget Boom & Surplus Oklahoma City Bombing (1995): Timothy
McVeigh executed North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) Impeachment by House & Acquittal by
Senate
Bill Clinton (1993-2001): Democrat
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9/11 terrorist attacks Department of Homeland Security & Patriot
Act War in Afghanistan & Iraq
George W. Bush (2001-2009): Republican
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First African-American President Economic Depression Health Care Reform Osama Bin Laden
The Operation-Osama Bin Laden
Barack Obama (2009-): Democrat
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