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U.S. HISTORY. CHAPTER 25. WATERGATE SCANDAL. READ PP. 599-601 QUESTIONS??. GERALD FORD AS PRESIDENT. THE “ONLY” MICHIGAN PRESIDENT APPOINTED PRES. APPOINTED V.P. TO BECOME PRES. HE HAD BEEN HOUSE MINORITY LEADER WAS WELL LIKED, EVEN BY DEMOCRATS REPUTATION FOR HONESTY. WAR IN VIETNAM. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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U.S. HISTORYCHAPTER 25
WATERGATE SCANDAL
READ PP. 599-601 QUESTIONS??
GERALD FORD AS PRESIDENT
THE “ONLY” MICHIGAN PRESIDENT APPOINTED PRES. APPOINTED V.P. TO
BECOME PRES. HE HAD BEEN HOUSE
MINORITY LEADER WAS WELL LIKED, EVEN
BY DEMOCRATS REPUTATION FOR
HONESTY
WAR IN VIETNAM IN 1973 THE U.S. WITHDREW
FROM VIETNAM IN 1975, THE NORTH
VIETNAMESE TOOK OVER SOUTH VIETNAM
IN 1975, VIETNAM INVADED LAOS
IN 1975, VIETNAM INVADED CAMBODIA AND OUSTED THE KHUMER ROUGE, WHO WERE VIOLENT, RADICAL MARXISTS (THE “KILLING FIELDS”)
OIL EMBARGO OPEC (Oil Producing
& Exporting Countries) BEGAN AN OIL EMBARGO AGAINST THE U.S.
U.S. HAD HELPED ISRAEL DEFEAT ARABS IN THE 6 DAY WAR
OIL EMBARGO BEFORE THE EMBARGO,
PRICES FOR GASOLINE COULD BE VERY LOW
BEFORE THE EMBARGO, NOBODY CARED ABOUT GAS MILEAGE
THINGS CHANGED!
OIL EMBARGO
OIL EMBARGO ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY WAS CREATED IN 1970 TO DEAL WITH AIR AND WATER POLLUTION
OIL EMBARGO AS BUSINESSES
SWITCHED FROM COAL TO OIL WHICH POLLUTED LESS, THERE WAS AN EVEN GREATER SHORTAGE OF OIL
“STAGFLATION” HIGH INFLATION
AND LOW EMPLOYMENT WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO EXIST TOGETHER—NEW DEALERS WERE STUMPED
NIXON TOOK THE U.S. OFF THE GOLD STANDARD
IT DID NOT HELP
WOUNDED KNEE, 1973 NATIVE AMERICAND
DEMANDED JUSTICE—AND TOOK THE GOVERNMENT TO COURT FOR BROKEN TREATIES
THEY WON CASH SETTLEMENTS
“WOMEN’S LIBERATION” THIS SLOGAN HELPED THE
MOVEMENT GAIN SUPPORT—BUT THEIR DEMANDS WERE FAR-REACHING
MARRIAGE = SLAVERY IMMODESTY SEEMED TO
BE THEIR CHOSEN FORM OF EXPRESSION OF THEIR “FEMINISM”
GAY RIGHTS SUPPORTED
WOMEN’S LIBERATION GLORIA STEINAM
WAS A CHIEF “SPOKESPERSON”
MOST OF HER STATEMENTS ARE UNQUOTABLE HERE
SUPPORTED THE “EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT”
WOMEN’S LIBERATION
WOMEN’S LIBERATION PHYLLIS SCHLAFFLEY
WORKED TO DEFEAT THE ERA AND OTHER ATTACKS ON THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY
THE AMENDMANT FINALLY DIED FOR LACK OF ENOUGH STATES TO RATIFY
ABORTION
1973 ALSO SAW THE ROE v WADE SUPREME COURT DECISION THAT LEGALIZED ABORTION
THE CONTROVERSEY CONTINUES
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WEALTHY PEANUT
FARMER SERVED ONE TERM AS A
STATE LEGISLATOR ELECTED GOVERNOR OF
GEORGIA HELD A PhD IN NUCLEAR
PHYSICS ELECTED PRESIDENT
CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY PREACHED HUMAN RIGHTS CANAL GIVEN TO PANAMA SIGNED S.A.L.T. 2 TREATY THE SALT TREATY WAS
NEVER RATIFIED BY THE SENATE, AND OTHER IDEAS WERE OPPOSED
CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY SOVIET UNION
ATTACKED AFGHANISTAN
U.S. ARMED THE “MUJAHEDEEN” TO RESIST THEM
(later, the Taliban separated from the Mujahedeen).
CARTER WITHDREW FROM THE 1980 OLYMPICS (MOSCOW)
CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICYIRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS BURNING U.S. FLAG
CARTER’S FOREIGN POLICY ISLAMIC RADICALS TOOK
OVER U.S. EMBASSY IN IRAN
SHAH OF IRAN WAS DEPOSED CARTER TRIED A RESCUE—BUT IT FAILED
(2013 movie “Argo” depicts these events)
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS STAGFLATION CONTINUED, INFLATION RAN
ABOUT 12-13% EACH YEAR CARTER SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO DO
NOTHING EXCEPT ASK PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SPEND MONEY AND “WIN—Whip Inflation Now”
RISE OF THE POLITICAL RIGHT TRADITIONAL CONSERVATIVES
WERE ANTI-COMMUNISTS AND THEY FAVORED LIMITED GOVERNMENT
“NEW RIGHT” WERE AGAINST ABORTION & WANTED LOWER TAXES
JERRY FALLWELL, PAT ROBERTSON WERE LEADERS
JOINED BY CHARISMATICS, MORMONS & CATHOLICS
BATTLE IN EDUCATION CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS &
HOMESCHOOLS WERE ATTACKED BY LEGISLATURES & COURTS
SCHOOL-AGED POPULATION WAS ABOUT TO DROP
ELECTION OF 1980 RONALD REAGAN
FORMER ACTOR GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TWICE BEFORE SOUGHT
REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT
EASILY WON THE PRESIDENCY
ELECTION OF 1980
ELECTION OF 1980
CARTER WAS BLAMED FOR THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS
IRAN HOSTAGE SITUATION WAS STILL UNCHANGED
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